I found two flashes after me when I was driving there (at 40 mph road before parkway roundabout) last night (11:00pm). I don't know there is a speed camera. :-(

Probably. Expect your nice letter from the SY Camera Partnership in the next week. Get past 14 days and count yourself lucky! :D

if it flashed then it was active. If you were going >45 then it was probably you that it flashed.
It's not guaranteed that it had film in it, if you recieve a ticket through the post within 2 weeks then it did.

My speed was 50 mph at that moment, and I was the only car on the road. :-(
That camera is very difficult to be found. I drove back to search it after flashes, but still did not find it! I often drive back home from that road, and never found there is a camera!(maybe it was not working before) :-(
For a new driver, 3 points is too serious. 14 days, I will count it down now. Maybe they put some film in, and actived it. Still wish there was no film in it, Bless.

How can you miss it- its illuminous yellow mate right by the side of the road?

could it have been the mobile camera???

and if your a new driver why are you speeding?

one more of them and its an instant ban not to mention the fact that your insurance will go up next year!

Really? in Sheffield parkway, and just before parkway roundabout? maybe it was too late last night (11:00 pm), and I did not found it.

i'd say that it's difficult to miss.
You actually went back and then couldn't see it when you drove down again?

It's about 400 m inside the 40 zone, probably 200m before you reach the set of traffic lights before the roundabout.

It's yellow, big and square and on your left. Just before the bridge that goes over at that point if I remember correctly. On the right is a building saying something about Sun Electronics or something similar.

If its where i'm thinking then it is clearly signed as 40 and warning of cameras (i think) and the roundabout is signal controlled!!

Originally posted by savbaby
could it have been the mobile camera???

and if your a new driver why are you speeding?

one more of them and its an instant ban not to mention the fact that your insurance will go up next year!

Lots of excuses, midnight, clear road, want to go back home earlier... Yes, I think I will not drive faster than the speed limit, at least before first two years.

Originally posted by Cyclone
i'd say that it's difficult to miss.
You actually went back and then couldn't see it when you drove down again?

It's about 400 m inside the 40 zone, probably 200m before you reach the set of traffic lights before the roundabout.

It's yellow, big and square and on your left. Just before the bridge that goes over at that point if I remember correctly. On the right is a building saying something about Sun Electronics or something similar.

No, I did not see it. I will check it next time when I drive there. No more speeding.

Originally posted by zhylin
Yes, I think I will not drive faster than the speed limit, at least before first two years.

Try for the rest of your life, not just the first two years.

or at least try to get better at spotting cameras.

Its one of lifes lessons mate. Trust me Ive been there and am currently suffering because of it. I will never speed again in my life.

Originally posted by alchresearch
Try for the rest of your life, not just the first two years.

yes, I will try if I can keep this licence sucessfully in the first two years. :-) Thanks

How did you miss the big illuminous 40mph signs,the Big yellow box you can see a mile off due to the road being straight,and also did'nt you notice the white markings on the road as you approached the camera?.

Dare I say it, should you really be driving if you miss a big non moving object that is bright yellow and reflective at night?

Originally posted by unners
How did you miss the big illuminous 40mph signs,the Big yellow box you can see a mile off due to the road being straight,and also did'nt you notice the white markings on the road as you approached the camera?.

I saw 40mph signs, but did not see that yellow box. Actually, I have driven there for more than ten times, and never notice there is a camera. :-( I can not understand why I can not see it if it is so obvious as you said.

Drive slowly next time.

If you saw the 40mph signs, you would have seen the camera signs also - so why did you not slow down?

Originally posted by zhylin
I saw 40mph signs, but did not see that yellow box. Actually, I have driven there for more than ten times, and never notice there is a camera. :-( I can not understand why I can not see it if it is so obvious as you said.

Drive slowly next time.

i'm as confused as everyone else :confused:

you really can't miss it! the road is straight, the camera is not obscured in any way.. it's just before the tram bridge, mounted on the left as usual, with white markings in the road as usual..

The camera on the Parkway is perhaps THE most obvious I have ever seen, also dangerous as everyone breaks down to 39.9 mph just before it.

The real p*sser is the mobile van that parks in the 50mph zone that exists for about 1/2 a mile between 2 national speed limit stretches. I honestly can't see the point of this van other than as a fund raiser or target reacher. It doesn't stop dangerous driving or save lives, speed cameras just don't do that. Check the stats...deaths due to road accidents fell for 11 consecutive years before they started replacing traffic patrols with yellow boxes.

Yes, I'm bitter.
No, I haven't been "flashed".
No, I don't speed.

