speed camaras in trnc

timaloy


Joined: 30/06/2011
Posts: 171

Message Posted:
07/01/2012 13:03

do the cameras work at night??

Geoff


Joined: 25/06/2008
Posts: 1370

Message Posted:
07/01/2012 14:12

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

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

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

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

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

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

Good thing :-s

wanderer


Joined: 05/02/2009
Posts: 1653

Message Posted:
07/01/2012 23:28

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!!

martinD41


Joined: 06/09/2010
Posts: 3001

Message Posted:
08/01/2012 12:04

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/7931842/Speed-camera-switch-off-sees-fewer-accidents.html

rockyroxstar


Joined: 16/12/2011
Posts: 26

Message Posted:
08/01/2012 22:45

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

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

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

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

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.