BINO: Bypasses In Name Only

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One example from countless and which has been discussed before.

When 20mph limits were first authorised, it was on the basis that they had to be "self-enforcing." That's code for traffic-calming. It must have passed unnoticed because it caused some shock-horror responses when it was "revealed" at the All-Party Cycling Charade.

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What's best: humps, bumps and chicanes or cameras? The cost of cameras could be slashed if their presence did not have to be advertised.
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The functions of humps and cameras are different though overlapping.
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I've no problem with bumps when they're built properly sinusoidal and aren't crash hazards for bikes travelling at clearly much below the posted speed limit (which doesn't apply to them anyway).
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thirdcrank wrote:One example from countless and which has been discussed before.

When 20mph limits were first authorised, it was on the basis that they had to be "self-enforcing." That's code for traffic-calming. It must have passed unnoticed because it caused some shock-horror responses when it was "revealed" at the All-Party Cycling Charade.

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What's best: humps, bumps and chicanes or cameras? The cost of cameras could be slashed if their presence did not have to be advertised.


If people don't know they're there they won't have any deterrent effect. The idea of cameras is, or should be , to stop drivers speeding not collect revenue.
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pete75 wrote:
If people don't know they're there they won't have any deterrent effect. The idea of cameras is, or should be , to stop drivers speeding not collect revenue.


That's true, but if drivers know that if they can see no camera then they are free to speed, won't they do so? If there might be a camera then they would be deterred even when there was no danger of being pinched.
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Mike Sales wrote:
pete75 wrote:
If people don't know they're there they won't have any deterrent effect. The idea of cameras is, or should be , to stop drivers speeding not collect revenue.


That's true, but if drivers know that if they can see no camera then they are free to speed, won't they do so? If there might be a camera then they would be deterred even when there was no danger of being pinched.


The implication in the post I was replying to was that revenue collection would be higher if the cameras were not advertised.
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pete75 wrote:
The implication in the post I was replying to was that revenue collection would be higher if the cameras were not advertised.


Oh. I see. Revenue might well be higher as a by-product of better deterrence.
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Mike Sales wrote:
pete75 wrote:
The implication in the post I was replying to was that revenue collection would be higher if the cameras were not advertised.


Oh. I see. Revenue might well be higher as a by-product of better deterrence.


No the implication was that without the cameras being advertised more people would speed hence more money raised. I think the point is drivers are less likely to speed when they know cameras are there rather than there being a chance there might be.
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thirdcrank wrote:
What's best: humps, bumps and chicanes or cameras? The cost of cameras could be slashed if their presence did not have to be advertised.

Bumps or chicanes are better than cameras in 20mph zones because they can be deployed more densely and once installed require little or no maintenance for years to come.
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pete75 wrote:
Mike Sales wrote:
pete75 wrote:
The implication in the post I was replying to was that revenue collection would be higher if the cameras were not advertised.


Oh. I see. Revenue might well be higher as a by-product of better deterrence.


No the implication was that without the cameras being advertised more people would speed hence more money raised. I think the point is drivers are less likely to speed when they know cameras are there rather than there being a chance there might be.

I'm not sure if that was Third Crank's meaning. I reckon we need to wait for clarification on that. He (or she) could have meant, for instance, that costs would be lower because with the possibility of cameras being anywhere, a smaller number is actually needed - you can't see them, but they could be there.
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pete75 wrote: ... If people don't know they're there they won't have any deterrent effect. The idea of cameras is, or should be , to stop drivers speeding not collect revenue.


Ideally, people would drive carefully and considerately of their own volition, but many don't so we have regulations, which some people ignore, so the regulations need to be enforced, but we've reached a point where they are increasingly ignored and unenforced.

My basic feeling is that if they think they can get away with things some people will try it on but that number falls if they anticipate enforcement. IMO, we should scrap the concept that every enforcement camera must be advertised. (IIRC this was a Tony Blair idea to try to avoid upsetting the more vociferous drivers.)

As an example of what I'm getting at, the Leeds South Eastern Urban Motorway was built to standards which assume 50 mph max. In its early days, it was constantly policed and enforced and now it isn't, even though traffic is much heavier. There are roadworks at present with a 40mph limit. Bright yellow average speed cameras have been installed temporarily and at one point there were signs saying they were not in use. IMO absurd.

The fallback position should be an awareness that cameras are widely used and any contraventions - not only speeding - risk automatic enforcement. That's the deterrent. It's unlikely to happen.

The money has to come from somewhere and the penalties are as good a source as any.
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Pray tell why a bypass needs to involve blocking the original route. Surely that's re routing? A bypass is a route that goes around something not through it. Status of the original is irrelevant.
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The idea of cameras is to catch people. Word gets out and is a deterant. Unmarked cameras are great in theory. They bring in more revenue which could pay for more enforcement which is the only way to prevent road crime.
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thirdcrank wrote:Purely subjective, but I fancy that in many of the market towns bypassed on the A1 and other main roads, the local traffic is now heavier than the through traffic was when they were by-passed. That's especially so if you include late evenings.
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mattsccm wrote:Pray tell why a bypass needs to involve blocking the original route. Surely that's re routing? A bypass is a route that goes around something not through it. Status of the original is irrelevant.

A bypass is a rerouting. An alternative route added to an unchanged one is a relief road, but UK politicians call them bypasses fraudulently because that's easier to get support for.
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