Camera's A3 Southbound

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marlboro

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637 posts

278 months

Thursday 4th November 2004
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Mobile cameras on tripods are currently setup on the Ripley overpass.

apprentice

1,219 posts

267 months

Thursday 4th November 2004
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Ta

DustyC

12,820 posts

261 months

Thursday 4th November 2004
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Thanks

wasn't she in Aliens?

Gruffy

7,212 posts

266 months

Tuesday 16th November 2004
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Mobile cameras on the A3 southbound just past the services near Burpham. Result: one almighty crash about 10 metres after the cameras and tailbacks of about a mile. Another example of misplaced police efforts.

Gruffy

marlboro

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637 posts

278 months

Saturday 20th November 2004
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It really doesn't supprise me these cameras have possibly caused an accident.
I guess they are deliberately placed on the Ripley overpass in the afternoons as the sun is in your eyes as you approach and obscures the cameras.
Due to drivers seeing the cameras late they stamp on the brake pedal even if not speeding. Let's face it we all do it, brake first then look at the speedo.

To my knowledge (lived in Guildford 30+ years) this is not an accident blackspot. Are they trying to make it one??

billynomates

2,101 posts

243 months

Saturday 20th November 2004
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marlboro said:
It really doesn't supprise me these cameras have possibly caused an accident.
I guess they are deliberately placed on the Ripley overpass in the afternoons as the sun is in your eyes as you approach and obscures the cameras.
Due to drivers seeing the cameras late they stamp on the brake pedal even if not speeding. Let's face it we all do it, brake first then look at the speedo.

To my knowledge (lived in Guildford 30+ years) this is not an accident blackspot. Are they trying to make it one??


Think youll find its not plod but ANPR..have seen some prangs there thou over the years.

DanBoy

4,899 posts

250 months

Monday 27th December 2004
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Yep - Think this is ANPR.

They seem to do a fair bit of it round 'ere!

What you do have to keep an eye out for though, is plod hanging around at the BP stations and around the M25 in both directions, as well as coppers on bikes near Burpham interchange.

On the whole though, I like the A3.





>> Edited by DanBoy on Monday 27th December 20:31