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Kings Theatre Junction - What is to Be Done?

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  1. gembo
    Member

    Worst ever today

    I am ambling along Gilmore Place and hear a car coming at me at high speed. My spidey sense tells me to move out into the right hand lane now. A little bit earlier than I might have done as strangely there was no traffic in the LH lane.

    Lights change to red the speeding vehicle a Black 4x4 smashes through the red light at high speed. Something like SB08 YL10 but could not swear on that.

    Pedestrians had green man. I am not sure why no one was killed.

    The light had been at red a long time before the 4x4 ploughed through it.

    Confess to be rather shaken by this example of bad driving. I still cant quite figure why I am not at St Leonards giving a witness statement

    Posted 5 years ago #

  2. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    Timor mortis conturbat thee?

    Posted 5 years ago #

  3. jdanielp
    Member

    Did the driver actually make the tight left-hand corner?

    I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit.

    Posted 5 years ago #

  4. unhurt
    Member

    Needs an underpass. For the cars. Maybe with a 90 degree left turn?

    Posted 5 years ago #

  5. wishicouldgofaster
    Member

    As per everywhere it would be fixed with enforcement.

    Unfortunately our police force maintain they're over-stretched and councils don't have the will to put in red light cameras on all traffic controlled junctions (I personally think this would soon pay for itself in fines collected).

    This poor level of enforcement has in my opinion led to a gradual increase in a screw everyone else attitude by drivers.

    Posted 5 years ago #

  6. CycleAlex
    Member

    @wishicouldgofaster Can councils actually put up red light cameras? They only ones I’ve ever seen are from the police’s safety camera unit people.

    Posted 5 years ago #

  7. the canuck
    Member

    Someone once tried to explain a complicated legal reason why Scotland can't have camera enforcement, but I don't recall what it was.

    I still say the use of humans to enforce most traffic infractions is a poor use of funds, and highly inefficient.

    Posted 5 years ago #

  8. gembo
    Member

    cant saY WHO IS DRIVING THE MOTOR?> though mRS gARTO had 3points put on her licence automatically from late night accidental RLJ at Gillespie's X-road

    so what am I talking about, Willis?

    Posted 5 years ago #

  9. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    the use of humans to enforce most traffic infractions is a poor use of funds

    It would be funny if car ECUs had the various RTAs built into them and debited fines automatically from the driver's bank account, drove the driver straight to prison and themselves to Daltons to be crushed under the correct circumstances.

    Posted 5 years ago #

  10. ARobComp
    Member

    t would be funny if car ECUs had the various RTAs built into them and debited fines automatically from the driver's bank account, drove the driver straight to prison and themselves to Daltons to be crushed under the correct circumstances.

    Contactless driving fines? Just build a big contactless charge point in strategic locations near junctions and when someone breaks the law it automatically blasts them and their car from below with whatever radiation controls NFC and charges every card in their wallet £29.99.

    Peer pressure from (admittedly rare) passengers would also help reduce the crimes.

    Posted 5 years ago #

  11. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    Testify brother!

    Posted 5 years ago #

  12. stiltskin
    Member

    Stolen car perhaps?

    Posted 5 years ago #

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