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I would like to know what the procedure is in getting a permanent speed camera installed along a stretch of road.

I live on a dual lane road, and even though the speed limit is 70km/h, often one can hear bikes and cars racing along at what must be +120km/h. Especially after 10pm.

This is incredibly noisy and disruptive.

I hate speed camera's myself, and I feel most roads are set too low, but going almost double the legal speed in a residential area is dangerous and disregardful to the people living along this road.

I am talking of Blaauwberg Road, Table View.

I reckon 100's of cars a day do +100km/h along this road and I have yet to see even 1 traffic officer doing speed checks.
 
That's a perfectly fine road to drive fast on. In fact, it's an M road (M14) so they should up the limit to 100 or 120 (think M3) km/h. Buying property there though would not be the smartest thing to do.
 
I have seen traps along that road day and night, road blocks as well.
Fixed cameras are a waste of time anyway, you'll slow down for the camera, and then speed up again. That road is littered with robots as it is.
 
UnUnOctium said:
That's a perfectly fine road to drive fast on. In fact, it's an M road (M14) so they should up the limit to 100 or 120 (think M3) km/h. Buying property there though would not be the smartest thing to do.
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LoL dude, Blaauwberg road is a rather busy road, with many crossing roads, pedestrians, and school children often walk along it after school. How on earth do you justify a speed limit of 100km/h along that road without endangering yourself and other innocent road users :confused:

@kevinswan007: All you can do is petition the traffic authorities to step in and do something. Try speaking to your neighbours and other residents in the area to either sign a petition or send in letters of appeal on their own. Even speaking to your local MP might have some effect. The more noise you make about the potential danger, the better the chance someone will hear and listen.

Good luck.
 
UnUnOctium said:
In fact, it's an M road (M14) so they should up the limit to 100 or 120 (think M3) km/h. Buying property there though would not be the smartest thing to do.
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If the traffic authorities used that system, they should make Frans Conradie (M25) 100km/h as well. The M only means that it is a major metropolitan road.
 
kevinswan007 said:
I would like to know what the procedure is in getting a permanent speed camera installed along a stretch of road.

I live on a dual lane road, and even though the speed limit is 70km/h, often one can hear bikes and cars racing along at what must be +120km/h. Especially after 10pm.

This is incredibly noisy and disruptive.

I hate speed camera's myself, and I feel most roads are set too low, but going almost double the legal speed in a residential area is dangerous and disregardful to the people living along this road.

I am talking of Blaauwberg Road, Table View.

I reckon 100's of cars a day do +100km/h along this road and I have yet to see even 1 traffic officer doing speed checks.
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Dude get a patent, you just invented awesome technology.
 
MFour said:
LoL dude, Blaauwberg road is a rather busy road, with many crossing roads, pedestrians, and school children often walk along it after school. How on earth do you justify a speed limit of 100km/h along that road without endangering yourself and other innocent road users :confused:

@kevinswan007: All you can do is petition the traffic authorities to step in and do something. Try speaking to your neighbours and other residents in the area to either sign a petition or send in letters of appeal on their own. Even speaking to your local MP might have some effect. The more noise you make about the potential danger, the better the chance someone will hear and listen.

Good luck.
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thanks, I think talking to the neighbours and getting a few phone calls made to the local TD will be best
 
UnUnOctium said:
That's a perfectly fine road to drive fast on. In fact, it's an M road (M14) so they should up the limit to 100 or 120 (think M3) km/h. Buying property there though would not be the smartest thing to do.
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Yeah, sure...
I used to live just off Blauuwberg Rd - on Boy de Goede.
Witnessed smashes at least once a month outside my place.
Normally as pi$$ed-up boy racers took their souped-up Toyotas and Hondas to the limit, to impress the two Rothmans-smoking 15 yr old chicks in the back seat.
I certainly DON'T miss the scream of high revving engines, the squeal of tyres as brakes are applied heavily, the crash, the crumpling sound as metal distructs, and then the icy silence, punctuated by the tinkle of metal and glass as the bits settle.
Oh, and the whoo-whoo of sirens as the emergcency services come to fetch the bits.

That's at night.
During the day, as somebody else has posted, there's the small matter of schoolkids, taxis, busses etc etc etc to contend with.
Hence the 60km/h limit.
Oh, and there's a couple of blind rises there as well.
 
Well speak to the traffic department. After contacting them a few times they have come to realize that the the stop street 3 house away from me is actually a cash cow!!
Seeing that the road is sort of a slip way almost, the people dont stop at the stop street, they just 'slip' into the road where I live. I've asked them and they write about R30 000 worth of tickets in the hour to 2 hours that they stand there every now and again. The people is now stopping at the stop street but the cops normally dont have to wait more than a min or 2 to stop the first car for not stopping.
When the traffic department sees that they can have a cash cow, they will start manning the street, I dont think that a permant 1 will be put up, but maybe its differnt in CP?
Contact them
 
Sorry small hijack.

I live in a cul de sac. Total road length is about 700m. We have this idiot who always races up the road with his BMW station wagon. All the kids plays in the street and he will then hoot at them if they don't get out of the way quick enough.

Well last week Thursday night at 11:50 we were woken by a skidding of wheels and a load noise.
He was pissed and started losing control of the BMW in front of our gate, he swerved and managed to miss our neighbors fence, but this swerve was to much and he shot over the road and went trough a fence two houses up.
We had our revenge at last.(Luckily no one was hurt). His Beemer had to be dragged out and towed away. Cops arrived 40minutes after the tow truck removed the beemer.
Now he drives a Daewoo(LOL).
 
well someone at the traffic department must be reading this, because as I type this, they are trapping on both sides of Blaauwberg Road. Right near where I live. And I have to say, The traffic department will be filling their annual quota tonight fore sure!
im actually standing by the window and watching from the 2nd story like a sport!

again, its not the 80km/h to 100km/h cars Im too concerned about, its the 120km/h + that deserve the flash!
 
kevinswan007 said:
well someone at the traffic department must be reading this, because as I type this, they are trapping on both sides of Blaauwberg Road. Right near where I live. And I have to say, The traffic department will be filling their annual quota tonight fore sure!
im actually standing by the window and watching from the 2nd story like a sport!

again, its not the 80km/h to 100km/h cars Im too concerned about, its the 120km/h + that deserve the flash!
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Like I said, they are always trapping and road blocking on that long stretch of road at all times of the day through the month.
 
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