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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

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.

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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.

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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