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New speed cameras on M1 and M25, captures you at 72Mph is that true or not.
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post Sun, 13 Jan 2019 - 22:28
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Or is this fake news?

The 6 points seems to imply that it is.
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post Sun, 13 Jan 2019 - 23:22
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Looks like utter bollox to me, AFAIK the tolerance for Home Office approval is actually 3 mph above 66 mph, and we know the prosecution threshold is 79. And come on, instant ban & custodial sentence for doing 91? Pull the other one.


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post Mon, 14 Jan 2019 - 04:14
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As Donald Trump would say.......

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post Mon, 14 Jan 2019 - 04:40
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Fake news, spread by the sheeple on regular 'soshal meeja' sites like FB as usual.
Giveaways it's fake are
1/ Its at least 4 constabularies changing policy
2/ 'automatic fine' is not a concept in the UK even if you loosely equate it to a fixed penalty it could never be the
3/ 6 points claimed

Unfortunately there are 'deficient' people out there who love to make something up and get a thrill from it being circulated.


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QUOTE (southpaw82 @ Sat, 29 Dec 2018 - 21:12) *
Anyway, the question has been answered so thread closed before it gets crayoned on.

Highways Agency have gone so far as to issue a statement saying this is fake news.


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QUOTE (Rallyman72 @ Mon, 14 Jan 2019 - 10:17) *
QUOTE (southpaw82 @ Sat, 29 Dec 2018 - 21:12) *
Anyway, the question has been answered so thread closed before it gets crayoned on.

Highways Agency have gone so far as to issue a statement saying this is fake news.

Why? Surely anything that deters people from speeding is a good thing?

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post Mon, 14 Jan 2019 - 09:36
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I'm sure Highways England will be along soon to say that any information from the Highways Agency must be fake news....

https://www.mylondon.news/news/local-news/m...n-hoax-15651502

https://twitter.com/HighwaysEngland/status/...764957220065280

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QUOTE (nigelbb @ Mon, 14 Jan 2019 - 09:28) *
Why? Surely anything that deters people from speeding is a good thing?

Not exactly a good thing for public bodies to get a reputation for lying in their statements, is it though? Confidence in government is low enough already, without making it worse by persuading people to ignore anything they say.


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QUOTE (nigelbb @ Mon, 14 Jan 2019 - 09:28) *
QUOTE (Rallyman72 @ Mon, 14 Jan 2019 - 10:17) *
QUOTE (southpaw82 @ Sat, 29 Dec 2018 - 21:12) *
Anyway, the question has been answered so thread closed before it gets crayoned on.

Highways Agency have gone so far as to issue a statement saying this is fake news.

Why? Surely anything that deters people from speeding is a good thing?


Trouble is it deters people from even travelling at the speed limit.
Many are so scared of cameras that they allow a good few MPH under the limit.
So is common to find people doing 60 on a motorway (often MLOC) and creating a mobile traffic block.
Fake news like this only makes them slow even more.
Which I wouldn't mind if the bu55ers would stay in lane one or actually speed up if they are overtaking.
There is little more frustrating then travelling at the legal limit when it is safe to do so and being forced to slow because of some twassock who doesn't trust their speedo, doesn't follow rules of the road and thinks that they will automatically get a ticket for one mile an hour over the limit.
These days I seem to spend most of my time on motorways in lane one.
It is simply far easier then playing with the twassocks in other lanes.
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What is even more depressing is that even folks I would consider to be rather smart fell foul to this hoax, and didn't believe me when I tried to explain how wrong it was.

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There were so many things wrong with it it was quite amusing to see how gullible some people are, lets ignore the enforcement starting at 72mph for now and cover
1/ Auto ticketing - doesn't happen in the UK
2/ Of 6 points - well we start at 3 and fixed penalties are 3
3/ Instant ban - again the UK has never worked on that basis
4/ For doing 90mph - even the badly misrepresented changes to the sentencing guidelines tell you that's not true
5/ Custodial sentence - seriously
6/ As an 'order' - oh dear lord......


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post Mon, 14 Jan 2019 - 10:38
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QUOTE (typefish @ Mon, 14 Jan 2019 - 09:55) *
What is even more depressing is that even folks I would consider to be rather smart fell foul to this hoax, and didn't believe me when I tried to explain how wrong it was.

