alt.uk.law

"R. Mark Clayton" wrote in message
news:RcCdnReHgsafnTLaRVnyvQA@bt.com...
> Yesterday I was driving along the A6010 intermediate ring road in
> Manchester.
> At approx location 53.48747N 2.19892W there was a camera van on the
> central reservation.
> If it was filming vehicles from the back it might have snapped me at
> between 30 and 40, but more likely it was filming oncoming vehicles
> because then the driver is in the picture and the cars were coming
> downhill.
>
> This is an ideal place for a trap because: -
>
> 1. Wide modern dual carriageway with separate pedestrian and cycle paths
> and unobstructed views.
> 2. Originally designed for 40mph, but slight changes elsewhere meant it
> got a 30mph limit.
> 3. Disused graveyard on one side and empty fenced MCFC car park on the
> other.
> 4. No junctions for 200m either way, and both light controlled.
> 5. Clear dry day, moderate traffic.
> 6. Terrible accident record - see below*.
>
> Naturally the drivers and police would be aware of what a dangerous place
> this was to speed and take especial care to respect the 30mph limit and
> enforce it respectively.
>
> Obviously anyone caught in such a trap would be doubly willing to assist
> the police whenever they might ask for assistance or witnesses to come
> forward etc....
>
> Apparently the van was there for several hours and will IME have generated
> a profit for its operator of hundreds of thousands of pounds.
>
Hundreds of thousands of pounds?
Call it 300000 , at 60 quid a go = 5000 cars
If it was there for 5 hours that's a thousand cars an hour.
Two lane? ring road , so 500 cars per lane per hour , or 8.3 per minute , or
one every 7 seconds

That would mean a high rate of traffic and virtually every car speeding.
--
Alex

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