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Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 6:24 pm
by Richard Hodge
Did anyone else see the North Wales Police Camera Partnership van on the A5 just before the Llangollen turning (coming from the south) early on the Sunday morning of the Inter-regional and think it was just a little too inconspicuous until it would have been (or was) too late.
I expect it is probably known by the locals as a regular cash collecting spot, but as a visitor, I think twice before going back to places that make money out of people in this way.
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 1:42 am
by Geebs
Humberside police pulled the same stunt earlier in the year when the Hull International Polo competition was on, nothing like supporting local sport!!!
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:28 am
by Anne
It happens abroad even more often!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 11:40 am
by JaneS
I got booked the other week driving through Llangollen to Bala at exactly the spot you mention. I don't think it was just aimed at the competition weekend, they are always out to get you there!!! Must be a real moneyspinner for them.... 
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 2:33 pm
by davebrads
It's the general rule for the North Wales police. I haven't been caught fortunately, but I have learnt to always make sure I am doing the speed limit when driving through any town or village in North Wales. They have often been seen on the A539 into Llangollen on the other side of the river too, and in Trevor.
Another particularly nasty place they hide is on the hill down into Bala from the Tryweryn, you're coming down from 60mph to 30mph on a steep downhill, it takes some standing on the brakes to avoid getting a ticket.
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 2:34 pm
by davebrads
Another thing to bear in mind is that the Chief Constable of North Wales attitude to speeding motorists is notorious enough to have been mentioned on Top Gear more than once.
Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 10:45 am
by NKcanoe
Get a Northern Ireland licence and you won't get points in Mainland UK. Just the fine.
Same applies for UK mainland drivers, drving in Northern Ireland.
There is a motion in place to close this loophole.
NK
