SPECS on A34 in Oxfordshire!
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Just a heads up to all of you that use the A34 in Oxfordshire. SPECS cameras have been installed on the southbound section immediately after you exit off the M40. The cameras are NOT the gantry type and are instead a pair of very small cameras one behind the other on a post at the side of the road. There are NO signs and although not live yet I understand that will become live very soon. (The first one is sited just after the second layby as you begin to head southbound from the M40 and the second is couple of hundred yards after the services. A total distance of approximately 2 miles...)
I have been reliably told that they have been intially set to 77mph.
Another fantastic contribution to road safety as whole :rolleyes:
Cheers,
Steve
I have been reliably told that they have been intially set to 77mph.
Another fantastic contribution to road safety as whole :rolleyes:
Cheers,
Steve
All I know is they are currently active but the Police are not prosecuting yet. This information was valid a couple weeks ago, and I have no information as to when they go live in term of sending out NIPs. I will reiterate that there are no signs and unless you are VERY eagle eyed and switched on you stand no chance of spotting them....
Cheers,
Steve
Cheers,
Steve
Are you certain these are SPECS? Are there IR illuminators with them? If not, then not SPECS. SPECS are mounted over the lanes to minimise paralax issues and ensure a clear view of registration plates, cameras at the roadside suffer adversely. Buzz elsewhere is that those you describe are trafcams. A photo would be useful - Streaky
We need photos...post above is very valid...if there are no IR spots either side, it's unlikely to be SPECS...but I have seen SPECS up near Manchester which were mounted on yellow poles off the hard-shoulder...am guessing the parralax issue isn't a big deal if you're averaging over a mile or so.
Went past at the weekend, and was a little cautious after this post.
There are indeed two sets, and a good distance interval between them.
Each set is two cameras, one directly on top of the other. The top one rounded (and slightly smaller)the bottom one square (if memory servces correctly). Not particularly large.
Doesn't look like the gantry type Specs I've seen on the M6 before. But then who knows what they're upto, with new models etc.
>> Edited by phil4 on Wednesday 13th July 15:01
There are indeed two sets, and a good distance interval between them.
Each set is two cameras, one directly on top of the other. The top one rounded (and slightly smaller)the bottom one square (if memory servces correctly). Not particularly large.
Doesn't look like the gantry type Specs I've seen on the M6 before. But then who knows what they're upto, with new models etc.
>> Edited by phil4 on Wednesday 13th July 15:01
Drove past yesterday, had a good look...and they look exactly like green-painted versions of the RAC trafficmaster cameras! Same box, same height of pole, just a different paint.
These are NOT SPECS, not unless the design has changed massively and they've hidden the IR spotlights.
So my advice, although take it ever-so-slightly cautiously, is that there is nothing to worry about.
These are NOT SPECS, not unless the design has changed massively and they've hidden the IR spotlights.
So my advice, although take it ever-so-slightly cautiously, is that there is nothing to worry about.
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