* Time-Expired *

Originally posted by Marmite Man
The camera on the Parkway is perhaps THE most obvious I have ever seen, also dangerous as everyone breaks down to 39.9 mph just before it.

The real p*sser is the mobile van that parks in the 50mph zone that exists for about 1/2 a mile between 2 national speed limit stretches. I honestly can't see the point of this van other than as a fund raiser or target reacher. It doesn't stop dangerous driving or save lives, speed cameras just don't do that. Check the stats...deaths due to road accidents fell for 11 consecutive years before they started replacing traffic patrols with yellow boxes.

Yes, I'm bitter.
No, I haven't been "flashed".
No, I don't speed.

surely the 50 zone exists between 1 national speed limit zone and one 40 zone, the 40 zone then goes onto a 30 zone at the roundabout itself.

Originally posted by Pseudonym
Zhylin... Whilst you're driving along, taking careful note of the reading on your speedometer, looking for speed-limit signs, trying to spot 'safety-camera installations', including the odd, cunningly-concealed mobile ones and hopefully noticing the road markers that can give you a clue....



Thanks a lot about all the above sentances, you are so warmhearted.

I have learned a lot from this lesson, and hopefully, I will be a safety driver soon.

Originally posted by Pseudonym
Zhylin... Whilst you're driving along, taking careful note of the reading on your speedometer, looking for speed-limit signs, trying to spot 'safety-camera installations', including the odd, cunningly-concealed mobile ones and hopefully noticing the road markers that can give you a clue....

I sincerely hope that you are also keeping a watchful eye on the motorists around you and obviously several vehicles ahead, to avoid sudden braking... that you're keeping a safe stopping-distance from the vehicle in front, despite the fact that often another vehicle will overtake and fill the gap that you are leaving, causing you to slow down to recover the gap, watching all the while that the vehicle behind you has noticed and is also leaving a gap... after all, you don't want to be rear-ended!

Oh! and don't forget to keep a wary eye on pedestrians, in case one of them decides to cross the road without looking... Also be aware that someone in a parked car may open the off-side door without warning... and that some mothers have the habit of poking their pushchair off the pavement part way into the road before checking for oncoming traffic... That's always guaranteed to increase the heart-rate of any driver!

Of course, you'll be noting the road conditions whilst you're doing all of the above, wet roads after a long dry spell can equall skid-pan conditions, spilt diesel means the same, rain increases stopping-distance greatly and snow... now that can be fun!!... Potholes can throw a vehicle off-course, damage steering, suspension, exhaust-system, etc. ... Same applies to 'traffic-calming' measures if you're not paying sufficient attention to your speed... Though why Sheffield needs traffic-calming bumps beats me, the potholes do an excellent job and there seem to be new ones appearing every day!

That's just a small taste of what the motorist who wishes to avoid problems has to do whilst driving... This is not a lecture on how to drive a vehicle, you've already paid someone else for that tuition, it's to point out that the poor motorist already has enough to do, without having to play eye-spy with speedcams!

Though perhaps I should add that although you've just passed the test, it's only now that you are really learning how to drive... and most importantly, stay alive!

Welcome to our world!:)


As a footnote, fitting a TomTom GPS navigation system and loading it with a free 'safety-camera' database, means that, quite apart from the primary use of navigating to a chosen destination easily, most of the attention-diverting actions detailed in my first paragraph can be avoided... I get an audible warning when approaching a speedcam, including warning of the possibility of the presence of a mobile cam... This has proved invaluable on several occasions so far... £200 well-spent in my opinion... Though some may disagree!;)

Sign on the back of a car.
THE GAP IN FRONT IS FOR MY SAFETY NOT YOUR STUPIDITY

Nature dislikes a vacuum motorists dislike spaces

How's this for a rather idiotic bit of road signage?

You leave the Matalan car park on the sliproad onto the Parkway. Half way down this slip road is a '50' sign.

'Right', you think to yourself, 'I'll speed up so as to join the traffic flow without causing a hazard, and match their speed.'

You are busy looking over your shoulder and in your rear view mirrors - as you do - and you hit the main carriageway at the '50' limit.

Job's a good 'un??

No chance!!!

Immediately on joining the carriageway there it is. A bloody '40' sign within 10 metres of you.

Why, oh why the bloody '50' sign on the slip road???:loopy:

Originally posted by saxon51
How's this for a rather idiotic bit of road signage?

You leave the Matalan car park on the sliproad onto the Parkway. Half way down this slip road is a '50' sign.

