Average speed checks

Dogbreath · 12 Dec 2014 at 16:43

jono_astra said:
Even though i have a "Baby on board" sign on the back they never seam to care.

That probably explains why. Remove the cretinous, rear vision blocking waste of space.

opstrat · 12 Dec 2014 at 16:50

what about that theory that Clarkson came up with years ago that if you switch lanes between cameras you don't get caught.

Siliconslave · 12 Dec 2014 at 16:55

opstrat said:
what about that theory that Clarkson came up with years ago that if you switch lanes between cameras you don't get caught.

it was a problem with the way the cameras were licensed originally, they confirmed it after it had been resolved if i remember correctly

pastymuncher · 12 Dec 2014 at 19:07

I should imagine that load's of people up here are getting done now that they have installed these bloody things for the whole length of the A9. That road is a nightmare as it is without having to worry about these things.

jono_astra · 12 Dec 2014 at 19:30

Puzzled · 12 Dec 2014 at 20:16

Howard said:
They measure the time taken to drive between two cameras. You could drive past each camera at 100mph and then slow down to <whatever speed is required to average it out, 20 oddmph?> and you'd be fine.

Has that been confirmed though?

They could very easily fine you and say its between certain cameras rather than the whole stretch.

I just stick cruise on and forget about it but it is crazy the amount of drivers that just blast past.

KLM · 12 Dec 2014 at 20:29

there are active average speed cameras on the a537 just after the cat and fiddle pub, between Macclesfield and buxton.

I know because I got caught averaging 63 in what is now a 50 and was offered a speed awareness course

mrk · 12 Dec 2014 at 20:53

I drove a friend's car the other week on the M25 and as it cycled from 50 to 50 then 40 then 60 again multiple times I am dead certain I saw 2 flashes as I passed one set of lines, at the time I was doing 54 according to the speedo and the digital sign up ahead instructed 50. TBH I was moving with the pace of traffic in front, behind and either side so perhaps it flashed someone else...

Are they like cameras in Limehouse tunnel whereby it must flash 3 times and if it only flashes once or twice then you're safe?

He's not received anything in the mail yet

Rainagul · 12 Dec 2014 at 20:59

I don't usually pay any attention to it, hasn't caused me any grief so far.

mattyg · 12 Dec 2014 at 21:12

One of my drivers got caught 4 times on the M6 a few months back. Until then I'd never heard of anyone getting caught.....But he did.

Semple · 9 Feb 2015 at 13:10

Bumping a slightly old thread rather than creating a new one.

I was going to question about the leniency of Average Speed Checks. The west side of the M4 has a few stretches coated in them whilst doing some roadworks. I tend to just stick cruise control at 50 and then not have to worry about the speed. But some people fly past probably not even realising it's an average speed check. There was one idiot the other day who flew past in the outside lane, then must have realised and dropped his speed to about 40, which made the whole thing dangerous as everyone else doing 50 had caught up and couldn't get past him.

ChrisD. · 9 Feb 2015 at 13:28

I've never been done by one, but almost every time I drop to 40 or 50 to go through them, someone still goes past doing 80 odd.

There's a bit on the M6 I think which is 40, on an empty motorway on a Sunday, pointless.

cheesyboy · 9 Feb 2015 at 14:05

My wife got caught in a 50 zone a couple of years ago. Got a speed awareness course for it.

swain90 · 9 Feb 2015 at 16:17

Looking here; http://www.speedcamerasuk.com/specs.htm they say the camera's are fitted with Infra Red so can work day and night.

So why is it, especially on the M1/M6 sections of average speed camera's they had flood lights pointing a little in front of the camera, almost as if they need to shine the light on your front bumper in order to capture the reg plate?

NVP · 9 Feb 2015 at 16:37

Freefaller · 9 Feb 2015 at 21:01

EliotG said:
Surely it isn't worth the risk, regardless?

I still laugh at people that slow down to 50mph for the camera, then speed up again like they would a normal speed camera.

Indeed. I see so many people driving very much over the speed limit, and I wonder "do they know something I don't?". I'm quite happy to set cruise at 50 and leave them to test the system.

George Hincapie · 9 Feb 2015 at 21:14

I always drive through the 50MPH zones at 60 MPH or higher. Never had anything happen.

George Hincapie · 9 Feb 2015 at 21:31

swain90 said:
Looking here; http://www.speedcamerasuk.com/specs.htm they say the camera's are fitted with Infra Red so can work day and night.

So why is it, especially on the M1/M6 sections of average speed camera's they had flood lights pointing a little in front of the camera, almost as if they need to shine the light on your front bumper in order to capture the reg plate?

My opinion is that they are BS. I suspect most of them don't work. I've been through works with only two cameras, when three are needed for an average. Usually I just set CC to 60 and make progress. My attitude shouldn't be yours though - I'll get spanked one day and will have no-one to blame but myself.