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So line the roads with speed cameras.
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That is a subject of some debate. It is possible.Concrete, Abstract, or Squoingy?
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The next generation of cameras are designed to take digital photos of all cars, regardless of speed, at two points on a stretch of road. They then match up vehicles in the two pictures, and use the time between photos, and distance between cameras to determine the average speed - not the momentary speed. Slamming on you brakes would not acheive anything.Andy is right. Concentration is lost in people constantly keeping their eye open for a speed camera. Accidents can be caused by people seeing a camera and slamming on their brakes. Nice concept, but in practice, not that functional. All that happens is that people get used to their location, speed everywhere else except where the camera is and slow down.
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So line the roads with speed cameras.One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.Comment
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Uh, of course it would. It would reduce your average speed, right?Slamming on you brakes would not acheive anything.Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/DaveDaDouche
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No. Speed cameras have a speed sensor and a camera. If the sensor detects a high speed, it will take two photos at set times and they can be used to calculate the speed you were travelling at by using the white markings on the road (modern cameras just don't need the road markings and are digital so they don't need a conventional camera). They are still the same, if you spot the grey box, slow down!Originally posted by Sagacious Dolphin
The next generation of cameras are designed to take digital photos of all cars, regardless of speed, at two points on a stretch of road. They then match up vehicles in the two pictures, and use the time between photos, and distance between cameras to determine the average speed - not the momentary speed. Slamming on you brakes would not acheive anything.Speaking of Erith:
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If you average 70kph for 1km and then brake to 50kph about 50m before you reach the cameras your average speed is about 69kph.Originally posted by David Floyd
Uh, of course it would. It would reduce your average speed, right?
That braking acheived little.One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.Comment
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No. Speed cameras have a speed sensor and a camera
The ones I outlined are being used in trials, mainly on dual carriageways and stretches of motorway - just to get around the very thing you mentioned. There was a whole load about it in the local paper.
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I've never seen the point of being bothered about dual carriageways and motorways. People speed routinely on the things and very few accidents happen anyway. Seems a bit pointless.Speaking of Erith:
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Accidents are not particular high, but imposing\adhering to speed limits (usually variable speed limits) on motorways reduces the likelihood of traffic jams. A number of studies have proved this.Originally posted by Provost Harrison
I've never seen the point of being bothered about dual carriageways and motorways. People speed routinely on the things and very few accidents happen anyway. Seems a bit pointless.One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.Comment
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I appreciate that, but this is only at certain points, hence the speed limits are reduced when there is heavy traffic flow, and that seems reasonable. But for the large part, motorways are quiet so there isn't a problem. Besides, no one ever seems to obey speed limits on motorways anyway, they may as well abolish them, except in that circumstance.Speaking of Erith:
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Ah yes speed cameras
I was racing this girl from my college home today (she foolishly thought her Nova would slaughter my Maestro
) I manage to pull out of the college car park quicker than her and was ahead until the turning into a back road which leads out of Taunton, the cheeky cow went on the wrong side of the road turning the corner cutting me up and making faces in the rear view mirror 
So anyway I keep pace with her (she can't corner, heh) most of the way back and she starts to pull ahead, she has forgotten the speed camera is round the next bend she takes the corner pretty fast as I slow down, she sees the camera stands on the foot brake while I pop the car into 3rd and start to pull out, I overtake her as she tried to accelerate in 5th gear from 40
(Thank chirst for the camera, losing a race to a girl would have been a bit much)
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Under 25?
No wonder my premiums are so high.
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