SPECS NOW ON M27
Discussion
normalbloke said:
Those are the standard poles used for SPECS on any roadworks.They will be removed when they finish the works.
OK thanks for clearing that up.When's the road works due to finish then
. Not that you can go much above 30mph on that stretch when I'm on it, let alone when there's road works too 
normalbloke said:
No need to shout......
Or you could just choose not to speed through the roadworks.It's a pretty crap standard of driving if you choose to do so...
Just so you know, i drive a company motor to work with a tracker and ECU attachment so there is no speeding from me, the company are pretty hot on speeding and it has been known for them to check the data logs against reduced speed limit areas, thank you for assuming that my standard of driving is crap.Or you could just choose not to speed through the roadworks.It's a pretty crap standard of driving if you choose to do so...
Edited by normalbloke on Wednesday 23 January 17:12
Edited by Soton Pug on Wednesday 23 January 21:09
Soton Pug said:
normalbloke said:
No need to shout......
Or you could just choose not to speed through the roadworks.It's a pretty crap standard of driving if you choose to do so...
Just so you know, i drive a company motor to work with a tracker and ECU attachment so there is no speeding from me, the company are pretty hot on speeding and it has been known for them to check the data logs against reduced speed limit areas, thank you for assuming that my standard of driving is crap.Or you could just choose not to speed through the roadworks.It's a pretty crap standard of driving if you choose to do so...
Edited by normalbloke on Wednesday 23 January 17:12
Edited by Soton Pug on Wednesday 23 January 21:09
Thanks for the assumption that it was pointed at you personally.
Still, at least you found the caps lock key....
normalbloke said:
Soton Pug said:
normalbloke said:
No need to shout......
Or you could just choose not to speed through the roadworks.It's a pretty crap standard of driving if you choose to do so...
Just so you know, i drive a company motor to work with a tracker and ECU attachment so there is no speeding from me, the company are pretty hot on speeding and it has been known for them to check the data logs against reduced speed limit areas, thank you for assuming that my standard of driving is crap.Or you could just choose not to speed through the roadworks.It's a pretty crap standard of driving if you choose to do so...
Edited by normalbloke on Wednesday 23 January 17:12
Edited by Soton Pug on Wednesday 23 January 21:09
Thanks for the assumption that it was pointed at you personally.
Still, at least you found the caps lock key....
Quite amusing that the Eastbound one was put in the wrong place at the beginning, good to see that road safety (snigger) is in safe hands :-
A blunder has meant that speed cameras installed on a motorway cannot be used because one has been put in the wrong place, the Highways Agency admitted.
The Specs cameras measure the average speed of traffic on the M27 between Fareham and Portsmouth in Hampshire.
They are set to control a 50mph limit during nine months of road works.
But a week after the cameras were put up, the Highways Agency said they cannot be used eastbound because one camera had been put in the wrong place.
The agency said a camera to monitor traffic coming on to the motorway at junction 11 has been positioned too far back from the junction.
Yellow vultures
Roger Jones, Highways Agency spokesman, said: "The eastbound carriageway is being currently monitored by the police until we have the additional camera in place.
"We weren't picking up the traffic coming from junction 11 for Fareham and Gosport.
"Another camera has been ordered and we are expecting it to arrive fairly soon. Then it has to be tested before it is operational.
"We are asking drivers to mind the 50mph speed limit and keep to that speed limit."
He said the cameras on the westbound carriageway were in operation.
The Specs cameras, nicknamed "yellow vultures" because of their position overlooking the road and their colour, use automatic number plate recognition technology to track a vehicle between two points and work out its average speed.
A blunder has meant that speed cameras installed on a motorway cannot be used because one has been put in the wrong place, the Highways Agency admitted.
The Specs cameras measure the average speed of traffic on the M27 between Fareham and Portsmouth in Hampshire.
They are set to control a 50mph limit during nine months of road works.
But a week after the cameras were put up, the Highways Agency said they cannot be used eastbound because one camera had been put in the wrong place.
The agency said a camera to monitor traffic coming on to the motorway at junction 11 has been positioned too far back from the junction.
Yellow vultures
Roger Jones, Highways Agency spokesman, said: "The eastbound carriageway is being currently monitored by the police until we have the additional camera in place.
"We weren't picking up the traffic coming from junction 11 for Fareham and Gosport.
"Another camera has been ordered and we are expecting it to arrive fairly soon. Then it has to be tested before it is operational.
"We are asking drivers to mind the 50mph speed limit and keep to that speed limit."
He said the cameras on the westbound carriageway were in operation.
The Specs cameras, nicknamed "yellow vultures" because of their position overlooking the road and their colour, use automatic number plate recognition technology to track a vehicle between two points and work out its average speed.
and I also have my very own COFP sitting on my desk steve.B said:
These average speed cameras, anyone know how they work?
I'd like to know if changing lanes between means that you can not be speed read.
Your number plate has to be read by both cameras. Now, if something was obscuring your number plate on the way past one of the cameras (say... behind a big truck), you can't be timed between the two points. As an untested theory, of course.I'd like to know if changing lanes between means that you can not be speed read.
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