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18 Jan 10
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8465515.stm
don road gets average-speed cameras Average speed camera The stretch of road will have 84 special cameras introduced Average-speed cameras are to be used on an urban road with multiple entrance and exit points for the first time, Transport for London (TfL) says. The 84 cameras are to be installed on a 7.5-mile (12km) stretch of the A13 in east London, ready for use by next summer. They will operate between Canning Town and the Goresbrook interchange. However, the speed limit will be raised from 40mph to 50mph on a section of the route once the cameras are in place. TfL said it hoped the cameras would halve the number of people killed or seriously injured along the road. This is exactly the right way to target road safety: take specific action to target a specific problem Prof Stephen Glaister RAC Foundation director The collision rate on that stretch of the road has been almost a fifth higher than is typical of major roads in London, TfL said. Nearly 500 collisions, including three fatal and 34 serious accidents, were recorded on this stretch of road between 2006 and 2008. TfL said half of these incidents were caused by speeding. RAC Foundation director Professor Stephen Glaister said: "This is exactly the right way to target road safety: take specific action to target a specific problem. "Average speed cameras are already a familiar feature in roadworks and they have the advantage of smoothing traffic flow rather than creating the stop-start sort of driving often associated with fixed cameras. "The fact that the speed limit is actually going to be increased is an acknowledgement of this. |
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Lon...
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Ah, common sense. 50 much more sensible, but 60 would be better.
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Three killed in two years - and the target is to halve it.
Ummm - I would think there are far greater priority roads tbf! |
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And so it begins. The motorway network will be covered by 2020.
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Not being racist here, but how many people involved in
these accidents actually passed their tests in England?? I would think that this is more likely why there is such a high collision rate in this area! We drive on the left in this country!!!!! |
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The reason that average speed cameras are being put there is to stop the daft cvnts who slow down to 50 for a camera then zoom to the next one as fast as they can weaving in and out of traffic, then slow down to 50, then zoom etc.
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that stretch of road is very badly designed which is probably why there are quite a few accidents, it also takes an incredible throughput of traffic. If it was made a consistent three lane all the way through with an additional lane at slipways off, and you did away with the t junction adjacent roads then it would be considerably safer.
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got them on the M62
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Mustapha Bath 18 Jan 18:04
We drive on the left in this country!!!!! Eh, I don't. |
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so 2006 to 2008... thats 2 years o days ...
stretch of dual carriageway is it ...in East London .. So would a low average of 1000 cars an hour half the day be fair ..and for just 5 days ...ignore weekends 12,000 a day x 5 days = 60,000 cars a week 52 weeks in a year ...say 50 weeks 3,000,000 cars passing each year for 2 years = 6,000,000 cars 3 fatalities ...half caused by speeding per report above .. that is 1.5 fatalities per 6,000,000 cars !! or 1 per 4,000,000 cars or 0.00004 % or similar .. and people are spending multi-millions on cameras , etc !! |
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would be interesting to know how much people pay in speeding fines in an average year .
esp in essex. |
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Sleep walking into a .......
Well you know the rest. |
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wait till its EID
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:)
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Ivor 18 Jan 17:30
Three killed in two years - and the target is to halve it. Ummm - I would think there are far greater priority roads tbf! cant see them achieving the 1.5 target |
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driving in england is finished ..everywhere is now so busy that the enjoyment has already gone...average speed checks will shortly be everywhere..on all motorways..this will finish it off.
to go a long distance will take forever if any of you travel the m1 at the moment you will know what i mean ..a 15 mile stretch at 50..does your head in |
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Win only - Sp only 18 Jan 23:11
Ivor 18 Jan 17:30 Three killed in two years - and the target is to halve it. Ummm - I would think there are far greater priority roads tbf! Not in east London. only 2 roads come into London on the eastern side, the A13 and the A12. They are jam packed every day from 6-30 a.m. One small accident causes facking chaos when people are injured, however slightly, as vehicles should not be moved until the police arrive. If you're in the traffic and you're lucky, cars involved are in one lane, if you're unlucky and the cars are in two lanes you can switch off your engine off for at least an hour. If theres a serious injury, get off where you can and go home. This makes everybody late for work and holds up hundreds of delivery vehicles. The problem being that ships and planes won't wait, they stick to their timetables. |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkGBFjU89ik&feature=related
guy loses it.... |
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That's a FAR better argument than the original one Charlie!
