M25 speed cameras clockwise from J10
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Hi, I drive this stretch of road every night. Tonight the variable limit was 50 with a clear road. I went through stupidly at 70 and got flashed!!! Gutted! It's my fault but was surprised by the fact that I even got flashed...this has never happened before.
Has anyone else been flashed? Also a bit wishful but are they fully operational?
Thanks for the responses
Has anyone else been flashed? Also a bit wishful but are they fully operational?
Thanks for the responses
Cry wolf indeed with those non relevant signs that warn of events / incidents etc on the road when there is nothing there (i.e. you can see the beginning of the reduced limit and the next sign in the distance is the end but not even a hint that anyone has even been there or cleared anything up).
EU_Foreigner said:
Cry wolf indeed with those non relevant signs that warn of events / incidents etc on the road when there is nothing there (i.e. you can see the beginning of the reduced limit and the next sign in the distance is the end but not even a hint that anyone has even been there or cleared anything up).
Explanation towards the end of the post herehttp://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Thanks, that was a useful post to read - had not seen it.
My (wrong) impression was that they were monitoring the motorway through the cameras and were just slow. With the amount of cameras about it gives the impression that the entire road is covered and no requirement to rely on (false) information from the general public.
My (wrong) impression was that they were monitoring the motorway through the cameras and were just slow. With the amount of cameras about it gives the impression that the entire road is covered and no requirement to rely on (false) information from the general public.
The camera coverage isn't great and isn't the greatest quality, there are also so blind spots (even on the busiest strectch of the M25!).
The signs can be manually set if someone calls stuff in, but then there is also MIDAS, which is the automatic system which uses loops in the road to detect traffic flow, the system is designed to stop the phantom traffic jams created by the piss poor drivers who feel the need to comfort break for no reason which starts a ripple effect in heavy traffic. The system slows approaching traffic far enough out before the pinch point and then raises the speed on the other side of it, meaning if you don't stop, it's done its job.
Unfortuantly it has its capacity, and most mornings it exceeds this and with all the will in the world it couldn't keep the M25 moving!!!!
The signs can be manually set if someone calls stuff in, but then there is also MIDAS, which is the automatic system which uses loops in the road to detect traffic flow, the system is designed to stop the phantom traffic jams created by the piss poor drivers who feel the need to comfort break for no reason which starts a ripple effect in heavy traffic. The system slows approaching traffic far enough out before the pinch point and then raises the speed on the other side of it, meaning if you don't stop, it's done its job.
Unfortuantly it has its capacity, and most mornings it exceeds this and with all the will in the world it couldn't keep the M25 moving!!!!
Landshark said:
The camera coverage isn't great and isn't the greatest quality, there are also so blind spots (even on the busiest strectch of the M25!).
The signs can be manually set if someone calls stuff in, but then there is also MIDAS, which is the automatic system which uses loops in the road to detect traffic flow, the system is designed to stop the phantom traffic jams created by the piss poor drivers who feel the need to comfort break for no reason which starts a ripple effect in heavy traffic. The system slows approaching traffic far enough out before the pinch point and then raises the speed on the other side of it, meaning if you don't stop, it's done its job.
Unfortuantly it has its capacity, and most mornings it exceeds this and with all the will in the world it couldn't keep the M25 moving!!!!
It could be 20 lanes wide each side and still you'd sit in a jam for most the day The signs can be manually set if someone calls stuff in, but then there is also MIDAS, which is the automatic system which uses loops in the road to detect traffic flow, the system is designed to stop the phantom traffic jams created by the piss poor drivers who feel the need to comfort break for no reason which starts a ripple effect in heavy traffic. The system slows approaching traffic far enough out before the pinch point and then raises the speed on the other side of it, meaning if you don't stop, it's done its job.
Unfortuantly it has its capacity, and most mornings it exceeds this and with all the will in the world it couldn't keep the M25 moving!!!!
A way improve average speed of motorways especially the four lane M25 is to educate and punish the L2 and L3 hoggers. Many times I've wafted my way past in L1 a bit of rolling roadblock occupying 4, 3 and 2 only to discover a moron at the head of it failing to keep left.
But I guess it's hard to prosecute these idiots, far easier to raise invoices on those driving safely and courteously while displaying the wrong number on the speedo and crowing falsely about how it's a service to mankind,
But I guess it's hard to prosecute these idiots, far easier to raise invoices on those driving safely and courteously while displaying the wrong number on the speedo and crowing falsely about how it's a service to mankind,
Wdk1866 said:
14 days has passed as of today so guess I am in the clear. I don't expect the cameras will just be flashing for long I am sure tickets will follow soon!
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