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#Post#: 23881--------------------------------------------------
New cameras active on the A249 Detling Hill
DIR By: roythebus
Date: May 25, 2024, 4:36 pm
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As any users of Kent's motorway system will probably know,
there's been roadworks on the A249 between the M20 and M2 for
several years. The old speed camera at the bottom of Detling
Hill going towards the M2 has obviously not worked for ages, but
I found out the expensive way that that has been replaced by
what the road signs say are average speed cameras.
In mid April i was going to work late at night and was obviously
going a bit faster that the 50 mph in a loan car. The owner or
the loan car informed me that he'd got a s172 notice and named
me as the driver. I've now got the s172 of my very own, 57mph on
the A249 at Detling towards Sittingbourne. Vague locus possibly?
I ought to be able to get an SAC, I can't remmeber when the last
one was, and I've got 3 points that are due to come off by now.
I wonder if it's worth a challenge?
But a warning to all others in the area, the cameras work
sometimes!
#Post#: 23915--------------------------------------------------
Re: New cameras active on the A249 Detling Hill
DIR By: NewJudge
Date: May 26, 2024, 7:29 am
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> .....on the A249 at Detling towards Sittingbourne. Vague locus
possibly?
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I don't think so, Roy. I would take "At Detling" on the A249
northbound to cover not much more than about half a mile of that
road, roughly between the 1st turnoff to the village on the
right ("The Street") and the second turnoff by the big
footbridge ("Pilgrims' Way"). Those two turnoffs provide an
entry to each end of the village and cover its entire length. I
think you'd struggle to argue that description was so vague that
you were not sure where it was.
#Post#: 24863--------------------------------------------------
Re: New cameras active on the A249 Detling Hill
DIR By: roythebus
Date: June 3, 2024, 3:05 pm
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Thanks for that NewJudge. That there's signs indicating "average
speed cameras" made me wonder where the next camera is. The
first is just beyond "Jade's Bridge".
#Post#: 24892--------------------------------------------------
Re: New cameras active on the A249 Detling Hill
DIR By: Lodesman
Date: June 4, 2024, 3:16 am
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It’s of no help to you I’m afraid Roy but there has been a
strapline warning of the activation of the average speed cameras
at Detling hill on the KMSCP website for a while now.
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Re: New cameras active on the A249 Detling Hill
DIR By: roythebus
Date: June 5, 2024, 5:19 pm
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Quite, but not everyone looks at that site. Oh well I'll just
hope I can get anther course!
To add a bit of irony to this case, when my partner's car was in
for a service with the garage that I got the loan car from, she
got a s172 notice. The driver was garage owner's mrs!!
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