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the A13 is not a road ,HTH, stick in the A4 from cromwell
road to the M4 ,and the A40 from the westway to girotary and u have a treble up of non roads during the evening rush hour ... same in morning go other way .. |
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will the extra revenue generated by these cameras mean the funerals of the 1 and a 1/2 people will be paid for ?
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Mustapha Bath 18 Jan 18:04
Not being racist here, but how many people involved in these accidents actually passed their tests in England?? I would think that this is more likely why there is such a high collision rate in this area! We drive on the left in this country!!!!! Mb I would like to know how many of them have passed a test anywhere ? 15 people to one license :^0 |
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like a foooking ATTIC :-)
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new thread being started :^0
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a13 has dreadful traffic
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Yes James, we know that now.
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plainlazy 18 Jan 23:35 if any of you travel the m1 at the moment you will know what i mean ..a 15 mile stretch at 50..does your head in this is a tempory speed restriction for the M1 widening. and while it is very frustrating it is hardly a sign of things to come on motorways in general. Had the same thing when widening south of Luton. was a pain during the process but when completed is vastly improved. |
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the point is you DONT Have to wait for the police to come, they do feck all anyway.
u exchange details then go about your business. it is people waiting for the to55ers in blue that cause the problem queues. take pictures and witness statements. then move the f**K over... yw |
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The M11 has a 5 mile stretch of roadworks with a speed limit of 50.
It's quite easy to drive at 50 . The impatient w@nkers who get hot under the collar because they're losing an immensely valuable 105 seconds of theirmiserable lives should have left 2 minutes earlier, and they would have had 15 seconds to spare. |
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Dealem.... 19 Jan 00:32
the point is you DONT Have to wait for the police to come, they do feck all anyway. u exchange details then go about your business. it is people waiting for the to55ers in blue that cause the problem queues. take pictures and witness statements. then move the f**K over... So of somebody is injured by you, or you get injured by somebody else, you would move your car to let traffic through ? |
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GASH they had to widen it. they need to widen nearly every road in britain
and thats just to accommodate,the fat arse basterds in their chelsea tractors dropping Johhny and Jessie to school ,london between 3.15 and 4.00 pm is a total and utter joke, and then the rush hour to follow .. and then the**s go on about global warning ... If big heffer arsed basterds walked their precious little ones to school Im sure the excercise would do them both good ,and negate the need for a crane to get some of the fat basterds out of a house in years to come .. |
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Road widening on the M4 Cardiff to Newport had a 50mph limit - which I believe is, or is to become, a permanent 50 limit.
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more tax for the Government in its time of need ...
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One small accident causes facking chaos when people are injured, however slightly, as vehicles should not be moved until the police arrive.
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revenue collectors. interest on national debt getting bigger, they service it through increasing revenue in ways like this.
they have to pay for stuff somewhere - since income tax is entirely spoken for by the debt interest. there is no open report for uk, but using usa as an exmaple, the 1984 grace commission established that ALL entire tax did not quite meet the interest required on national debt. image what its like a quarter century down the line... and it is no different here. |
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that should have read "ALL income tax" not all entire tax.
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hello warro how are you?
caused any more stirs of late? i havent really been around. |
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and if its one of the only ways in from that side of town, surely by now there should be a road that can safely allow 60mph.. people are muppets but not that much that 60 is dangerous on a half decent road.. yes there will be someone accidents, there always will be no matter what is done. but i suppose its ok that the millions spent on road networks cannot even provide that..
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