Specs A20 Orpington

[BLUETHUNDER]

Does anyone know if the gatso camera by the Orpington,Chiselhurst,Bromley slip has been replaced with specs?.Came off there last night,and im sure the gatso has gone to be replaced by four cameras on an over head gantry?

[Cat7SuperLight]

The specs went up around 3 weeks ago

[groomi]

Shoot, hadn't noticed that. Luckily I think I was cursing at traffic when I went through there the other day so should be OK.

[Saied]

Thanks for the heads up on that one. Of course, the speed limit is so unrealisticly high along that stretch of the A20, isn't it?

[BLUETHUNDER]

Cat7SuperLight said:

The specs went up around 3 weeks ago

Are you sure it was up three weeks ago?The reason i ask,is because i came by there on monday,returning from the TVR track day at Brands and the yellow Gatso was still there.Yet when i came off there on Friday,the yellow Gatso had gone and was replaced by the camera,s on the over head gantry.

[ncs]

The overhead jobby has been there for at least 3 weeks - before Brands Im sure as I recall pointing it out to my passenger on the way home.

I heard the new ones were installed because the old ones had a burning tyre wrapped around them...shame!

Nick

[BLUETHUNDER]

ncs said:

The overhead jobby has been there for at least 3 weeks - before Brands Im sure as I recall pointing it out to my passenger on the way home.

I heard the new ones were installed because the old ones had a burning tyre wrapped around them...shame!

Nick

Hello Nick.Im sure the yellow gatso was in place monday night,as i remember slowing up for it on the way home.But it wasnt there friday.If thats the start of the specs,then where does it finish,as i havent driven through to five ways for a couple of months.

[andyuk911]

NOT Specs !

I took a few pixs ... the toast gatso was up the road so I took a pix of that.

Upshot it is coincidence that the ANPR type cameras is in the same place as the old Gatso ..

Edited by andyuk911 on Wednesday 12th September 15:36

[RLK500]

Are these defo. ANPR? The same has happened on the A2, where most of the Gatso's have been cremated and these new things have appeared. I haven't seem a second set anywhere yet which you would need for them to work if they were Specs., so I was thinking along the same lines as ANPR, but it would be nice to be confirmed.

[clubsport]

Are you sure, would love to hear these if these are specs or not,,,,,no signs, it takes the game away....braking like mad for the 50 limit

[Russ Bost]

They have to be ANPR (or something similar) surely if they are speed scameras they have to be yellow?

[pies]

They are ANPR ,the are all over the place now even on m25 at clackets

[clubsport]

So, this ANPR is this just to check road fund licence etc....?...cheers

[Dr Imran T]

seen these on the A13 now are they for speed detection though?? I have seen them without any road markings.

Doc.

[falcemob]

As with all the other threads on PH regarding these, they are ANPR cameras more than likely for Ken's low emission zone that starts in around 4 months time. All you white van men better remember to replace your vehicles with something newer than 2002 or be prepared to cough up £200 per day.

[MJ1]

Yeah Low emision Zone, means I have to replace my Ford cargo race truck worth about 5 grand for something 02 or newer...ummmm thats not going to happen, cheers Ken!

[falcemob]

MJ1 said:

Yeah Low emision Zone, means I have to replace my Ford cargo race truck worth about 5 grand for something 02 or newer...ummmm thats not going to happen, cheers Ken!

If you intend keeping it then make it something Euro 4 or better as an 02 vehicle will be no good in 2012.

[groomi]

What is this low emmission zone of which you speak?

[pies]

groomi said:

What is this low emmission zone of which you speak?

the existing con charge zone

[MJ1]

not congestion charge, new great idea from Ken!!
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/roadusers/lez/default.aspx