Safe Speed Forums

Driving home this afternoon along the A34/Kingsway in Manchester - 40mph DC. Had just turned off the M60 and was heading over the bridge that crosses the motorway. Just as I passed over the bridge I noticed some geezer in a flourescent yellow jacket and tripod mounted camera in front of us, (as well as a swarm of brake-lights coming on - 40mph is rather slow for a lot of this road). I was doing about 45-50 at the time so there was a moment of panic as I braked to get my speed down to 40 - not sure that I did it in time though. As I passed the camera I noticed the van parked on a side road hidden behind some bushes

However, as I only live a short walk from this spot I decided to wander down and see what was going on - take a few photos for evidence on lack of visibility should I happen to have been pinged; maybe even speak to the camera operator if I felt courageous enough

Upon arrival at the enforcement spot I was quite surprised to see that these were genuine Police Officers though. And what I thought was a scam van was actually a standard Police Car. I also watched them as they pinged a van and subsequently walked out into the road to pull the van over.

So my queries are - do the Police themseleves ever operate on behalf of the Camera Partnerships? Or do they ever prosecute via the 2 week NIP process? The fact that I actually saw them pulling drivers over does suggest this was something slightly different than standard Mobile Enforcement, but I have to admit to being a little concerned given that my indicated speed as I approached them was probably around the 45mph mark

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Why can't we just use Common Sense?

If your indicated speed was 45 then you'll be OK.

The police have recently been targeting the A34/M60 area. Driving north along the A34 the other week, I too encountered a policeman with a camera. I wasn't exceeding the speed limit - mainly because others in front had seen him and hit the brakes. He was on the A34 northbound just past the M60, and was apparently targeting vehicles on the slip road to the M60 eastbound, which remains 40 until it reaches the motorway.

In this case it did appear to be a Talivan. And given his position, it would not have been possible to pull drivers over.

It appears that in your case he was targeting vehicles on the slip road leaving the M60 eastbound - where the limit is again 40. (I regularly do 50 here; thanks for the warning!)

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Brian