Does anybody know if the cops who "fire the radar gun" at you from outside Johnson's Toyota showroom as you come off the fly-0ver are doing it for real or is it training ...they've been there twice in the last few days....sneaky gits!!!

Torreman they are for real ,They have been at different locations all over wallasey this week ,Some times i think they need the funds building up and catch every one out .They were behind pound land in Liscard yesterday pulling loads over at random

have seen them on borough road just by the end of the flyover quite a bit recently.

Have no problem with drivers getting done for speeding. It's essentially a tax on silly behavior.

i'll agree with that when i see a speed camera outside a school

Or they start ticketing those lazy f@t @rsed parents who park on the zig zags because "I'm only dropping my kids off...."

We walked to school and back when I was a kid

Same goes for the knobends that abuse the Blue Badge system

did they have cars back then? joke xx

No, that's why we walked We had slates and chalk too, got the slipper if we misbehaved AND we had milk at breaktime every day We could also spell properly and had a good command of the English language - something sadly lacking with todays children

And on that note I'm off to watch the Armed Forces Who Wants To Be A Millionaire episode.

COME ON DUTCH!!!

They also hide at the entrance to the road leading to the Gunsite from the New Brighton link road, to catch people coming off the flyover where the limit goes from 40 to 30 mph.
Teatime is when they appear - there must be a cafe handy for them in New Brighton.

Bob.

What annoys me about these speed checks is that the officers using the equipment are using it incorrectly.

They are staring thru the camera, watching your speed, and then pull you in if you are going too fast.

According to their own guidelines, they should have reasonable suspicion with the naked eye that you are speeding, and then they can use the equipment to verify their suspicion and gather evidence......

That still happens at your doesnt it J

Ive said it before, and Ill say it again, but that location is a money spinner! All accidents in the past happen on the corner, so a speed trap after isnt going to prevent an accident. Its also a very short distance to a roundabout where you must slow / stop anyway.

They would be better off setting up in a more builtup area where pedestrians and childern are, not at the end of a motorway, after a problem bend, and before a roundabout.

I'm sorry but speed restrictions are there for a reason, whether you think that is right or wrong, it's the law, if you speed you might get caught, it's the risk.....oh yeah and the risk also of killing someone because you are driving dangerously let's not forget that.

I didnt sat it was wrong, I just ment their efforts would be more effective elsewhere

i was clocked driving 4 miles over the speed limit going down Leasowe road!

The copper must have been having a bad day, what happened to 10% + 3?

According to the policeman who gave a talk at Wirral Advanced Motorists Meeting it's 10% + 1.

According to ACPO Guidelines....

What are the ACPO guidelines for speeding prosecutions?

These guidelines set out the minimum figures at which a Fixed Penalty Notice and a Court Summons would normally be considered appropriate for a speeding offence, if there are no other aggravating circumstances. The minimum figure for a FPN is the posted limit + 10% + 2 mph.

Of course it also explain that an officer is well within his rights to issue a ticket for 31mph in a 30 - depending on circumstances....

And most speedos over-read by at least 1 or 2 mph, so to get caught you've really got to be pushing 35 I would have thought?