Single Shot Series: The Gatso Is Your Friend
Posted by Stuart Herbert @ 12:05 PM, Sun 08 Jun 08
Filed under: A470 Trunk Road, Cardiff, Glamorganshire Canal, Merthyr Road, Modern, Photos, Taff Trail
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Like most drivers, I hate speed cameras. Too many of them, especially over in England, seem to be sited in places where they are most likely to generate revenue. This camera in Cathays, Cardiff, is one of the more sensibly located cameras. It’s placed outside a private nursery / school, on a road that has a major cycleway down the opposite side.
The car park on the opposite side has been built where the Glamorganshire Canal once ran, and the lane disappearing off into the distance is approximately the route that the canal used to follow up towards Gabalfa.


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June 8th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
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October 24th, 2008 at 9:18 pm
[...] experimentation with partially-closing St Mary’s Street; I’m referring to where four lanes of traffic goes down to just three as you reach Blackweir. On the right there’s the long, thin car park with the beauty of Bute Park beyond, and [...]
May 27th, 2009 at 12:42 am
In my view most drivers do not hate speed camera’s, only bad driver’s do, I hate people who want to travel at 50 mph in a 30 mph zone…
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