Speeding advice!

[They_all_do_that_sir]

Earlier on I allegedly took the zzr for a spin. The weather was nice, the roads empty, the engine singing away. All was well with the world.

 

Onto a dual carriageway, long left hander then allegedly onto the power for a few seconds. Being on an 1100cc sports bike speed can pile on very quickly. Apparently.

 

Noticed a camera van on the side of the road about 400m away. Bugger. Hard on brakes.

 

I was in outside lane at the time. One car in front (I was catching up with), lots of traffic in the inside lane partially obscuring the vans clear view of me.

 

AFAIK camera vans over here have no secondary camera on the front. Being on a bike I have no front numberplate. Therefore to catch me (IF I was speeding) the following would have happened:

 

The van got a clear view long enough to get a lock at the point the alleged offence was offended.

 

The bods in the van recorded my plate after I passed them.

 

On a scale of 1 - 10 am I buggered?

 

Also before anyone states the obvious YES speeding is stupid, especially where other traffic is about and I would massively regret a momentary lapse of judgement IF the above all happened. It has made me have a think about how I ride. Not that my riding is in anyway under question you understand. I am a fairly sensible slow plodder but occasionally like to blow the cobwebs out and always somewhere appropriate, which in this instance on reflection had it happened was not an appropriate place.....

 

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[Arthur Foxhake]

Rear facing van that you were coming towards?

If so, I reckon you'll be reet.

[They_all_do_that_sir]

Rear facing van that you were coming towards?

If so, I reckon you'll be reet.

Aye precisely. Heading towards the camera if you like.

 

I'm just a bit peeved as I'm usually fairly good at judging "time and place", riding bikes a good few years and clean license, full no claims etc etc....

 

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[AlabamaShrimp]

Do you own a Golf?

 

 

Really same as above they only have one camera and I don't think whoever was in the van would have been arsed to try and take a photo of the bike.

[They_all_do_that_sir]

Do you own a Golf?

 

 

Really same as above they only have one camera and I don't think whoever was in the van would have been arsed to try and take a photo of the bike.

A Golf? No :s

 

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[jonathan_dyane]

Aren't the vans unattended? 

[Richard]

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[Richard]

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[5speedracer]

Doubt they got a clear enough view to get an accurate fix on you by your description.

Carry on !

 

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[Richard]

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[jonathan_dyane]

I didn't realise they had a man in them! 

[Alan_Green]

 

Was on a speed awareness course recently. Learned that the yellow dot matrix speed limits on motorways are advisory only. Had thought they were compulsory and always obeyed them. So the result of my attendance on a speed awareness course is that I'll drive a bit faster.  Actually it was quite a good course really and learned quite a bit.

[Richard]

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[They_all_do_that_sir]

There is a man in the van. No cameras on side / front AFAIK

 

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[They_all_do_that_sir]

 

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[xkjagnz]

Take the reg number of the van, make up a facsimile number plate and put on your car, drive past van at high speed, repeat until bored

Van issues tickets to itself! win win

[xkjagnz]

 

Was on a speed awareness course recently. Learned that the yellow dot matrix speed limits on motorways are advisory only. Had thought they were compulsory and always obeyed them. So the result of my attendance on a speed awareness course is that I'll drive a bit faster.  Actually it was quite a good course really and learned quite a bit.

That van is parked in a really poor location, partially blocking the road and causing a hazard in itself.

[Guest bangerfan101]

My mate jimmys a plasterer With a long wheel Base merc sprinter. He likes to pull into laybys and park obscuring the camera vans view. When challenged he says he needs to make a few work calls,tired,parked ligitimly.

 

He rides a hyabusa on a weekend

[egg]

Learned that the yellow dot matrix speed limits on motorways are advisory only. Had thought they were compulsory and always obeyed them. So the result of my attendance on a speed awareness course is that I'll drive a bit faster.  Actually it was quite a good course really and learned quite a bit.

 

Whoops. Me too, I thought they were compulsory - and I'm hence very careful in areas where they have average speed cameras (M20 in Kent). Time to get my highway code out then.  In a Ford Fusion people assume you're doing 50 anyway to be fair.

