Never been done myself. But they work on how long it takes you to get from the start to the finish, and if you're quicker than a set time then you get a ticket. However, they apparently don't work if you switch lanes between cameras as then they don't detect you.
It's also whether or not they're operational. A lot of stretches of motorways have them but they aren't in use. They're only there to have traffic going slower to protect the miles of cones next to the roadworks where tons of invisible workmen are improving the nation's road network.
Yes. My daughter and I shared the driving back from up North one day and it happened to be her turn when we came through the M1 roadworks. There was no-one working on the site at any point and she overdid it a bit (60mph) in the 50 mph limit and we got a letter a week or so later. But that was the temporary 'specs' type cameras, the permanent ones, I've been told, are rarely operational: certainly those on the M25 after J10 (w'bound) don't seem to bother anyone and the fast lane is, well, as fast as ever. It seems the ones nearest to Heathrow are the ones most likely to work. In my car delivery days I had to stick to the limits as it was the customer that got the notification and on one or two occassions I had to say that they might be hearing from OB but fortunately it never happened. The only time I know I hammered it on the M3 (M-Benz E55 AMG: couldn't help myself!) I didn't hear anything.
Never been done myself. Like Ross I've been told by a few people they can't detect if you switch lanes. Always have that in my head and change lanes at some point when going through them. Maybe makes no difference but never had a ticket
Never been done myself. Like Ross I've been told by a few people they can't detect if you switch lanes. Always have that in my head and change lanes at some point when going through them. Maybe makes no difference but never had a ticket
Used to be that you could not be done if you were in a different lane when passing under each camera. This was because the system was not "Type Approved" for this situation, but that changed last year, so changing lanes now makes no difference. They are usually active in roadworks. A friend of mine got done on two successive days when they widened the A2 near Gravesend a few years back.
If you want to see if you have any speed camera tickets in the pipeline check your car reg.on this website. http://www.i-database.co.uk/
Although they're not 'average speed' cameras, does anyone know if the variable speed cameras catch anyone? I'm particularly thinking of the M20 junctions 4 -7. I use this stretch every day and am always wary and keep to the limit, but yet again people go past me above the prevailing speed limit, so wonder if they do work. Have never wanted to risk it just in case!
the ones on the M25 between j29 and the Dartford bridge certainly do - I got caught there coming back from the Huddersfield away game the other month !! I don't know how they work - but they do !!!
Never been done myself. Like Ross I've been told by a few people they can't detect if you switch lanes. Always have that in my head and change lanes at some point when going through them. Maybe makes no difference but never had a ticket
Used to be that you could not be done if you were in a different lane when passing under each camera. This was because the system was not "Type Approved" for this situation, but that changed last year, so changing lanes now makes no difference. They are usually active in roadworks. A friend of mine got done on two successive days when they widened the A2 near Gravesend a few years back.
If you want to see if you have any speed camera tickets in the pipeline check your car reg.on this website. http://www.i-database.co.uk/
Haha!! nice one!! I sh*t myself as Im on 9 points!!
Never been done myself. Like Ross I've been told by a few people they can't detect if you switch lanes. Always have that in my head and change lanes at some point when going through them. Maybe makes no difference but never had a ticket
Used to be that you could not be done if you were in a different lane when passing under each camera. This was because the system was not "Type Approved" for this situation, but that changed last year, so changing lanes now makes no difference. They are usually active in roadworks. A friend of mine got done on two successive days when they widened the A2 near Gravesend a few years back.
If you want to see if you have any speed camera tickets in the pipeline check your car reg.on this website. http://www.i-database.co.uk/
That website has me speeding in Woking last Friday. I have never been to Woking.
Got done on the M25 coming back from Chesterfield ,so from M1 junction around that area 73mph in a 50mph zone(yes I know I'm a twat) but it was 1am and the poxy junction from M1 to M25 eastbound had been closed so was driving home quicker so I didn't fall asleep... I believed they didn't work but they do 3pts and £60 fine pushing me up to 10pts all coming back from Charlton games ffs 4pts from colchester away in 2009 when I ended up on the poxy A127 cos of roadworks , so gotta drive sensibly for 4 months to stop getting a ban
Although they're not 'average speed' cameras, does anyone know if the variable speed cameras catch anyone? I'm particularly thinking of the M20 junctions 4 -7. I use this stretch every day and am always wary and keep to the limit, but yet again people go past me above the prevailing speed limit, so wonder if they do work. Have never wanted to risk it just in case!
Yes they work. Seen them flash many a time. Not sure that they all work though. May just be a few of them.
On the M4 around Newport that had a 50mph section with average speed cameras in place for a couple of years and according to this report on the BBC website the cameras certainly worked:
"Average speed cameras have been in operation along the stretch of the M4 since September 2009.
The cameras trigger penalty notices when the 50mph limit is exceeded.
More than 6,500 drivers have been issued with tickets according to figures in December 2010."
Got done on the M25 coming back from Chesterfield ,so from M1 junction around that area 73mph in a 50mph zone(yes I know I'm a twat) but it was 1am and the poxy junction from M1 to M25 eastbound had been closed so was driving home quicker so I didn't fall asleep... I believed they didn't work but they do 3pts and £60 fine pushing me up to 10pts all coming back from Charlton games ffs 4pts from colchester away in 2009 when I ended up on the poxy A127 cos of roadworks , so gotta drive sensibly for 4 months to stop getting a ban
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How does that work?
Call me Mr Cojones.
Judging by the people who fly past me they must rake it in especially as, going by the comments on here, most people don't seem to think they work.
The reason they're there is primarily about traffic flow, and they do work on the whole.
They are usually active in roadworks. A friend of mine got done on two successive days when they widened the A2 near Gravesend a few years back.
If you want to see if you have any speed camera tickets in the pipeline check your car reg.on this website.
http://www.i-database.co.uk/
I believed they didn't work but they do
3pts and £60 fine pushing me up to 10pts all coming back from Charlton games ffs
4pts from colchester away in 2009 when I ended up on the poxy A127 cos of roadworks , so gotta drive sensibly for 4 months to stop getting a ban
"Average speed cameras have been in operation along the stretch of the M4 since September 2009.
The cameras trigger penalty notices when the 50mph limit is exceeded.
More than 6,500 drivers have been issued with tickets according to figures in December 2010."
Also more info on how the tickets are issued and what you can get away with: http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2010/04/08/just-over-2-000-caught-exceeding-50mph-m4-limit-91466-26196707/