Street
Lights Mean
30mph

Unless Otherwise
Shown
Highway
Code Rules 103 - Page 25
You MUST NOT
exceed the maximum speed for the road and your vehicle.
Street Lights usually mean that there is a 30
mph speed limit unless there are road signs showing another
speed limit.
(Highway
Code)
Are The Camera's
Money Boxes?
Only
6% Of Accidents Are Related To Speeding!
BBC New's
Swindon
Council Scraps Its Speed Camera's - 23/10/2008
At Last the penny has dropped, (BBC
New's) Swindon Council now realize that speed
camera's are glorified money boxes and are only any good
for catching drivers speeding, but do very little for
road safety.
Accidents
On The Roads For 2007/2008 Have Increased (BBC
New's)
Thurrock's Static
Gatso Camera Locations
Speed
Camera Money Boxes
The
following is a list of the fixed
Gatso speed Camera locations on roads in and around Thurrock.
Lodge Lane, Grays 30 MPH
- Between Chestnut avenue & Connaught avenue
London Road, Grays, 30 MPH
- Between Motherwell way & Western Avenue.
London Road, Grays, 30 MPH
- Between Angle Road & Parsonage Road
South Road South Ockendon, 30
MPH - Between Moss Road & Mollands
Lane
South Road South Ockendon, 30
MPH - Between Elwick Road & Verbena
Close
Stifford Rd South Ockendon 40
MPH - Between Cander Way & Daiglen
Drive
Hogg Lane, Grays, 40 MPH
- Between Grays town centre & Devonshire road roundabout
Thurrock's
Disappearing
Speed Repeater Signs.
Health
& Safety Taking Place On Our Thurrock Roads.
The procedure regarding the replacement of Concrete lampost
with the new tubular type is ongoing project throughout
the Country due to Health & Safety for all concerned.
Click
the image to enlarge
New
For Old.
Another Old lampost is struck down, the picture to the
right is showing the Contractors that have just chopped
down a concrete lampost and are in the process of installing
a new steel tubular replacement this is one of the reason
that the old speed repeater road signs in Thurrock are
in decline!
Old
repeater Sign Was Not Re-used!
I watched an old Concrete lampost being taken down on
the old Dock approach Road that had a repeater sign attached
to it, however the old repeater sign was not moved over
onto the new lampost, Why?
Built
Up Area Highway Code Rule's - click the link to the below
and scroll down. (
Highway Code)
Thurrock Council
Must
Set An Example
Thurrock
Council must Set An Example Regarding Their Recycling
Rules!
If the old signs were discarded or dumped in a skip, Thurrock
Council should be ashamed of themselves for allowing this
bad practice to take place, when they are trying to encourage
all of us to recycle more of our waste!
What
Is The Speed Limit Of This Lane?
You
Probably Got It Wrong.
So did a lot of test candidates on a DSA driving test
in Thurrock and the driver would have been penalized for
driving to fast.
Are
You Aware That Many Children Are Killed Outside Schools?
William Edwards school is just around the corner at the
top of the picture, although you would not think so due
to the speed that the majority of drivers drive along
this lane.
Where
are the lampost Thurrock Council!
Remember what the Highway Code rule says regarding lampost
that are close together. !
Highway
Code Rules 103 - Page 25
You MUST NOT exceed the maximum speed
for the road and your vehicle.
Street Lights usually mean that there is a 30 mph speed
limit unless there are road signs showing another speed
limit.
The
Highway Code rule is referring to ( PROMPT WARNING ) repeater
signs.
Little
Repeater Sign All
Road Users Need Constantly Reminding Of The Speed Limit.
If drivers do not see street lights they will assume that
the lane they are driving on is a national speed limit
lane, unless there are speed warning repeater signs to
tell them otherwise
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