[Pillock]

Nope. Speed limit signs have to confirm to regulations, and yellow matrix do not so they simply advise you to drive slower.

Obviously there's usually a reason so you might want to ease off a bit, but you don't have to whack on the anchors.

 

Same with those rectangular signs on sliproads as you come off motorways, "sharp bend max speed 50mph". No red circle, not a limit.

 

One council even went weird and put up square speed limit signs. Not one of them had to be obeyed, as square isn't the regulation.

[hairnet]

^^^ the 50 mph signs at the top of the m5 at sandwell

 

50 hahaha try 85

[Louise2cv]

Same as all these black or green 20 "limits" I believe.

 

I'm never sure on motorways because I am always a bit suspicious about how soon the switch them of after the hazard has passed.

 

I do remember though seeing and obeying a 30 limit matrix sign, and not only that but EVERYONE else was obeying it too. Most bizarre to see all the cars on the motorway doing 30 in the slow lane.

 

The reason? Overhead matrix warning of on coming traffic!

[SiC]

But managed motorway signs with a red circle and text in the middle are speed limits. You will get flashed if you exceed those signs speed limits. Whether they are actually working (to send the info on) is another matter.

[SiC]

I reckon you're a 3/10 on this if you were 400m away. Strictly speaking they could have got a lock on you, but it's a long way off and you would be a very small target on the bike. Whether it was a reliable is another matter too.

[CortinaDave]

the local vans around here DO have front cameras for exactly this reason.

 

basically, squeaky bum for a couple of weeks. They have to send you a Notice of intended Prosecution within 14 days of the offence... if nothing shows in the next 2 weeks youre clear

[They_all_do_that_sir]

the local vans around here DO have front cameras for exactly this reason.

 

basically, squeaky bum for a couple of weeks. They have to send you a Notice of intended Prosecution within 14 days of the offence... if nothing shows in the next 2 weeks youre clear

I've stuck it in my calendar. Pints that night if nothing in the post!

 

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[Eddie Honda]

My mate jimmys a plasterer With a long wheel Base merc sprinter. He likes to pull into laybys and park obscuring the camera vans view. When challenged he says he needs to make a few work calls,tired,parked ligitimly.

 

He rides a hyabusa on a weekend

Your mate Jimmy has an Irish cousin too:

 

[martc]

The rectangular signs reading "Max Speed = x mph", usually found under a warning triangle near sharp bends etc are also advisory with no legal force.

 

 

At least that was what I have been told, usual disclaimers apply.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

A neighbour recently retired from the Old Bill, he was a rural beat copper or some such covering loads of villages. Anyway occaisionaly he'd borrow a speed gun off traffic ro do some speeders coming into villages where the local busybodies had been whingeing- ironically it was often those same people he caught.

He told me a tail of clocking a motorbike at about 60 coming into a 30, he steps out with his hand up and the biker swerves round him and fucks off. Now, Frank's eyesight wasn't great and the bike had a small plate, so he couldn't see it. He wasn't going to give chase in a 110 Defender and no way was he going to report it and have Traffic taking the piss, so he shrugged and concentrated on catching giffers at 36 mph.

After 30 mins he's just packing up when a car pulls up and a bloke in leathers gets out, apparently this biker had been shitting himself waiting for the helicopters and dogs etc. His Mrs made him go back and put his hands up, Frank hadn't got the heart to tell him he hadn't reported it, so gave him a bollocking and a fixed penalty.

 

Let's hope your camera operator didn't notice or couldn't see the plate, of course the really dodgy would report it missing and miraculously find it dumped nearby in a couple of days. Yes I know perverting justice etc is punishable with actual porridge time.

[robinmasters]

 

Was on a speed awareness course recently. Learned that the yellow dot matrix speed limits on motorways are advisory only. Had thought they were compulsory and always obeyed them. So the result of my attendance on a speed awareness course is that I'll drive a bit faster.  Actually it was quite a good course really and learned quite a bit.

I have absolutely no sympathy for the police, and have a very low view of those two in the video.

 

Nevertheless, what did that pillock (sorry Pillock) think he was going to achieve?

 

I went on a speed awareness course too, and also learned something-Keith Lard was definitely based in fact.