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timaloy
Joined: 30/06/2011 Posts: 171
Message Posted: 07/01/2012 13:03 | Join or Login to Reply | Message 1 of 24 in Discussion |
| do the cameras work at night?? |
Geoff
Joined: 25/06/2008 Posts: 1370
Message Posted: 07/01/2012 14:12 | Join or Login to Reply | Message 2 of 24 in Discussion |
| 24/7!! So watchit mate! Especially on the Famagusta (GaziM)> Nicosia road. Geoff Famagusta City |
posher
Joined: 18/09/2010 Posts: 55
Message Posted: 07/01/2012 16:32 | Join or Login to Reply | Message 3 of 24 in Discussion |
| Don't they just. I reckon I own three of them now |
Ed1957
Joined: 03/09/2011 Posts: 377
Message Posted: 07/01/2012 16:45 | Join or Login to Reply | Message 4 of 24 in Discussion |
| Two new ones near the St hilarion turnoff on the Girne/Lefkosa road beware |
Buddygirl
Joined: 22/11/2010 Posts: 78
Message Posted: 07/01/2012 16:49 | Join or Login to Reply | Message 5 of 24 in Discussion |
| Also new one at Esenteppe turn off & one new one outside Accupulco !! Got 3 tickets in one day on the way to Farmagusta !! |
iceman
Joined: 15/08/2008 Posts: 724
Message Posted: 07/01/2012 17:04 | Join or Login to Reply | Message 6 of 24 in Discussion |
| These are the good days....worse to come soon.. Average speed cameras are next...they already started preparing for them!! |
AlsancakJack
Joined: 14/08/2008 Posts: 5762
Message Posted: 07/01/2012 17:15 | Join or Login to Reply | Message 7 of 24 in Discussion |
| Iceman So do you think that average speed cameras are bad thing? From what I have seen from the existing cameras they just encourage speeding in between. |
Marcusharris
Joined: 28/12/2011 Posts: 92
Message Posted: 07/01/2012 17:41 | Join or Login to Reply | Message 8 of 24 in Discussion |
| Good thing :-s |
wanderer
Joined: 05/02/2009 Posts: 1653
Message Posted: 07/01/2012 23:28 | Join or Login to Reply | Message 9 of 24 in Discussion |
| The best thing is cruise control on the car when in average speed camera area from uk motorway experience But if it takes some of the loony tunes off the road so be it ) ) ) |
BlueButterfly
Joined: 03/11/2011 Posts: 160
Message Posted: 08/01/2012 00:23 | Join or Login to Reply | Message 10 of 24 in Discussion |
| Mes 5. 3 speeding tickets in one day. AND proud of the fact. Well done, aren,t you the lucky one, you haven,t killed yourself or anyone else, YET. |
philbailey
Joined: 17/01/2011 Posts: 3534
Message Posted: 08/01/2012 00:54 | Join or Login to Reply | Message 11 of 24 in Discussion |
| Did not one of the mods on here refuse to a lot of speeding fines ? maybe they could help. |
bertieboss
Joined: 22/07/2011 Posts: 149
Message Posted: 08/01/2012 04:45 | Join or Login to Reply | Message 12 of 24 in Discussion |
| No problem with speed cameras . If only you knew what the speed limit was on any given piece of road. The signing is so inconsistent in TRNC!! And the drivers of very fast "posh" cars drive at enormous speeds and must either pay lots in fines - or know somebody!!?? |
swyflot
Joined: 07/11/2008 Posts: 916
Message Posted: 08/01/2012 07:58 | Join or Login to Reply | Message 13 of 24 in Discussion |
| As i now drive within the limits,doe`s anyone want to buy my camera detector £200 |
Groucho
Joined: 26/04/2008 Posts: 7993
Message Posted: 08/01/2012 08:29 | Join or Login to Reply | Message 14 of 24 in Discussion |
| To answer the original question - yes they do work at night and in both directions! They are digital and as such do not require daylight. I used to think they only worked as you drive towards them but I got a ticket doing just the opposite... bummer :( |
Buddygirl
Joined: 22/11/2010 Posts: 78
Message Posted: 08/01/2012 08:50 | Join or Login to Reply | Message 15 of 24 in Discussion |
| Blue butterfly , we weren't speeding dangerously as you put it, we on both occasions got past the 65 limit by 3-5 miles as on both occasions we were overtaking & as you do you tend to go a little faster to pull out of the way. We are on a hire car & were very aware of speeding but sometimes the chance to come down from 65 to 50 to 30 is very poor , so no we aren't maniac drivers ! The good news is my husband was driving so at least I don't get a non stop reminder as befalls most women if they are the unlucky one behind the wheel. |
elko2
Joined: 24/07/2007 Posts: 4400
Message Posted: 08/01/2012 09:48 | Join or Login to Reply | Message 16 of 24 in Discussion |
