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Stu Clarke
Norwich,
United Kingdom
Posts: 71
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Sprint RS (02-05)
21 Sep 2008 16:13 |
Still feeling pissed off at getting 3 points and a 60 quid fine in Scotland last week .....anyone using those radar detectors and if so are they any good?
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Rob BBTB
Birmingham,
United Kingdom
Posts: 24,370
Premier Member
Sprint ST (05->)
21 Sep 2008 17:18 |
[edited]:
I think the GPS based ones, will tell you where the fixed sites are.
But if a plod with a mobile is any good, he'll have you, before you know he's there.
(and I've got a feeling they're now illegal)
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Frank Jones
NY,
USA
Posts: 3,029
Premier Member
Sprint RS (02-05)
21 Sep 2008 18:34 |
I use an Escort 8500,hidden behind screen........
convinced it saved me at least two tugs, going to and from Chicago....one was a nice 2 mile, downhill, cruising at 125 when it lit up like Blackpool...1 mile further was plod, in the median...............lots of falsies at automatic roadwork signs though.......still worth slowing down for..........!!
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Fret.
South.,
United Kingdom
Posts: 38,592
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Tiger 1050 (07->)
21 Sep 2008 21:02 |
They are now illegal, but if one uses a GPS they are classed as "Safety Cameras" so you can get away with it.
Or just slow down.
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Stu Clarke
Norwich,
United Kingdom
Posts: 71
Premier Member
Sprint RS (02-05)
22 Sep 2008 09:42 |
That seems like sound advice Fret...I'll have to consider that one!
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Blizzard
Coventry,
United Kingdom
Posts: 24,746
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Daytona 955i (04->)
22 Sep 2008 20:44 |
they're not camera locations they are 'accident blackspots'
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Rob BBTB
Birmingham,
United Kingdom
Posts: 24,370
Premier Member
Sprint ST (05->)
22 Sep 2008 21:33 |
Oh no they're not
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Blizzard
Coventry,
United Kingdom
Posts: 24,746
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Daytona 955i (04->)
23 Sep 2008 09:13 |
yes they are because of all the panic braking that goes on around them 
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Rob BBTB
Birmingham,
United Kingdom
Posts: 24,370
Premier Member
Sprint ST (05->)
23 Sep 2008 09:59 |
LOL - saw just that a week ago.
2 cars, rear-ended, 10 yards before a fixed camera.
Neither party looked happy
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Barney
SouthWestThePoshBit,
United Kingdom
Posts: 4,840
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Sprint ST (05->)
28 Oct 2008 17:43 |
To date I have seen 3 rear end crashes caused by panic braking at speed camaras
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Graham.
Glasgow,
United Kingdom
Posts: 301
Premier Member
Daytona T595 (97-98)
04 Nov 2008 20:43 |
3 others + me 1 time in the last 18 months
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Fret.
South.,
United Kingdom
Posts: 38,592
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Tiger 1050 (07->)
08 Nov 2008 21:33 |
I've been on rides where people panic and slow to 40 in a 50 limit FFS!!!
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Barney
SouthWestThePoshBit,
United Kingdom
Posts: 4,840
Premier Member
Sprint ST (05->)
09 Nov 2008 09:47 |
[edited]:
Two of the rear end crashes I saw were a direct result of the camera partnership.
The camera and tripod was on the hard shoulder under a bridge in the shade and the van was parked on the slip road out of sight.
This ment you didn't see it until the last minute the operators must have known what was happening by the number of skid marks on the other lanes.
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Red Monkey
Swinging in a tyre,
United Kingdom
Posts: 19,257
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Daytona 955i (99-01)
22 Nov 2008 19:58 |
Radar detectors are pointless, and I've had a few.
Even the best ones give loads of false alarms to the point that you end-up ignoring them.
Lazer is used more widely now (like in camera vans) and that's hard to detect unless you get scatter off another vehicle - normally if it goes off it's too late.
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Frank Jones
NY,
USA
Posts: 3,029
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Sprint RS (02-05)
22 Nov 2008 19:59 |
Why ignore false alarms??
better to be safe than sorry....
I have to say the Escort 8500 did me proud........
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Red Monkey
Swinging in a tyre,
United Kingdom
Posts: 19,257
Premier Member
Daytona 955i (99-01)
22 Nov 2008 20:57 |
Because when a radar detector is set off by every phone mast, automatic door opener, and god knows what else, you end-up ignoring them: it's human nature. Like I said, most most forces now use lazer anyhow.
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§peêd†riÞ
M3 / J3 - ish,
United Kingdom
Posts: 42,024
Premier Member
Speed Triple 955i (02-04)
23 Nov 2008 09:58 |
indeed, let the force be with you Master Wayne ..... 
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Red Monkey
Swinging in a tyre,
United Kingdom
Posts: 19,257
Premier Member
Daytona 955i (99-01)
23 Nov 2008 11:23 |
Always two there are, a master and an apprentice
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§peêd†riÞ
M3 / J3 - ish,
United Kingdom
Posts: 42,024
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Speed Triple 955i (02-04)
23 Nov 2008 11:42 |
truth, it is.....
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