M90 Variable speed limts & cameras.

[gwm]

I hope you're right. Went through a little over the limit before I noticed the lines on the road

[DEKE]

Was going down the M6 a couple of weeks ago and when I got home a week later, a letter from midland police stating I had been doing 52 in a 40 zone variable speeds cameras. I was not aware of this as was very wet and lots of roadworks never noticed the speed limits and as was really busy just kept up with the flow of traffic.
However replied saying it was me. Letter in today with choices.. take a course and get no fine and no points. Guess what any where in England but not in Scotland so looks like 3 points and £100. Is there any where in Scotland does this as I am not aware of it. Seems a bit unfair on us Scots.
Deke

[ModernAndy]

My friend Anisa was in the same situation (albeit she was an idiot and let somebody who wasn't insured for the car drive when the offence was captured- but that's another story), she went down to Manchester to do the course. If you can spare the time, I'd do the course.

[DEKE]

Have thought about that but I live up in Moray and seems a long way to go fuel B&B etc closest would be Cumbria and I am on the pension now so probably will have to take the hit. Only hoping I didn't get any more on the way home.
Deke.

[jshell]

Was a thread ages ago in SP&L about the M25 set-up. They aren't set to go off when the variable limit isn't showing, UNTIL you hit over 90mph and then they do trigger. The OP of that thread was doing something near supersonic! 152mph in an M5 IIRC!

[Mr Trophy]

Hope this helps!

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[Coopskrk]

ianrb said:

Does anyone know if the new speed cameras on the M90 (on the approach to the Forth Road Bridge) work when there is no limit displayed on the gantries?

Came down the M90 for the first time in many months, so hadn't seen the gantries, camera sign and road markings before. And I may have been a bit liberal with my interpretation of the speed limits.

Ianrb did you ever receive any correspondance? I too travelled along the M90 for the first time in a couple of years. Pretty sure the variable speed limit wasn't activated at 2pm, but a little weary that I may have been caught by the camera.

[ianrb]

Coopskrk said:

ianrb said:

Does anyone know if the new speed cameras on the M90 (on the approach to the Forth Road Bridge) work when there is no limit displayed on the gantries?

Came down the M90 for the first time in many months, so hadn't seen the gantries, camera sign and road markings before. And I may have been a bit liberal with my interpretation of the speed limits.

Ianrb did you ever receive any correspondance? I too travelled along the M90 for the first time in a couple of years. Pretty sure the variable speed limit wasn't activated at 2pm, but a little weary that I may have been caught by the camera.

No, there was no was nothing from this so I'm assuming that if there is no variable limit shown the cameras are off.

[rampantdidact]

Does anyone know where the cameras are located North bound e.g. what gantry at what junction, etc?

[ModernAndy]

rampantdidact said:

Does anyone know where the cameras are located North bound e.g. what gantry at what junction, etc?

I couldn't tell you on which particular gantry with junction numbers but I believe it's only the gantries with lines painted beneath them and I've never seen one go off yet even with people speeding past them.

[GoneAnon]

The ones I've spotted are all southbound, south of the Halbeath Junction and again at Rosyth, then a couple in quick succession on the new bit of motorway south of the bridge and heading to the merge with the M9 ahead of Newbridge.

Haven't seen any on the Northbound side but could be wrong.

[rampantdidact]

Thats what I was thinking, I Google maps'ed it and it doesn't seem to have any (as far as I went up anyway) but the maps were updated August 2014 so I'm not sure if they have added anymore since then.

[boardinscotland]

Definitely none North Bound. Just watch out for the Grey and white BMW estates ;-)

G

[rampantdidact]

boardinscotland said:

Definitely none North Bound. Just watch out for the Grey and white BMW estates ;-)

G

Saw a brand new white 3 series saloon just before newbridge a couple of months ago, so just watch out for BMW drivers in uniform :P

[rampantdidact]

ianrb said:

Does anyone know if the new speed cameras on the M90 (on the approach to the Forth Road Bridge) work when there is no limit displayed on the gantries?

Came down the M90 for the first time in many months, so hadn't seen the gantries, camera sign and road markings before. And I may have been a bit liberal with my interpretation of the speed limits.

Did anything come from this? Has it been established that when the signs aren't illuminated the cameras are not active?

[malks222]

I think that the gantries with the cameras on them have the little speed camera sign on the front of them Left hand side) as you approach and the ones with no camera dont have the sign on them. can anyone confirm if i'm right?

[rampantdidact]

malks222 said:

I think that the gantries with the cameras on them have the little speed camera sign on the front of them Left hand side) as you approach and the ones with no camera dont have the sign on them. can anyone confirm if i'm right?

I believe that is correct, you can use Google street view to check as well.

Just need to know if the cameras are always on....

[Edinburger]

No idea how true this is, but I was told they're just empty Gatso boxes.

You can see them on the opposite side of the gantries. Some have them, some don't. I travel to Fife regularly and have never seen them flash once.

[Edinburger]

I see they're testing SPECS average speed cameras northbound on the bridge in a 40 mph limit and on the M90 until the Rosyth exit.

Looks like it was creating big delays earlier this evening? To be fair, workies were nearby.

[AGK]

Edinburger said:

I see they're testing SPECS average speed cameras northbound on the bridge in a 40 mph limit and on the M90 until the Rosyth exit.

Looks like it was creating big delays earlier this evening? To be fair, workies were nearby.

I've changed the times I head to and from work now as this is seriously causing issues with traffic on approach. My normal 15-20 minute journey took 52mins last night as I left a bit later.

Biggest issue is clowns slamming the brakes on for the average speed cameras like they're a gatso and ending up around 20mph.