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dagsky Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 5:20 pm Post subject: M1 AVG Speed Cams Confusion!! |
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hey all, i'm a little confused with regards to the avg spped cams workings! Take for instance on the M1 between J25 -J28 there are avg speed cams with a 50mile limit. Now having travelled up and down a fair number of times i can't believe how many people shoot past going at least 60 or 70!!! I do notice that during the day cars do tend to go slower but no where near 50!! If i'm doing 50 how the heck are you going to overtake me and leave me behind while still doing 50??!! At night i see that the cars tend to go faster though! So what am i missing here? Same thing goes for the avg cams from Luton to the M25 junction..... |
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Darren Frequent Visitor
Joined: 11/07/2002 14:36:40 Posts: 23848 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 5:49 pm Post subject: |
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You're not missing anything. It's simply evidence of the appalling ignorance of your average motorist who has no idea what an average speed camera is nor how it works.
They soon will though when they get the NIP in the post _________________ Darren Griffin |
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Rick-uk Lifetime Member
Joined: Apr 16, 2006 Posts: 320 Location: BS20, North Somerset
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Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 7:15 pm Post subject: |
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As a matter of interest, do Specs cameras work in the dark. With no visible light to illuminate the reflective surface of the front number plate, can they still read it? |
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Darren Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 7:21 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, they all have iR illuminators so can work just as effectively in the pitch dark. _________________ Darren Griffin |
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dagsky Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 10:08 pm Post subject: |
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hmm ok i thought that maybe at night when there is no work going on maybe then you don't get issued a ticket! I'm sure iread somewhere in these forums that its to costly for them to switch of cameras when no work is going so instaed that just don't issue tickets during certain times of the evening........ |
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Andy_P Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jun 04, 2005 Posts: 19991 Location: West and Southwest London
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Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 11:12 pm Post subject: |
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Don't remember ever reading that in THIS forum!
As far as I know, they are live all the time.
Also they have CLOSED the loophole which was widely reported that if you changed lanes they couldn't prosecute. The "type approval has now been updated to allow this. |
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dagsky Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 12:30 am Post subject: |
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ok maybe i read it somwhere else then! Just fail to see that majority of drivers then are flauting the speed limits! What shocks me even more is that i get overtaken by lorries and worse cabbies!! I've always thought if there's someone reliable to tailgate it would be a lorry as these guys view thier licences is irreplaceable! |
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M8TJT The Other Tired Old Man
Joined: Apr 04, 2006 Posts: 10118 Location: Bexhill, South Sussex, UK
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Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:38 am Post subject: |
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dagsky wrote: | What shocks me even more is that i get overtaken by lorries |
I wonder if most of these are 'Johnny Foreigner' who tend not to give a toss about our rules of the road, let alone the law. |
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Darren Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:13 am Post subject: |
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dagsky wrote: | hmm ok i thought that maybe at night when there is no work going on maybe then you don't get issued a ticket! I'm sure iread somewhere in these forums that its to costly for them to switch of cameras when no work is going so instaed that just don't issue tickets during certain times of the evening........ |
Wholly untrue, anyone who thinks they'll get away with it is looking at a very expensive lesson! _________________ Darren Griffin |
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tcs17_tim Lifetime Member
Joined: 30/12/2002 21:41:31 Posts: 130 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 6:55 pm Post subject: |
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Are all SPECS cameras active though? I strongly suspect that many are there as a tool to persuade "most" drivers to slow down. Only SPECs installers, the roadworks contractors and DFT know which are real and which are dummies.
Does anyone know anybody that has received a ticket from their local SPECs cameras? There are none near me to do such a survey of my friends/neighbours but within the audience on these forums we must have some evidence of whether tickets have been received and from which SPECs cameras.
Another point on SPECS, wouldnt it be useful to know whether the SPEC camera is the last of a series with a different announcement? Probably not within the philosophy of the database though. |
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Andy_P Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jun 04, 2005 Posts: 19991 Location: West and Southwest London
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Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:45 pm Post subject: |
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tcs17_tim wrote: |
Another point on SPECS, wouldnt it be useful to know whether the SPEC camera is the last of a series with a different announcement? Probably not within the philosophy of the database though. |
They are logged in the database as "Start", "Intermediate" and "End" cameras. It's down to the individual satnav brand/model as to whether it can easily use the info though. |
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MaFt Pocket GPS Staff
Joined: Aug 31, 2005 Posts: 15145 Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 12:49 am Post subject: |
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Andy_P wrote: |
They are logged in the database as "Start", "Intermediate" and "End" cameras. It's down to the individual satnav brand/model as to whether it can easily use the info though. |
which at the moment is limited to drivesmart only...
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PaulB2005 Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 04, 2006 Posts: 9323 Location: Durham, UK
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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 8:34 am Post subject: |
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Quote: | Another point on SPECS, wouldnt it be useful to know whether the SPEC camera is the last of a series with a different announcement? Probably not within the philosophy of the database though. |
I have a pair of Mark 1 EyeBall units which tell me this information. |
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Darren Frequent Visitor
Joined: 11/07/2002 14:36:40 Posts: 23848 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 8:58 am Post subject: |
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tcs17_tim wrote: | Another point on SPECS, wouldnt it be useful to know whether the SPEC camera is the last of a series with a different announcement? Probably not within the philosophy of the database though. |
Nor the capabilities of almost all devices. _________________ Darren Griffin
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DennisN Tired Old Man
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 14893 Location: Keynsham
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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 5:04 pm Post subject: |
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tcs17_tim wrote: | Are all SPECS cameras active though? I strongly suspect that many are there as a tool to persuade "most" drivers to slow down. Only SPECs installers, the roadworks contractors and DFT know which are real and which are dummies. | Personal guesswork only. I think they're all active - they take a fair amount of effort/cost to erect and are mostly there only for a limited time (roadworks). Being digital, there's no issue of running out of film. It wouldn't make sense to pay to erect dummies. They don't seem to erect shedloads of them, only about enough to start, a couple of intermediate and end ones. _________________ Dennis
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