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Friday 25 July 2014

The camera never lies...or does it?

I was mildly amused when I read this article in
on Monday 21st July 2014: 
Apparently, "hundreds" of cameras will be involved in the next Stonehenge Traffic Routeing Study:

A303 traffic survey to be carried out

A TRAFFIC survey monitoring vehicle movements on the A303 and through the surrounding villages is being carried out in early August.
Hundreds of cameras will track the routes that drivers take between the traffic-choked Countess Roundabout and Stonehenge Visitor Centre.
The monitoring exercise uses automatic number plate recognition technology to individually track the behaviour of motorists in the survey area.
The A303 is blighted by lengthy tailbacks at peak times and throughout the summer holidays, and local residents say the problem has been made worse by the closure of the A344 near Stonehenge.
Traffic management consultancy Atkins will be carrying out the research from Monday, August 4 to Sunday, August 10, focusing in particular on the amount of extra traffic and the impact it is having, on Shrewton and Larkhill.
So, rather than us thinking our every move is to be spied upon by Big Brother, I thought I'd provide the map as to where these 14 cameras will be placed on the dates mentioned.  They will be in the same places as they were in March so that a direct comparison can be achieved.   One assumes that these cameras will never lie......but....what about this one that appeared on Shrewton's very own London Road last Monday and has caused quite a stir on STAG Facebook page!   Even......www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire radio's Ashley Heath picked up on the story, which went out on this morning's Ben Prater's programme!
According the the DIY expert who constructed it, it's had a good effect on the speeding public - all checked out with Wiltshire's Finest and perfectly legal!
Be nice if two little Blue Tits moved in, and made more Blue Tits!

1 week later......
Unfortunately, this one didn't last long enough for the Blue Tits to move in - it was stolen by persons unknown, but they were seen to be loading it into the back of an "official vehicle"!!!  But its certainly caused a stir with the press around the area and beyond!

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