Motorway Cameras.

demag · Unread post by **demag** » 07 Apr 2006, 22:50

Just received this minutes ago:

Subject: M42 Junctions 3 to 7b Speed Cameras
>
> Guys, I have been given some reliable information from a friend in the
> know (road testing cars).
>
> As of the 1st April 2006 the new digital automated tracking system
> between junctions 3 & 7b on the M42 is scheduled to go live.
>
> There are 276 Digital Cameras which have been set to 2MPH tolerance
>
> You will not see any flash. The 1st you will know when you have been
> caught is the day the postman delivers the £60 fine!
>
> Be careful out there

BernieLugg · Unread post by **BernieLugg** » 08 Apr 2006, 07:19

Had something similar about the M6 last year - turned out to be utter slobolock (as they say on countdown)

p20 · Unread post by **p20** » 08 Apr 2006, 12:31

Might actually be true. http://www.mirror.co.uk/motoring/motori ... _page.html
In the actual paper it had photos of the gantries

wheeler · Unread post by **wheeler** » 08 Apr 2006, 13:52

surely there will have to be warning signs within 1km of the sites anyway ? are these things the same as SPECS cameras ?

Homer · Unread post by **Homer** » 08 Apr 2006, 23:54

This....

demag wrote: > There are 276 Digital Cameras which have been set to 2MPH tolerance

tells me it's rubbish. No speed camera in the UK would currently be set to less than 10% +2 over the speed limit.

Yet another rumour spread by Transport2000, Brake, or one of the other lunatic fringe groups. I'm pretty certain they do it because they know they only need a small percentage to believe it to cause a rolling roadblock effect.

Where the variable speed limit is in force it will be backed up by cameras, they won't need anything like 276 of them and it will enforce 10% +2 or higher.

Sl4yer · Unread post by **Sl4yer** » 09 Apr 2006, 00:32

Homer wrote:Where the variable speed limit is in force it will be backed up by cameras, they won't need anything like 276 of them and it will enforce 10% +2 or higher.

Much as it has been on the M25 for some years.

The Gatso cameras have been in place on the M42 for some time in the newly-managed areas. Whether Gatsos can be adjusted on the fly for different limits, I don't know!

The bit about CCTV is just scaremongering. SPECS is the only currently approved system for speed traps. The CCTV is just regular stuff, as on most motorways.

James

Unread post by **martyhopkirk** » 09 Apr 2006, 08:52

p20 wrote:Might actually be true. http://www.mirror.co.uk/motoring/motori ... _page.html
In the actual paper it had photos of the gantries

Oh well if its in the MIRROR it must be true then

f00lzz · Unread post by **f00lzz** » 09 Apr 2006, 08:53

The 'specs' enforcement camera's have been in use at roadworks on the North bound side of the M42 after J10 at roadworks for some weeks untill recently. Just to be different...I think they are better than the Gatso type because you don't get the 'slam on the brakes' at the camera scenario and anyway... how do you get drivers to stick to the variable limits without such measures, which have been proved to work elsewhere.

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