Average Speed Cameras - Really Proliferating or just Spin?
Discussion
Hi all,
I'm currently living in the Middle East, but coming back to Blighty in the coming year or so. I keep reading all sorts of stuff about the proliferation of Average Speed Cameras on UK motorways etc. When I left the UK in 2009, SPECS were only used on sections of motorway that were being worked on or in specific tunnels etc. Now I hear smart motorways have average cameras...
Last time I was on the M25 (Christmas last year), it had the same gantries and fixed cameras. I guess SPECS etc wouldn't work very well on a road which has lots of different sections with different speeds set according to traffic conditions.
So is it true? Or just spin?
Ta,
J.
I'm currently living in the Middle East, but coming back to Blighty in the coming year or so. I keep reading all sorts of stuff about the proliferation of Average Speed Cameras on UK motorways etc. When I left the UK in 2009, SPECS were only used on sections of motorway that were being worked on or in specific tunnels etc. Now I hear smart motorways have average cameras...
Last time I was on the M25 (Christmas last year), it had the same gantries and fixed cameras. I guess SPECS etc wouldn't work very well on a road which has lots of different sections with different speeds set according to traffic conditions.
So is it true? Or just spin?
Ta,
J.
tapereel said:
It's not true.
There is no spin.
Ok good...so it's mostly just fixed point cameras then. I can deal with them. To be honest, I'm amazed Average Speed cams aren't more mainstream. I'm really glad they're not! Where as fixed cameras can always be anticipated/alerted by your favourite technology pal, average speed zones make suckers of us all. There is no spin.
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