A249 Detling Hill camera active?

A249 Detling Hill camera active?

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vrsmxtb

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2,002 posts

163 months

Friday 4th October 2013
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Anyone know if the southbound A249 camera just after the twisty bit down Detling Hill is active and issuing PCNs?

Roo

11,503 posts

214 months

Friday 4th October 2013
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I would imagine both of those cameras, North and South, are active.

Roo

11,503 posts

214 months

Friday 25th October 2013
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Latest figures released for speed cameras in the area confirms it works.


Gixer

4,463 posts

255 months

Friday 25th October 2013
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Scamera van still has a habit of sitting in the lay by just around the bend after the camera (going out of Maidstone) so strongly advise not just slowing for the camera.

From memory the 50mph and the cameras were temporary until the bridge was built. How old is the bridge now??

gtidriver

3,459 posts

194 months

Friday 8th November 2013
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That bridge was installed after some people died crossing the road. Temporary Cameras where installed and the speed limit reduced till the bridge was completed.(both are still there) In the hundreds of times I've passed that point over the years at different times of the day I've never seen people cross the bridge,but i have seen kids nearly run over running across the road.

gtidriver

3,459 posts

194 months

Friday 8th November 2013
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That bridge was installed after some people died crossing the road. Temporary Cameras where installed and the speed limit reduced till the bridge was completed.(both are still there) In the hundreds of times I've passed that point over the years at different times of the day I've never seen people cross the bridge,but i have seen kids nearly run over running across the road.

Gixer

4,463 posts

255 months

Saturday 9th November 2013
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gtidriver said:
That bridge was installed after some people died crossing the road. Temporary Cameras where installed and the speed limit reduced till the bridge was completed.(both are still there) In the hundreds of times I've passed that point over the years at different times of the day I've never seen people cross the bridge,but i have seen kids nearly run over running across the road.
To be fair I have used the bridge a few times when I cycle along Pilgrims Way. That's how I remember it, funny how both are still there.....

ARAF

20,759 posts

230 months

Saturday 9th November 2013
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gtidriver said:
That bridge was installed after some people died crossing the road. Temporary Cameras where installed and the speed limit reduced till the bridge was completed.(both are still there) In the hundreds of times I've passed that point over the years at different times of the day I've never seen people cross the bridge,but i have seen kids nearly run over running across the road.
The death of Jade Hobbs and her grandmother finally galvanised the local community and the council into action. As with everything, time is a healer, so people become complacent about the danger. At least they have the choice of safely crossing the bridge, or running the gauntlet.

Oldred_V8S

3,727 posts

245 months

Saturday 9th November 2013
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I always thought a pedestrian crossing with lights would have made more sense and probably cheaper but I guess a bridge suits the horse riders better.

m4tti

5,466 posts

162 months

Sunday 10th November 2013
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Oldred_V8S said:
I always thought a pedestrian crossing with lights would have made more sense and probably cheaper but I guess a bridge suits the horse riders better.
Uhhh a pedestrian crossing on a dual carriage way. That'd be unusual.

Oldred_V8S

3,727 posts

245 months

Monday 11th November 2013
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m4tti said:
Oldred_V8S said:
I always thought a pedestrian crossing with lights would have made more sense and probably cheaper but I guess a bridge suits the horse riders better.
Uhhh a pedestrian crossing on a dual carriage way. That'd be unusual.
Not really. There are plenty of examples.

ARAF

20,759 posts

230 months

Monday 11th November 2013
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Oldred_V8S said:
m4tti said:
Oldred_V8S said:
I always thought a pedestrian crossing with lights would have made more sense and probably cheaper but I guess a bridge suits the horse riders better.
Uhhh a pedestrian crossing on a dual carriage way. That'd be unusual.
Not really. There are plenty of examples.
Probably not with the same obstructed view, Maidstone bound though.

m4tti

5,466 posts

162 months

Monday 11th November 2013
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Oldred_V8S said:
m4tti said:
Oldred_V8S said:
I always thought a pedestrian crossing with lights would have made more sense and probably cheaper but I guess a bridge suits the horse riders better.
Uhhh a pedestrian crossing on a dual carriage way. That'd be unusual.
Not really. There are plenty of examples.
Its unusual for a dual carriage way where it is national speed limit or a 50. The bridge it's the far safer crossing option rather than relying on vehicles travelling in excess of 50 mph seeing the red light at the crossing and stopping in adequate time. Especially in this instance where half of the road is decesnding a steep slope through an S bend.

DIW35

4,158 posts

207 months

Wednesday 13th November 2013
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Gixer said:
Scamera van still has a habit of sitting in the lay by just around the bend after the camera (going out of Maidstone) so strongly advise not just slowing for the camera.
It also occasionally sits just over the brow of the hill, just before the limit changes to NSL.

Zedboy1200

838 posts

218 months

Thursday 21st November 2013
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DIW35 said:
Gixer said:
Scamera van still has a habit of sitting in the lay by just around the bend after the camera (going out of Maidstone) so strongly advise not just slowing for the camera.
It also occasionally sits just over the brow of the hill, just before the limit changes to NSL.
Sneakiest trap I've seen across most of UK...just what Cletus and Roskoe used to do on Dukes of Hazzard in the eighties!

The sad individual that parks his scamera van here and down behind the large bush by The Three Squirrels has some serious personality issues....unless he's just dogging I guess?!

GJB

455 posts

265 months

Thursday 28th November 2013
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ARAF said:
Probably not with the same obstructed view, Maidstone bound though.
West Malling bypass is a good one.

Fast road strangled by 50mph limit that only 50% of people stick to.

ARAF

20,759 posts

230 months

Thursday 28th November 2013
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GJB said:
West Malling bypass is a good one.

Fast road strangled by 50mph limit that only 50% of people stick to.
Shhhhhhhh! That'll be an ideal place for another camera. eek

Roo

11,503 posts

214 months

Thursday 28th November 2013
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ARAF said:
GJB said:
West Malling bypass is a good one.

Fast road strangled by 50mph limit that only 50% of people stick to.
Shhhhhhhh! That'll be an ideal place for another camera. eek
There's quite often a mobile one on there.

Calamity James

196 posts

210 months

Monday 2nd December 2013
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There was a big thread a couple of years back about this stretch of road and the enforcement on it.

I personally travel the A228 every day and haven't seen any plod there for a while now

Gixer

4,463 posts

255 months

Monday 2nd December 2013
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Scamera van on it Sunday....