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29th September 2021, 16:33 | #11 | |
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I agree they are meant to be speed limited but they also require torque to allow them to climb inclines when fully loaded. Pop any bus or artics that use our motorways tachograph, I guarantee you it will have recorded speeds that are in excess of 62 and 56 MPH. Depending on vehicle. Drive at 72 in the left lane of the M6 you will be passed by busses and artics. The best example I see every summer is the A77 where the busses are clocked well over 70 on a daily basis the artics running up from The ferry and down to the ferry are clocked at the same insane speeds. Two of my Nieces are married to police Scotland officers both of which have parts of the A77 Race track John stopped an Irish Artic about three months ago for doing 81 MPH on a single carriageway part of the road the average speed cameras on the road had recorded the artic in question averaging 72MPH very impressive and yet it should be impossible. One thing I have learned in my 74 years is that nothing is impossible. The Fastest estate car in the world is an MGZT V8 in 2002 set the world speed record at 216mph. Still a record today. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk |
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[QUOTE=alanaslan;2901659]I agree they are meant to be speed limited but they also require torque to allow them to climb inclines when fully loaded. Pop any bus or artics that use our motorways tachograph, I guarantee you it will have recorded speeds that are in excess of 62 and 56 MPH.
Depending on vehicle. Drive at 72 in the left lane of the M6 you will be passed by busses and artics. The best example I see every summer is the A77 where the busses are clocked well over 70 on a daily basis the artics running up from The ferry and down to the ferry are clocked at the same insane speeds. Two of my Nieces are married to police Scotland officers both of which have parts of the A77 Race track John stopped an Irish Artic about three months ago for doing 81 MPH on a single carriageway part of the road the average speed cameras on the road had recorded the artic in question averaging 72MPH very impressive and yet it should be impossible. It is the top speed which is limited and they have no reduction in torque up to the limit. Should any vehicles have the limiter disabled either by a maintenance issue or deliberately, enforcement officers from the police and DVSA have all the powers needed to prosecute. I would have no hesitation reporting such offences to the authorities and in fact, when I became aware of a bus company in the Gatwick area using untaxed buses and red diesel, I reported them and within 30 minutes the reported vehicle was stopped, subsequently seized and the company fined for several related offences. We all need to step forward to halt such blatant offences. |
30th September 2021, 08:29 | #13 | |
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This is why those deciding camera placement policy need people like myself working for them. The strategy should be to place a hidden camera some distance ahead of the dummy, highly visible one, and another a few miles after. This is the way to achieve compliance and wipe the smiles off the faces of all those who think laws/regulations do not apply to them. We are just too willing to accept law breaking by the masses. |
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Are the cameras sophisticated enough to tell whether the vehicle is subject to a different (lower) limit? Or are they just set at a given speed?
I guess they're not that clever but am happy to be informed otherwise. Last edited by AndyN01; 30th September 2021 at 10:02.. |
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I think they could be (height detectors) but very rarely/just about never are.
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The newer cameras ( high range ) have built in ANPR, so as long as the vehicle is in the DVLA database the speed for that vehicle is known and the camera can adapt the recorded speed against vehicle type. Others have shape recognition and can recognise vehicles over 7.5 tonnes and adjust their upper limit.
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But a second or third offence will most likely get you a fine.
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speeding is not the ISSUE its the police putting on their BLUE lights because they don't to sit in the que and /or get a McDonalds for lunch!!
as for villagers using local speed guns, should never police the citizens for the police.... ruddy foolish and cheap for the authorities. but charge us for more police costs. ( PRISONS WITHOUT BAR WINDOWS) Since this CV19 thing i have lost all respect for the police beating the public up and arresting them so they can have freedoms just like us. there are no police anymore just Stazi guards for the Davos governments. WORLD WIDE! |
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