Speed cameras on the M1

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Last night I was driving south on the M1 between Luton and the M25 about 10pm and was passed by a couple of Mercs that must have been doing at least 90. Shortly after one of them received a double flash from one of the gantry mounted cameras.

I've been driving more slowly through managed smart motorway areas since reading about Somerset activating their cameras permanently but hadn't heard about it being phased in elsewhere. First time I've ever seen a gantry camera flash.

Just something to bear in mind.

 

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I don't get why some of these people risk it.

I assume they don't know about it or have false plates. Like those people I see quite regularly driving full speed through 50mph average speed zones.

On both the M25 and M1 I refuse to go an faster than 70mph as I have no idea whether those cameras are working or not.

I normally drive through them at an indicated 75 and make sure I never hit one at over 80 as I just don't know. 10% + 1 is 78mph so they could start fining with my speedo reading a little over 80mph.

 

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I question every single one of these such threads. They are always full of he said, she said and rumour but not sure I have ever seen solid proof that their is a clearly defined set of circumstances where these work, or don't work outside of if the lights are on.

I was unaware they flash without tickets being issued.

This is the kind of change that should be all over the papers before going live.

 

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Yeah these ones are always active. The ones overhead in the gantry are only active when the signs are lit up afaik.

The flashes I saw definitely came from directly over lane 4 (far right lane) so that is not the case at least on this stretch of motorway.

 

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Was travelling on the m25 last night between junction 25 and the m11 pull off. I was going about 75 I think and a camera flashed behind me.

You were going clockwise?

I drove that section twice today. Going clockwise this morning I saw a camera flash on the anti-clockwise side but couldn't see any cars going unusually fast. On my way back evening it flashed as I was passing. Not 100% sure on the exact speed as I was accellerating from 75 to 80 and changing lane at the time. There was also a car in the far lane going slightly faster than me.

It's probably a defective camera as people were streaming past me over 80 without triggering cameras elsewhere.

I wouldn't like the irony of starting this thread on Friday to warn others then being caught by one on Sunday!

 

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No one from this forum has been flashed by the gantry cameras (in recent history) far as I can remember. Some of us think we may have been flashed on the M25 by those new cameras mounted by the side of the road while doing no more than 80 though no tickets were received.