Average Speed Camera's!!!

E1T5Y · 28 Sep 2009 at 17:19

Question, Has anybody actually had a conviction from a set of average speed camera's?? :confused:

I see them all the time on the M1 / M6 and also small section of A1 now....have seen various people not realize and speed past etc

Normally you here somebody moaning "Caught flashed the other day...." but never heard anyone say that they have been done by one of these???

Is it just a visual deterant? Have you been caught by one?

Muffin` · 28 Sep 2009 at 17:21

Someone on site got 6 points - 3 on the way to his destination and 3 on the way back.

SkodaMart · 28 Sep 2009 at 17:25

"Specs" or Yellow Vultures!

Talon · 28 Sep 2009 at 17:41

I wouldn't want to test 'em tbh, hit the cc and let the other folks go speeding past.

iaind · 28 Sep 2009 at 17:52

Talon said:
I wouldn't want to test 'em tbh, hit the cc and let the other folks go speeding past.

This - if you think your time is that important then you need to re-evaluate your priorities.

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Also, apostrophes denote possession not plural, so "speed cameras" not "speed camera's"
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Vulcan · 28 Sep 2009 at 18:00

I've never come across these, so a question: Can you change lanes and it's smart enough to realise?

Stormrider · 28 Sep 2009 at 18:12

Longbow said:
I've never come across these, so a question: Can you change lanes and it's smart enough to realise?

Not sure if they've updated them recently, but you used to be able to change lanes and they couldn't track you.

iaind · 28 Sep 2009 at 18:15

Longbow said:
I've never come across these, so a question: Can you change lanes and it's smart enough to realise?

Course they can, they record your reg number - why would they need to be any smarter to realise?

Stormrider said:
Not sure if they've updated them recently, but you used to be able to change lanes and they couldn't track you.

Lulwut? Pub banter rules doesn't it?

Aero · 28 Sep 2009 at 18:20

A friend of mine got caught by them about 6 months back I have to drive through the ones up around junction 25 of the m1 every day

Aero

Liquidfox · 28 Sep 2009 at 19:00

iaind said:
Lulwut? Pub banter rules doesn't it?

Funnily enough, when the average speed cameras were first released, that was actually true

Stormrider · 28 Sep 2009 at 19:03

iaind said:
Lulwut? Pub banter rules doesn't it?

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/...an-avoid-speeding-ticketsby-changing-lanes.do

old article, so like I said you used to be able to do it, but they've probably been updated

edit: based on this thread they definitely have been updated

http://uk-mkivs.net/forums/p/263945/1730581.aspx

SlyReaper · 28 Sep 2009 at 19:15

I think average speed cameras have slightly more leeway than standard ones. They're still incredibly annoying. Whole sections of motorway which you could easily do 70 on have a 50 limit and average cameras all along them. For no reason. At all.

dave_beast · 28 Sep 2009 at 19:21

Irony http://www.snooperuk.com/news/speed_camera_boss_breaks_limit_four_times/

Dogbreath · 28 Sep 2009 at 19:31

iaind said:
Lulwut? Pub banter rules doesn't it?

Lulwut? Ignorance rules more.

iaind · 28 Sep 2009 at 19:33

Dogbreath said:
Lulwut? Ignorance rules more.

"Couldn't track you" and "Might not be able to track you" are very different things

iaind · 28 Sep 2009 at 19:34

SlyReaper said:
I think average speed cameras have slightly more leeway than standard ones. They're still incredibly annoying. Whole sections of motorway which you could easily do 70 on have a 50 limit and average cameras all along them. For no reason. At all.

Over 10 miles it adds 4 minutes to your day, is that really such a hardship?

Dogbreath · 28 Sep 2009 at 19:47

iaind said:
"Couldn't track you" and "Might not be able to track you" are very different things

Whilst they were technically able, they were not permitted by law to track cars that changed lanes. So "could not" is perfectly correct.

iaind · 28 Sep 2009 at 19:56

Dogbreath said:
Whilst they were technically able, they were not permitted by law to track cars that changed lanes. So "could not" is perfectly correct.

"He still claimed - without spelling out any detail - that this loop-hole was not actually foolproof and that some of those who attempt to use it will still face a speeding prosecution."

Sounds like under some circumstances you could be prosecuted, so its not a get out of jail free card.

miniyazz · 28 Sep 2009 at 22:57

iaind said:
"He still claimed - without spelling out any detail - that this loop-hole was not actually foolproof and that some of those who attempt to use it will still face a speeding prosecution."

Sounds like under some circumstances you could be prosecuted, so its not a get out of jail free card.

I assumed he essentially meant that on stretches where there are several sets of cameras, if there were two lanes, you could switch lanes and avoid the second set picking you up but the third set would compare you to either the first set or the second set.. if you get my drift.

Matt82 · 29 Sep 2009 at 06:28

E1T5Y said:
Question, Has anybody actually had a conviction from a set of average speed camera's??

ive asked on various boards and no one has ever been convicted by one

its always friends of a mate's mate's girlfriend's boss who got caught

Average Speed Camera's!!!

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