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New Fri 27 Sep 13 07:56 
 Slow dropping time - Crankcase
Relax. Chill. There's no rush.

At least, there won't be in East Anglia if Norfolk's "consideration" comes to pass.

Average SPECS cameras in 20mph zones.

www.edp24.co.uk/news/new_speed_cameras_could_target_20mph_zones_in_norwich_1_2801565
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New Fri 27 Sep 13 09:12 
 Slow dropping time - Old Navy
Another loony left car hating council by any chance?
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New Fri 27 Sep 13 09:17 
 Slow dropping time - Zero
>> Another loony left car hating council by any chance?

they got what they voted for then didnt they.
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New Fri 27 Sep 13 09:31 
 Slow dropping time - CGNorwich
Actually Norfolk county council is far from 'loony left'. Always used to be conservative but UKIP gained 15 votes at the last election making it "no overall control".

Norwich on the other hand is very much labour .

Norwich has alway been "innovative" as regards traffic management. First city in the country to build a ring road in the thirties. First city to completely pedestrianise a city street in the sixties and first city to install traffic lights on roundabouts. Because of its comparative isolation has often been used for experimenting with new ideas.
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New Fri 27 Sep 13 09:50 
 Slow dropping time - Duncan
>> Norwich has alway been "innovative" as regards traffic management...... First city to completely pedestrianise a city street>> in the sixties ....

Is that right? According to those nice people at Wiki, Stevenage was the first UK city to have a pedestrianised centre in 1959 (Lost my link!).

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New Fri 27 Sep 13 09:58 
 Slow dropping time - CGNorwich
www.eafa.org.uk/catalogue/9406
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New Fri 27 Sep 13 14:19 
 Slow dropping time - Duncan
>> www.eafa.org.uk/catalogue/9406
>>

Well, you had better get someone to tell those nice people at Wiki that they are just plain wrong!

Last time I looked 1959 came before 196? something. Boom boom.
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New Fri 27 Sep 13 14:34 
 Slow dropping time - CGNorwich
Stevenage's pedestrianised centre was purpose built.

Quote from Wikipdedia

"The pedestrianised town centre was the first purpose built traffic-free shopping zone in Britain, and was officially opened in 1959 by the Queen."


Norwich was first to pedestrianise an existing street - London Street as the film clip shows.
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New Fri 27 Sep 13 15:10 
 Slow dropping time - diddy1234
Yep and it sure does look like it was made in 1959 too !
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New Fri 27 Sep 13 10:36 
 Slow dropping time - Old Navy
>> Norwich on the other hand is very much labour .
>>
>> Norwich has alway been "innovative" as regards traffic management. First city in the country to
>> install traffic lights on roundabouts.

So we can blame them for giving our Loony left council the idea to traffic light a roundabout near here to Blackpool illumination standard and totally screw up the traffic flow, causing delays. Would you believe fourteen sets of lights for a five way roundabout!
Last edited by: Old Navy on Fri 27 Sep 13 at 10:38
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New Fri 27 Sep 13 10:43 
 Slow dropping time - CGNorwich
"Would you believe fourteen sets of lights for a five way roundabout!"

They're not even trying.

www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/7977421/Motorists-struggle-with-59-traffic-lights-at-one-roundabout.html
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New Fri 27 Sep 13 10:44 
 Slow dropping time - Zero

>> >> Norwich has alway been "innovative" as regards traffic management. First city in the country
>> to
>> >> install traffic lights on roundabouts.


Stupid bumpkins. Traffic lights on roundabouts are there to be ignored. As they should be.
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New Fri 27 Sep 13 09:57 
 Slow dropping time - borasport
20's fast enough for some of the roads in Norwich IIRC, so I don't see a problem with those being enforced, but if we are talking ring road/ dual carriageway, well there was a guy on the TV this morning from Liverpool council insisting councils don't use enforcement to generate revenue and I almost believed him

It reinforces stereotypes of East Anglia that the first thing the EDP does in that article is explain how average speed cameras work......
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New Fri 27 Sep 13 14:52 
 Slow dropping time - madf
Norwich has to be innovative - the local inbreeding means drivers have reaction times in minutes rather than seconds.
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New Sat 28 Sep 13 11:47 
 Slow dropping time - jc2
Norfolk also admitted a couple of years ago that NONE of it's "speed cameras" were working.
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New Sat 28 Sep 13 12:45 
 Slow dropping time - CGNorwich
Believe that if you want to. Might prove expensive though.

tinyurl.com/pmhcfo5 - www.edp24.co.uk/news

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