M4 Speed camera's
Joined: Jul 2002
Posts: 17,572
Likes: 1
From: Wakefield, West Yorks.
Don't know if this has been posted here yet.
From http://www.abd.org.uk/
A blundering Welsh safety camera partnership has admitted to a "mistake" having sited a speed camera outside the limit that it was supposed to be enforcing.
The camera was placed to catch drivers speeding in a temporary 50 mph limit in roadworks on the M4 outside Newport. Instead it photographed aproximately 2,500 drivers who had left the speed limited zone and were legally and properly increasing their speed to normal motorway speed.
The innocent drivers, who have paid fines totalling aproximately
From http://www.abd.org.uk/
A blundering Welsh safety camera partnership has admitted to a "mistake" having sited a speed camera outside the limit that it was supposed to be enforcing.
The camera was placed to catch drivers speeding in a temporary 50 mph limit in roadworks on the M4 outside Newport. Instead it photographed aproximately 2,500 drivers who had left the speed limited zone and were legally and properly increasing their speed to normal motorway speed.
The innocent drivers, who have paid fines totalling aproximately
Registered User
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 10,979
Likes: 0
From: North Yorks
Registered User
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 20
Likes: 0
From: London
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Teamehe
I know that a thread was posted recently about these, but couldn't remember what was said.
However had an email through this morning from one of the other offices we deal with saying:
M4 motorway has new electronic signs, these have hidden 'specs' speed cameras between Theale junction 12 and Membury junction 14/15.
I know that a thread was posted recently about these, but couldn't remember what was said.
However had an email through this morning from one of the other offices we deal with saying:
M4 motorway has new electronic signs, these have hidden 'specs' speed cameras between Theale junction 12 and Membury junction 14/15.
Registered User
Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 93
Likes: 0
From: St. Albans
On a related topic, has anyone noticed the GATSO's around the west side of the M25 have all been off for the last few weeks? I thought is was my tired old Valentine One was giving up the ghost, but a drive through London proved it still worked.
I use to show one each way between the M40 and M4, one each way between the M4 and Terminal 4 exit, one each way between the A30 and the M3 and one each way between the M3 and Chertsey. This week I have started picking up the ones between he M4 and Terminal 4, but all the others still seem to be dead.
Can anyone else confirm this and does anyone have any idea why?
I use to show one each way between the M40 and M4, one each way between the M4 and Terminal 4 exit, one each way between the A30 and the M3 and one each way between the M3 and Chertsey. This week I have started picking up the ones between he M4 and Terminal 4, but all the others still seem to be dead.
Can anyone else confirm this and does anyone have any idea why?
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 31,181
Likes: 58
From: Hertford
My Bel used to confirm that many cameras spend several months switched off.
I have two hypotheses:
1. They have a backlog of NIPs, so need to halt the cashflow temporarily.
2. They intend to lull drivers (especially those with detection) into a false sense of security before they suddenly re-activate them.
Paranoid? Yes, but it don't make me necessarily wrong!
I have two hypotheses:
1. They have a backlog of NIPs, so need to halt the cashflow temporarily.
2. They intend to lull drivers (especially those with detection) into a false sense of security before they suddenly re-activate them.
Paranoid? Yes, but it don't make me necessarily wrong!
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post