| Buddygirl, Stop making excuses. You were speeding, shame on you! I am a big supporter of average speed cameras because they will force people to slow down. The current cameras do nothing about safety and most people slow down temporarily except people like me who remember to slow down after the camera! It takes me one and half hour to drive from Famagusa to Girne, so I believe that is a very safe speed. Usually I get caught to the camera going through the army village with a lunatically speed limit of 50 kph. with hardly any pedesrian around. ismet |
rockyroxstar
Joined: 16/12/2011 Posts: 26
Message Posted: 08/01/2012 10:01 | Join or Login to Reply | Message 17 of 24 in Discussion |
| If I was you I wouldnt worry about the speed cameras, they are nothing against the "careless" local drivers... The "wrecked" fiat drivers who think they are in formula one racing... Worse, are the "Dahkar Rally" racers who intimidate anyone they come across, I am talking about the BMW & Mercedes drivers who not only speed, and over take, they also have mobile phones stuck to their ears.... Bless the moroons .... So drive carefully, nevermind the "speed cameras", they shouldnt bother you... BE SAFE. |
iceman
Joined: 15/08/2008 Posts: 724
Message Posted: 08/01/2012 10:07 | Join or Login to Reply | Message 18 of 24 in Discussion |
| Ismet To be able to use average speed cameras effectively you need to have roads with minimum entry/exit points so that the cameras can record a vehicle once at point A then at point B and calculate the average speed in between.... WE have so many entry/exit points, even our main highways do not have this luxury.. All these speed cameras are seen as cash machines by the administration..if they really want to improve road safety they should start by investing money into correcting the mistakes they built into roads themselves... For a start, they should learn what a roundabout is and how it should be built..they should minimize and improve entry/exit points to high speed dual carrigeways.. And while they are at it they can tighten MOT regulations and not allow unsafe vehicles on the roads!! |
rockyroxstar
Joined: 16/12/2011 Posts: 26
Message Posted: 08/01/2012 22:45 | Join or Login to Reply | Message 20 of 24 in Discussion |
| emagin you're drivining in "camers" free road (day or night), and the only thing you need to concentrate on is the road, speed limit and watch out for the "Dhakar Rally" drivers.... For your safety, just consider all cameras are in operation day and night......., so STICK TO THE ROAD RULES, NEVERMIND CAMERAS... I personally despice bad drivers NOT the cameras.... |
snakes
Joined: 28/10/2008 Posts: 1512
Message Posted: 09/01/2012 09:06 | Join or Login to Reply | Message 21 of 24 in Discussion |
| Living in view of the "new bypass" we are horrified at the speed some cars and bikes travel especially late at night. I hope, for everyones sake, they plan to create some form of spped control on this major death trap instead of the lesser routes which seem to be over subscribed already. |
timaloy
Joined: 30/06/2011 Posts: 171
Message Posted: 09/01/2012 10:33 | Join or Login to Reply | Message 22 of 24 in Discussion |
| cheers guys,good answer groucho,new here,was confused by the lack of camara flashing,the driving here,is unbelievablly bad,i think a lot of locals here think all thats needed to drive a vehicle is accelerator and horn?? thats why is got the highest rate of car deaths in the world per capita |
muffin
Joined: 03/07/2010 Posts: 83
Message Posted: 09/01/2012 17:01 | Join or Login to Reply | Message 23 of 24 in Discussion |
| I drove an average 1000 miles per week in the UK as part of my job, for many years of my working life, so would class myself as a safe and experienced driver. The general standard of driving in the TRNC is appalling and I really wonder how many of those on the road have actually ever had any driving lessons let alone passed a test. Perhaps as well as fining the bad drivers there should be some compulsary form of driver re-education ( as in fact there is in the UK for certain driving offences). All the speed cameras do is generate revenue for the government and do nothing to address the problem of sheer bad driving. |
Tango1
Joined: 19/02/2011 Posts: 1151
Message Posted: 09/01/2012 17:09 | Join or Login to Reply | Message 24 of 24 in Discussion |
| Isn't amazing? All the crashes are reported as being "accidents". NOT THEY ARE NOT (at least not most of them) They are "dangerous" drivers, or at least "driving without due care and attention" drivers. Then of course they are reported to have "lost control of their vechicle" Of course they have because they are driving too bl++++y fast!!! On top of that, has no-one in this country heard of the word "aqua-planing"?? Some of the worst driving I have seen here is on the Girne to Lefkosa road by an assortment of Government and RHA registered vehicles. |
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