'Right', you think to yourself, 'I'll speed up so as to join the traffic flow without causing a hazard, and match their speed.'

You are busy looking over your shoulder and in your rear view mirrors - as you do - and you hit the main carriageway at the '50' limit.

Job's a good 'un??

No chance!!!

Immediately on joining the carriageway there it is. A bloody '40' sign within 10 metres of you.

Why, oh why the bloody '50' sign on the slip road???:loopy:

:hihi: I've never noticed that before but now that you mention it it's ridiculous!

How strange??? Perhaps someone should inform the highways department and get them to change the sign on the slip road from Matalan to 40? Though I suppose technically, you are joining a 50mph road, even if only for a few metres ...

Maybe the 40mph zone should be moved further back (towards Matalan) to make it safer for people joining the Parkway?

Zhylin, I hope you are not too disheartened by all these responses to your post!

As a fairly new driver, you probably are still concentrating hard -the mechanics of driving haven't become so natural that you don't really have to think about it anymore. So yes, it's quite a difficult task, I think some people who have been driving for a long time may forget that ....

Whether you agree with the speed restrictions or not - you're going to have to stick to them - if you want to avoid a fine, points on your license etc.

The slower you drive, the less likely that there will be a fatality if you hit a pedestrain. However, even though there shouldn't be any pedestrains on the Parkway they are really keen at the moment on there for some reason. I saw the police at the speed camera the other day - changing film I presume ... ? The speed camera on that stretch of road is pretty obvious IMHO so you are going to have to still keep the concentration levels pretty high - if you've missed it, you are not looking around enough at the road and the signage.

I hope you soon become a safe and competent driver, it does take time and as someone has already said, once you've passed your test, then you really start to learn how to drive - how to read the road and other road users....

Wishing you many years of happy and uneventful driving ...

Mainly agree with Hels. Get off Zhylins back!!!!

Zhylin has been caught doing over the speed limit and will hopefully learn from it. Many of us have been caught speeding (i have twice!) and we hope to learn from it. 3 points on your licence so early isn't great but it's nothing OTT on todays roads.

I'm not condoning speeding but Zhylin has been caught and i'm sure now knows,thank to a few patronising comments' what a speed camera looks like.

CAMERA ON THE PARKWAY IS ALWAYS ARMED IT'S THE MOST DANGEROUS SPEED CAMERA IN SHEFFIELD IT MUST MAKE SOUTH YORKSHIRE POLICE A FORTUNE!!!!!!

Originally posted by gasman
CAMERA ON THE PARKWAY IS ALWAYS ARMED IT'S THE MOST DANGEROUS SPEED CAMERA IN SHEFFIELD IT MUST MAKE SOUTH YORKSHIRE POLICE A FORTUNE!!!!!!

actually it isn't. Only in the last year has it been armed for any decent length of time, before that it was virtually just for show for several years. Now it's armed probably about 1/2 the time i'd say. At least acccording to my snooper that is.

Originally posted by Cyclone

It's not guaranteed that it had film in it.

I thought all speed cameras had been replaced with digital ones to do away with the need for film? :confused:

The mobile one was there again last night, at around 8pm. Everyone was doing about 40mph so they've no chance of making any money there ..... :heyhey:

I have to agree it's probably the most obvious cam in South Yorkshire.

Can anyone tell me if it can catch cars leaving Sheffield? I passed it a little (ahem :blush:) over the limit heading out of town tonight and it flashed.

Was it just coincidence or is it set for outbound traffic as well?

I have to agree it's probably the most obvious cam in South Yorkshire.

Can anyone tell me if it can catch cars leaving Sheffield? I passed it a little (ahem :blush:) over the limit heading out of town tonight and it flashed.

Was it just coincidence or is it set for outbound traffic as well?

It doesn't catch you going the other way, probably got someone on the other side at the same time you went past.

It doesn't catch you going the other way, probably got someone on the other side at the same time you went past.

Phew, that's a relief, but what I thought. Cheers buddy.

My speed was 50 mph at that moment, and I was the only car on the road. :-(
That camera is very difficult to be found.

Why would it need to be found? The limit is 40mph whether there's a camera there or not.

Blimey, Zombie thread!

OP is 2005! :o

You don't have to worry if u weren't speeding do you

a speed limit is there for a reason; to protect yourself and other drivers, so if people stuck to it there would never be such things as speed cameras. New people on the road should know better. why cant people just take some responsibilty and drive sensibly!!

instead of looking out for cameas, try driving at the appropiate speed and look where your going instead, it's a lot safer,lol, there are drivers and screw drivers, sounds like the majority of you are the latter???