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35 in a 30 but only a repeater visible after camera
DIR By: AliRig
Date: May 13, 2025, 4:44 am
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Hello
I wonder if someone could tell me if this is worth an appeal?
Husband thought this road in Kempston was a 40 and got a ticket
for doing 35.
The only speed sign is a small repeater on the opposite side of
the road in the pic, which appears slightly twisted and it was
after the speed camera
Thanks for your time[attachimg=1][attachimg=2]
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Re: 35 in a 30 but only a repeater visible after camera
DIR By: BertB
Date: May 13, 2025, 5:13 am
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You haven't bothered to tell us which direction he was
travelling in, but either way he is wrong. The 30mph terminal
signs are when you come off of the A421 onto Woburn Rd and the
limit carries on its entire duration. If travelling from the
other direction, he would have been coming from a road with a
30mph restriction, onto another road with the same. A lack of
information telling him it was now 40mph would indicate it was
still a 30.
Repeaters are not required at all, the limit is denoted by
street lights. If it had of been a 40mph limit the road would
need repeaters showing this.
He needs to return the NIP naming himself as driver if he hasn't
done so already. For that speed he should be offered a speed
awareness course if he hasn't completed one in the previous 3
years, or a COFP for 3pts & £100.
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Re: 35 in a 30 but only a repeater visible after camera
DIR By: andy_foster
Date: May 13, 2025, 5:22 am
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For the sake of completeness, regular (diagram 670) repeaters
are not permitted within restricted roads with a compliant
system of street lighting.
Exceptions are matrix signs, roundels painted on the road
surface and the sign you have shown us - the 'diagram 880'
combined 30mph repeater and speed camera warning sign.
As has been said, there is no requirement for repeater signs in
a 30mph road with a compliant system of street lighting - and a
sign that there are allowed to display but are not required to
display being at a slight angle is not a defence.
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Re: 35 in a 30 but only a repeater visible after camera
DIR By: baroudeur
Date: May 13, 2025, 5:32 am
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--- Quote from: AliRig link ---
>
> Hello
> I wonder if someone could tell me if this is worth an appeal?
> Husband thought this road in Kempston was a 40 and got a
ticket for doing 35.
> The only speed sign is a small repeater on the opposite side
of the road in the pic, which appears slightly twisted and it
was after the speed camera
> Thanks for your time[attachimg=1][attachimg=2]
>
--- End Quote ---
He appears to have missed these 30 signs
HTML https://tinyurl.com/2acd2mco.
That length of road has average
speed cameras and crosses the frontage of Beds Police HQ!
The '30 repeater' is actually a camera reminder sign not a
repeater
Edit: crossed with the post above
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Re: 35 in a 30 but only a repeater visible after camera
DIR By: AliRig
Date: May 13, 2025, 7:13 am
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Thanks for the advice guys, will do as advised.
Have a lovely afternoon
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