3v0 Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Oh look a speed camera, joy... http://www.iomonline.co.im/ViewArticle2.as...ticleID=1875609 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
immortalpuppet Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 "the system is not approved for enforcement but has been installed to 'help make the road safer for everyone". Thats not a speed camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ans Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 unlike the red light safety camera installed at Woodbourne Road in Douglas Uhh what? Where is this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonan3 Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 unlike the red light safety camera installed at Woodbourne Road in Douglas Uhh what? Where is this? I think that's the one that catches people running the red light on Woodbourn Road/York Road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramsea Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 lol, what a load of shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wideload Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 if its a safety camera shouldnt it be in an actual accident blackspot like... i dont know ... the bottom of bank hill? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuna Sandwich Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Interesting. I wonder what it is really for? I mean, if it is to do with speeding and it works like a UK camera, it would require a speed of 36mph before it took activated. The cameras in UK also have fixed speed lines that need to be in the picture for secondary proof of speed. Anyone here tried going over ballaugh bridge at 36mph or greater? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuna Sandwich Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 lol, Weirdos... Whats the FFFing problem? Just dont Speed, and you'll be OK.... That is not the point. Maybe IOM will become like Liverpool. Liverpool has cameras everywhere but very few speed limit signs. One minute you are going along in a 40 mph zone next you are on candid camera because you did not see the sign hidden behind a other signs, or a pedestrian crossing. My brother in law is a traffic cop in Merseyside and has told me on many occaisions that they are there and positioned for easy money. Do you really want that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
immortalpuppet Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 The point is they are not there to send you fines, so its not an enforcment camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smeagle Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 theres a yellow camera on woodbourne road traffic lights when your heading towards st ninians to catch ppl jumpin the lights and they can prosecute on that one and the one on ballaugh bridge will probably come active soon, it wont be catching many people though maybe 100 metres before and theyll catch a few! its when they put them on the ballamodha we need to worry, theyll make some money then... i cant see the speed limits have made much of a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3v0 Posted November 15, 2006 Author Share Posted November 15, 2006 The point is they are not there to send you fines, so its not an enforcment camera. So what is the point of it then? Surely the theory behind speed cameras is that people don't want a fine therefore they don't speed, but without the fine it is pointless, how does it add to "road safety"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
immortalpuppet Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 If you read the article it explains why its there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonan3 Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 The point is they are not there to send you fines, so its not an enforcment camera. Provided that it's not a sneaky way of introducing legislation that will lead to the kind of money-harvesting cameras currently in use in the UK, it appears to be a sound idea. If it warns drivers in plenty of time (100 metres ought to be enough for anyone approaching what is definitely a hazard!) and makes them take notice of their speed and slow down a bit, that's fine. That is a road safety measure. And, as Mups said, if we obeyed speed limits - as the Safer Island Driving campaign exhorts us all to do - why should there be a problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 . . . . . they are there and positioned for easy money. Do you really want that? You mention the word 'money' to the vast majority of people on the Isle of Man today and they want it. You make it 'easy money' and they start salivating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 The point is they are not there to send you fines, so its not an enforcment camera. Not yet it's not. The ratchet starts to take effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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