[hawkinspeter]

Just seen this: https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/cycle-club-fits-cameras-bikes-5863526

[quote]Portishead Cycling Club – one of the largest in the area – has purchased ‘multiple sets’ of cycle mounted cameras to use while out on rides.

As well as protecting riders against dangerous drivers the cameras will be used to educate and hold their own cyclists to account when out on the road.

The cameras will be in operation on all club rides.

The cycling club has been working closely with Avon and Somerset Police’s Road Policing Unit as part of its ongoing work addressing the vulnerability of those on two wheels.

In the first six months of 2021 of such work, the force received 1,484 camera uploads with evidence of road related offences.

This resulted in 1,667 warning and prosecution letters being issued.

Following a trial period Portishead Cycling Club made a successful application to the Police Community Trust for a grant to purchase a number of front and rear camera light sets.[/quote]

I’m curious as to which cameras they got as it’s not mentioned in the article – any Portisheadians here?

(Also, what’s the best route from Portishead to Bristol as I’ve got a gaming friend that lives there and I may end up cycling late at night back from Portishead and the Portbury 100 could be scary at night)

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[Eton Rifle]

I’ve popped into the comments
I’ve popped into the comments on the original article, to put the usual BP anti-cycling Gammons right. If you’ve got a strong stomach, do the same.

[hawkinspeter]

I like the Clevedon road –

I like the Clevedon road – that’s nice for cycling along, but not so good for when I want a more direct route.

[brooksby]

hawkinspeter wrote:

brooksby wrote:

TBH Peter the Portbury Hundred is a scary road full stop. I would never ride on there, not even if you paid me!  The way people drive on there… <shakes head>

I’ve been along it a couple of times during the day and I know what you mean. It’s far too busy for its size, but then it’s not as though people can use the train instead.

Problem is that NS council allowed MASSIVE development in portishead but didn’t push for section 106 agreements from the developers to upgrade the transport infrastructure.

There are only three roads out of Portishead: a narrow B road out to Portbury, the main road down to Clevedon, or the Portbury Hundred (which even in COVID times is a car park during “rush hour” when all those people dormitoring in Portishead try to get to the motorway or across to the A369 to go to Bristol).

[hawkinspeter]

brooksby wrote:

TBH Peter the Portbury Hundred is a scary road full stop. I would never ride on there, not even if you paid me!  The way people drive on there… <shakes head>

I’ve been along it a couple of times during the day and I know what you mean. It’s far too busy for its size, but then it’s not as though people can use the train instead.

[Steve K]

Nigel Garrage wrote:

I think you can get it cheaper than the quoted price here: https://chilli-tech.com/content/new-bullet-action-camera/

#nigesdeals

A helpful post – well I never.

[brooksby]

TBH Peter the Portbury

TBH Peter the Portbury Hundred is a scary road full stop. I would never ride on there, not even if you paid me!  The way people drive on there… <shakes head>

[Anonymous]

I think you can get it

I think you can get it cheaper than the quoted price here: https://chilli-tech.com/content/new-bullet-action-camera/

#nigesdeals

[Awavey]

More digging required on
More digging required on those numbers as they seem very large for a year let alone 6 months and the follow up rate too doesnt tally really.

[Awavey]

The camera looks interesting
The camera looks interesting,might try and find some footage to see what kind of quality you get, especially in low light as that tends to be where you lose out on digital sensors that are less costly.

But the wording in the paper bugs me, club cyclists shouldnt need to video their rides to show they follow rules and its false equivalence anyway.

[ktache]

That looks like a nice little

That looks like a nice little camera.

[TheBillder]

Or a some videos show more
Or a some videos show more than one miscreant driver?

[Hirsute]

Just ordered one for the rear

Just ordered one for the rear  +  3.90 p&p

£6 for spare battery

[hawkinspeter]

Sriracha wrote:

Sriracha wrote:

In the first six months of 2021 of such work, the force received 1,484 camera uploads with evidence of road related offences. This resulted in 1,667 warning and prosecution letters being issued.

So by my maths that means at least 183 letters went to those submitting the video.

Yeah, I wondered about that. I interpreted it as them sending multiple letters for single uploads as I’ve never had any warning letters from them after uploading. I’ve had them reply and informally warn me about making a forbidden left turn and one instance where they questioned my road positioning (it was intended and received as friendly advice but I replied with my reasons for taking that particular line and they appreciated my thoughts on that).

[Sriracha]

Quote:

In the first six months of 2021 of such work, the force received 1,484 camera uploads with evidence of road related offences.

This resulted in 1,667 warning and prosecution letters being issued.

So assuming they took action against every subject videoed, that means 183 letters went to those submitting the video.

[hawkinspeter]

Tom_77 wrote:

They’re Chilli bullet cameras according to this – https://www.portisheadcycling.com/cameras

Thanks, I hadn’t heard of them before but they look pretty good for the price.

Presumably they use them for both front and rear?

[Author]

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