Cyclone Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Nope, they are only active when the gantries are. They've been in the news for snapping people when the signs are not lit and the limit is the NSL. ---------- Post added 25-03-2015 at 12:51 ---------- Apparently hidden speed cameras are slowly being phased in meaning you won't get a chance to slow down. Fair enough you shouldn't be speeding in the first place No they aren't. This was on the motorway only, and they already back tracked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexo Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 What on earth are you on about? He posts one-liners most days as a way of publicising his business. They rarely say anything interesting. ---------- Post added 25-03-2015 at 14:15 ---------- but I still don't like being lied to by the matrix sign. I've stopped reading them because they generally just show patronising advice: "Keep your eyes on the road!" "Get your hair cut!" They should use them for something useful like the football scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegas1 Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 V He posts one-liners most days as a way of publicising his business. They rarely say anything interesting. Oh I see. So I will never get an explanation as to what he is on about then? Very unsatisfactory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geared Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 I've stopped reading them because they generally just show patronising advice: "Keep your eyes on the road!" "Get your hair cut!" They should use them for something useful like the football scores. A few weeks ago the ones one the M1 North between Sheffield and Leeds had being saying "Red X means lane closed" Which made me chuckle as they are no-where near installing the lane control kit there yet. :hihi::hihi: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Ralge Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 (edited) A few weeks ago the ones one the M1 North between Sheffield and Leeds had being saying "Red X means lane closed" Which made me chuckle as they are no-where near installing the lane control kit there yet. :hihi::hihi: Chuckle away - but there will still be drivers whingeing about lack of signage when they are ticketed for driving under a red X. To clear up any confusion, these new cameras are at the disposal of the authorities all the time whether a lower limit or NSL applies. Edited March 26, 2015 by DT Ralge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobyjug Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Driving along A61 towards Tankersley this morning, at 50mph, a car pulled out in front of me from the Howbrook junction, causing me to reduce my speed slightly. Then, to my amazement the car behind also pulled out, meaning I had to brake sharply. A collision could quite easily have happened, caused by the impatience of the motorist joining the A61. Speed is not necessarily the cause of accidents, poor driving quite often is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Ralge Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 (edited) Driving along A61 towards Tankersley this morning, at 50mph, a car pulled out in front of me from the Howbrook junction, causing me to reduce my speed slightly. Then, to my amazement the car behind also pulled out, meaning I had to brake sharply. A collision could quite easily have happened, caused by the impatience of the motorist joining the A61. Speed is not necessarily the cause of accidents, poor driving quite often is! That's why the thinking driver asks, "where's his mate?" - where there's one, there's often a second. It's also the reason I never follow anyone, preferring instead to know exactly where I'm going, independent of the one ahead. Ask yourself if you were travelling 10mph faster how much more of an issue it would have been. Edited March 26, 2015 by DT Ralge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 He'd have passed the junction 5 minutes earlier, so no issue... I always assume (when on my bike at least) that if I see one car (pull out, pass a junction, whatever) that there's another one close behind, even if I can't hear it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Ralge Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 He'd have passed the junction 5 minutes earlier, so no issue... I always assume (when on my bike at least) that if I see one car (pull out, pass a junction, whatever) that there's another one close behind, even if I can't hear it. Your first bit is the disingenuous answer - I guess you know that, though, and I don't need to explain the differences between pulling out from a junction in the face of 50mph traffic relative to pulling out in front of 60mph traffic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satman2222 Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Don't think they are working as the floodlights to illuminate the cars in front of the cameras are never lit at night. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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