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Old Mar 15, 2006 | 04:22 PM
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Saw a few cars sat round a roundabout today and they had Traffic Census stickers in the windows....I have seen this alot.

What do they do???????
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Old Mar 15, 2006 | 04:34 PM
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What do they do???????
Drink a fucking lot of tea
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Old Mar 15, 2006 | 04:36 PM
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Old Mar 15, 2006 | 04:49 PM
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must be looking to build a shopping complex or sumthing in that area or something that will see a big rise in traffic i think and try to see what the affect would be.i know someone who had to get one done when he was selling land as the person buying it wouldnt buy land without it cost him 35k for them drinking tea
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Old Mar 15, 2006 | 04:51 PM
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Quite simply they count the cars vans and lorries that use the road. This can be done in either or both directions and count all vehicles or break them down into lorries vans cars and coaches.
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Old Mar 15, 2006 | 04:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Daviet
must be looking to build a shopping complex or sumthing in that area or something that will see a big rise in traffic i think and try to see what the affect would be.i know someone who had to get one done when he was selling land as the person buying it wouldnt buy land without it cost him 35k for them drinking tea
allways get them at lakeside shopping centre and there aint room to add anything new?
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Old Mar 15, 2006 | 04:56 PM
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Wait till you hear about the 85 percentile rule that councils and planner use for when they measure the speed of cars on a road I nearly fell over when my boss explained it to me
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Old Mar 15, 2006 | 07:18 PM
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must be looking to build a shopping complex or sumthing in that area or something that will see a big rise in traffic i think and try to see what the affect would be.i know someone who had to get one done when he was selling land as the person buying it wouldnt buy land without it cost him 35k for them drinking tea
allways get them at lakeside shopping centre and there aint room to add anything new?
i dunno maybe looking to change the road if the traffic builds up there?
and it was actually the guy who owns lakeside that bought the bit land lol
its probably his company aswell
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Old Mar 15, 2006 | 07:24 PM
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Monitor traffic flow I think
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Old Mar 15, 2006 | 07:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Dan
Monitor traffic flow I think
pmsl did u just get that from what was said above?
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Old Mar 15, 2006 | 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Oranoco
Wait till you hear about the 85 percentile rule that councils and planner use for when they measure the speed of cars on a road I nearly fell over when my boss explained it to me
Spill the beans then
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Old Mar 15, 2006 | 07:31 PM
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has anyone ever seen those wires they fasten to the road with a black box attached to em at the side, usually chained to a lamppost do they do the same thing?
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Old Mar 15, 2006 | 07:31 PM
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Rhys when you gonna change your siggy mate



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Old Mar 15, 2006 | 07:32 PM
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Rhys when you gonna change your siggy mate



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I dont need to as that will always stand!! But erm i will update it after Sunday! Just want to see if we will win the other prize of the wooden spoon first
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Old Mar 15, 2006 | 07:36 PM
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Originally Posted by *Bri.4.b.Cos*
Originally Posted by Oranoco
Wait till you hear about the 85 percentile rule that councils and planner use for when they measure the speed of cars on a road I nearly fell over when my boss explained it to me
Spill the beans then
Oops ot sidetracked before following it up

You would think that it would a percentage of all the cars speeds during the day? It would make sense and follow common sense.



But NO!!!!!!!!!


It's the speed of the 85th car. So if car 85 tanks through like a twat that's what counts

It would be so funny if it wasn't true
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