Tell me.
Had one guy on a similar report (SPEC cameras in Devon IIRC) who was very certain that the police already ticket for 1mph plus.
And got very sanctimonious when told different, only missed out on "think of the children" but did include a "how it you feel if it was your loved one who didn't get home because of some lunatic speeding"
FFS, the days of hitting lane 3 and holding a steady 85 to 90 may be long gone but I remain to be convinced that all the speed controls and people's perception of them have made motorways any safer.
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QUOTE (Fredd @ Mon, 14 Jan 2019 - 10:39) *
QUOTE (nigelbb @ Mon, 14 Jan 2019 - 09:28) *
Why? Surely anything that deters people from speeding is a good thing?

Not exactly a good thing for public bodies to get a reputation for lying in their statements, is it though? Confidence in government is low enough already, without making it worse by persuading people to ignore anything they say.

I thought that it was some idiot posting on Faceache who was lying not a government agency.


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No, it was twatter originally, HE were asked specifically if it was correct and they spoke the truth in reply.


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QUOTE (DancingDad @ Mon, 14 Jan 2019 - 09:43) *
Many are so scared of cameras that they allow a good few MPH under the limit.

It's a maximum not a target... laugh.gif


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QUOTE (nigelbb @ Mon, 14 Jan 2019 - 13:05) *
I thought that it was some idiot posting on Faceache who was lying not a government agency.

Sorry, I misunderstood - I thought you were making a more general point.


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QUOTE (DancingDad @ Mon, 14 Jan 2019 - 09:43) *
Many are so scared of cameras that they allow a good few MPH under the limit.
So is common to find people doing 60 on a motorway (often MLOC) and creating a mobile traffic block.

A particular road tunnel I travel through often has SPECS cameras covering its entire length, to enforce the 70 limit (or 40 when there is some kind of restriction, e.g. lane closure). It frustrates me that so many drivers who are happily doing 70-75 before getting to the tunnel slow to 60 or less through it, and normally in lane 2 (of 2).
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QUOTE (DancingDad @ Mon, 14 Jan 2019 - 10:38) *
And got very sanctimonious when told different, only missed out on "think of the children" but did include a "how it you feel if it was your loved one who didn't get home because of some lunatic speeding"


One of the other myths that's peddled. It's not 'speed' that kills, it's 'inappropriate speed,' otherwise I would be dead every time I got on a plane.

It's probably perfectly safe to do 60mph on past a school at 0300, but foolhardy and positively dangerous to try to get to 20mph at 1500!

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QUOTE (Jlc @ Mon, 14 Jan 2019 - 13:29) *
QUOTE (DancingDad @ Mon, 14 Jan 2019 - 09:43) *
Many are so scared of cameras that they allow a good few MPH under the limit.

It's a maximum not a target... laugh.gif

If you're a professional driver responsible, for example, for delivering your employer's goods quickly and efficiently, it is a target

The same applies if I travel to meet a client
The minimum extra hour of travelling time that I have to allow for slow traffic is a waste

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QUOTE (Jlc @ Mon, 14 Jan 2019 - 13:29) *
QUOTE (DancingDad @ Mon, 14 Jan 2019 - 09:43) *
Many are so scared of cameras that they allow a good few MPH under the limit.

It's a maximum not a target... laugh.gif



Quite biggrin.gif
But why does anyone travel at significantly less then the maximum when there is no need and sit in lane 2 (or 3) to do it ??

Had it this afternoon on the M54.
Relatively quiet, comfortable cruising at 70, overtaking lorries or slower cars as needed but a significant time in lane 1.
Then it got a little more crowded and suddenly there are queues in lane 2 (two lane motorway) who are going slower then lane 1.
I'll bet that at the front of the queue was one vehicle doing 55mph while trying to overtake a lorry doing 50.
May have been a lorry but is often a car that is quite capable of 70.
One vehicle that is heading up a progressively more frustrated queue of drivers, many tailgating the one in front and many tempted, if not actually undertaking to gain a few yards.
Brake lights every second or so that progressively slows the queue further.
That was my cue to sit in lane one with a reasonable distance to the lorry ahead and relax, next ten miles to the M6 at 50mph.
Not much slower then lane 2 but a lot less frustrating and dare I say it, safer, for me at least.
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