now that the nimbies have got an extra set of meaningless traffic lights as you come into crocketford heading for the boat that once you trigger the flashing speed sign that lights up when your coming in at over 30,when it now senses that your not slowing down ,then it triggers the new set of traffic lights that have been installed to instantly go to red so that you stop.
they serve no purpose other than it has noticed you ignored the flashing speed sign infrming you of your speed and has been triggered only to make you stop to teach you a lesson.
does anyone else just ignore it and plough on through regardless or do you stop at them?
( this is assuming you know the traffic car isnt behind you). 
The lights are in Springholm, a retired loony and his bint stay at either end of the village, the traffic never bothered him before he took up with her when she moved up here from God’s knows where and bought the house right beside the road(the one that advertises piano lessons). Did she not notice the amount of traffic when she looked at it it first!Anyway, some folk do just drive through when they’re red,never heard of anybody getting done but there are small cameras on top of them
oops
i always mix the two up… 
usual standard practice is the english move in and buy a house in the village that suffers from heavy traffic.
the next thing is to campaign flat out to have a bypass built ( before a child is killed) scenario.
get the nimbies on board and after a few years get the bypass built,instant no traffic going through the village,then their property values soar.
the fact that the village retailers and other shops go instantly bankrupt dont seem to bother them though. 
GOG47:
some folk do just drive through when they’re red,never heard of anybody getting done but there are small cameras on top of them
I don`t know about those lights, but, there may be some “reporting bias”?
Jumping lights and “getting away with it”, may be a subject for discussion.
If someone jumps lights deliberately and gets caught, are they likely to say “I did summat stupid, and got caught”?
these lights are 50 yards past one of thse signs that lights up with big numbers showing your speed in green up to 30,then red above 30 at the start of the vilage.
they serve no purpose as they are not at a road junction or anything,they just jump to red once the original flashing sign registers you are not slowing down and ignoring it,and as soon as it registers,it makes the lights jump to red.
theres no pedestrian crossing or anything that could be crossing,just to make you stop for 10 seconds penalty for ignoring the meaningless flashing marker.
Looks like a good idea to me. If you stick to the speed limit you can sail through at 30mph. I don’t see the problem.
Santa:
Looks like a good idea to me. If you stick to the speed limit you can sail through at 30mph. I don’t see the problem.
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no problem at all if you just ignore the both of them.
ive only stopped once after they put them up as you automatically would do until it dawned on me that they are just nimbie pacifying pish.
its different during the day when theres others about,but at night its a different story.
on principle if i trigger the ones gong out the vilage at anything less than 38 then it means theres a plobber in front of me and i feel as if i havent tried hard enough,
at 5 in the morning I like to try and see what speed I can register on the board - 52 going south is my best so far. Stopped the first time -not since .Pile of pish - if I knew which house they lived in (I do know ) I’d drop it a gear and let the side pipe roar .lol
Just sit on the horn the whole time you are stopped at the red light, they will soon regret getting them installed
Night-and-day:
Just sit on the horn the whole time you are stopped at the red light, they will soon regret getting them installed
that’s what they need
dieseldog999:
oops
i always mix the two up…
usual standard practice is the english move in and buy a house in the village that suffers from heavy traffic.
the next thing is to campaign flat out to have a bypass built ( before a child is killed) scenario.
get the nimbies on board and after a few years get the bypass built,instant no traffic going through the village,then their property values soar.
the fact that the village retailers and other shops go instantly bankrupt dont seem to bother them though.
Nail on the head there, white flight from the crap hole cities of England buying up properties right left n centre around here, hoping to live the “good life” type scenario and thinking it’s some kind of rural theme park, forgetting that there are some of us trying to earn a living, get it all the time in the farming and forestry sector around here,incomers complaing about wagons disturbing their peace and we end up having to do huge detours
I’m guessing they must have been cheaper to install than a speed camera? Would have thought that would have been preferable for them depending who gets the money and who has to pay for the camera in Scotland.
As for the nimbies buying houses to make a buck - don’t worry, they aren’t alone. They’ve been doing it in ■■■■■■■ and likely other similar places for years for the same reasons and then complaining about the farming smells and tractors at 5am…not that there’s ever an increase in tractors & rattly trailers after they complain naturally.
beefy4605:
at 5 in the morning I like to try and see what speed I can register on the board - 52 going south is my best so far. Stopped the first time -not since .Pile of pish - if I knew which house they lived in (I do know ) I’d drop it a gear and let the side pipe roar .lol
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good man.
if theres a herbert in front of me then i just hold back to get a good run at them and see how high a score i can get.
nice to see im not really the only hooligan in here.
this place is going to the dogs. 
trevHCS:
I’m guessing they must have been cheaper to install than a speed camera? Would have thought that would have been preferable for them depending who gets the money and who has to pay for the camera in Scotland.
Very few speed cameras in Scotland are actually operational. Would be a waste to install it and never turn it on.
Some craic getting them to turn red off the 2330/2400 boats and the ballbag behind me actually stops!!! 
Big Truck:
Some craic getting them to turn red off the 2330/2400 boats and the ballbag behind me actually stops!!!
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i know who you mean.
hs name is mr popular.
its the same in france/spain around the bigger cities when you decide to stop just as the red comes on and the 4 or 5 guys behind you go mental as they intended crashing through at your back…
GOG47:
…she moved up here from God’s knows where and bought the house right beside the road(the one that advertises piano lessons)…
She must love our firm then, slowing things down for her. We’ve a drop directly opposite (bulk gas) and the easiest/quickest way to do it is half on/half off the pavement. I’ve stood in the back garden many a time and heard brakes squealing. Luckily we only deliver between 6am and 6pm thereby avoiding most of the cavalry.
Never stop unless some balloon in front of me does.
Is there a table somewhere for the best scores on the light up board?
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TheUncaringCowboy:
Never stop unless some balloon in front of me does.Is there a table somewhere for the best scores on the light up board?
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we would need photo evidence to make it worthwhile and throw in a driving whilst not being in proper control on top of the speeding.
itl be a heavy hand on the horn every single time now i know where the ■■■■■ lives.