M3 surprises for Garmin owners.

cantgetlost · Frequent Visitor Joined: Nov 14, 2005 Posts: 291

We just came home from Farnborough and crossed over the M3 at Latitude 51.33500231917201 Longtituded -0.7206666469573975
On the Camberley roundabout over the M3 with no exit or entrance to the M3 there were three small cameras facing the rear of cars below on th M3 heading for london.
The cable from the cameras trailed around the corner to a Police Speed camera van that was well hidden from the traffic passing under the cameras.
I've reported the sighting to the speed cam data base here, but be warned this mobile unit will be moving around. I've never seen this type of set-up before, but all three lanes were covered!
So other Garmin owners like me could be in for a nasty surprise. Crying or Very sad

tomthompson · Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 4:19 pm Post subject:

Could be Number plate recognition unit . If you was crossing the motorway you wouldnt see all the police motorbikes queued up to chase the ones spotted because they would be on the motorway.

What did the cameras look like ?
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cantgetlost · Frequent Visitor Joined: Nov 14, 2005 Posts: 291

I know this is not really the place to bring this up, but as a Garmin user I thought I would share details here.
I do pretty high mileage and I've spoken to a few of my friends and no one else has seen this sort of set up.,
If you look at the junction on google earth it is the old london road that crosses over the M3 between junctions 3 and 4 . above the London bound lane to the left is a lot of undergrowth and the van was well hidden with rear doors open and an operative inside who appeared to be veiwing screen/screens from what I saw in a fleeting glance as even rounding the roundabout the van was well hidden.
Large type white van, may be a Transit or Movano with large speed camera logo's and what I beleive to be the Surrey police/safety camera dept marking as I see around the Surrey area on their money boxes.
I drove past Jnc 3 and could see no police activity there and as the next junction is the M25 I doubt that they would be pulling people on the motorway.
Three black cameras on Black tripods placed over each lane with cables traing around to the back of the van, I guess the cameras we about ten inches high by 7 inches wide and 4 - 5 inches thick with the lens near to top of the front 10 x 4 edge.
Sadly I had left my N73 at home so no pic's. Crying or Very sad

philRS3100 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 01, 2007 Posts: 2

Sounds more like a DVLA/ANPR set-up to detect untaxed or SORNed vehicles from your description of the cameras.

Skippy · Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 7:22 am Post subject:

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adrian_anastas · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 27, 2006 Posts: 73

sunstrip_steve · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 12, 2006 Posts: 126

Staffs Police have these on the M6 they can record your speed and numberplate and print the ticket out for you. Nice.

stevei · Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 8:44 am Post subject:

cantgetlost · Frequent Visitor Joined: Nov 14, 2005 Posts: 291

My inside info friend of a friend tells that this is a new speed cam opperation and to look out for the nasty letter arriving from Surrey Crying or Very sad

Definately safety cam partnership we're told.

stevei · Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 7:17 am Post subject:

I thought that there was a fairly new regulation that "Saftey Cameras" where not allowed to be hidden.
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sunstrip_steve · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 12, 2006 Posts: 126

Yeah true, but they probably banged a sign out on the motorway before, unless there are any permanent ones. They good news is that those ones are normally set quite high.

Saying that that stretch of M3 is normally moving quickly

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