A322 Specs?

[Moo Moo]

South bound carriageway of the A322 southwater bypass. Two sets of cameras either end, one as you come of the roundabout over the M3 and the other at the following roundabout. Anyone know whether these are specs? Three cameras at each location. Do they read the front of your car or the back or both?

[cptsideways]

I think they've been there for years?

[Moo Moo]

I have only just noticed them. Are they speed cameras or just normal cctv cameras?

[streaky]

SPECS have IR illuminators either side of each camera - Streaky

[Gren]

They went up last week and was wondering about them myself.

One at each end of the southbound Lightwater bypass (some talk on here lately of scamera van sightings there) with CCTV camera type things on the top of metal pylons. Look like the might have IR lamps and there are 3 of them at different heights and angles.

Look more like traffic survey/monitoring to me - a bit like those vans that have been popping up with a camera on a tall pole.

Weird if they were specs as they cross 3 different speed limits (50 - 70 - 40) in between

[edc]

I would hazard a guess at traffic monitoring as this road can get very busy at rush hour which also causes lots of drivers to cross the centre verge to double back onto the opposite carriageway. There is also no hard shoulder.

[dan_the_man]

edc - would one be breaking any law by doing a U turn there ?

[speaking from past experience]

[Moo Moo]

From Surrey Safety Camera Partnership

[quote]The cameras that you have seen on the A322 Lighwater Bypass is a trial of
SPECs (Speed Check Services) equipment.

This is a private company who are testing the registration number
recognition technology. It is not, and will not be used for enforcement at
this location, and is not connected in anyway to the Surrey Safety Camera
Partnership.

There are no current plans for introducing SPECs time over distance
equipment in Surrey.

If you would like to know more about the SPECs system, there is a website
you can visit at www.speedcheck.co.uk.

Surrey currently has no plans to install any safety cameras along this
stretch although the site will be included in next year's analysis and
review of camera sites. With regards to the crash barrier, there no plans
so far as I am aware to install a central reservation, although I will
forward your comments to the local transportation service for them to
include in their analysis.[/quote]

[edc]

dan_the_man said:

edc - would one be breaking any law by doing a U turn there ? [speaking from past experience]

I don't know but I'm sure a careless/undue attention charge might be levelled if you caused an accident. To complete the turn back you often have to use both lanes of the opposing carriage. Also got to watch out for grounding out your car in the centre verge! I have turned round once or twice and always used the tiny bit of tarmac down the centre. Only problem is that is toward the middle-end of the road so you will already have been stuck in traffic for several minutes.