Speed Demon

November 9, 2009 at 12:32 pm | In Driving | 4 Comments

Since I’ve passed my test I’ve really enjoyed driving. I try to be as safe as possible and stick within the limits but there’s one thing nagging away in the back of my head, and that is speed cameras. I am so paranoid about them you wouldn’t believe it. On Saturday I drove to Glasgow and back to see my friends Phil & Kirsty (not the ones of Location Location Location) and during the inevitible roadworks on the M8, there was a 40mph limit. No sign of cameras, safety vans or peelers with hairdryers  anywhere, and certainly nothing warning me of them (though I understand now they are not obliged to warn you), but because I briefly (due to football on the radio) went up to 44 (the horror!) I have spent a bit too much time the last couple of days trying to find positive confirmation that there were no speed cameras (average speed, GATSO or otherwise, though I saw no flash) along this 2-mile stretch. I’ve yet to find any and it’s gonna drive me bats for a couple of weeks until I’m sure that nothing nasty is going to drop through the door.

I failed my test twice because of speeding, but this is making me go insane! What’s wrong with me??

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  1. a little tip that might help – speed cameras usually set to 10% above speed limit. e.g. a certain road that runs from Edinburgh to Aberdeen has their speed cameras set to 77mph before the flash/take pics.

    Also speedometers in cars are usually over-set a couple mph higher than you are actually going to help stop people speeding.

    Therefore if there was a speed camera, you probably weren’t going fast enough to be flashed at.

    Comment by brunettekoala — November 9, 2009 #

  2. Thanks, but the 44mph figure was from my sat nav, not the Speedo (so that’s the speed I was actually doing).

    However, my flatmate did the same route recently and confirmed to the best of his knowledge that there were no speed cameras when he did it, so that’s put my mind at rest. A bit. As has the very slim chance of me being caught in the second or so that I was doing this speed.

    Comment by AndrewS — November 11, 2009 #

  3. I didn’t get a ticket!

    Comment by AndrewS — November 29, 2009 #

  4. good stuff!

    Comment by brunettekoala — November 29, 2009 #


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