SMART Motorway cameras - how long before they switch on?
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Hi guys
I was travelling laong the M1 last weekend cruise set at a speed i'm comfortable with on the motorway for the conditions. I noticed the next gantry up ahead flip to a "50" limit, so I knocked the cruise control off. I would estimate around 2 seconds later i passed the camera, and i was clocked at 57mph and have received a NIP as such this morning. I didn't brake for the gantry as I felt at the time it wasn't right to do so as traffic was built up, it was raining and it was 6pm, so just getting dark.
I'll roll over and take my punishment like a good citizen and indeed have written back to the "Casualty Reduction Unit"
already.
My question is more of curiosity, is there not a "grace" period between the new variable limit being presented and the camera becoming "active"? Maybe there is and i woefully underestimated the delay before i Passed the camera, it genuinely felt short, only a couple of seconds.
I was travelling laong the M1 last weekend cruise set at a speed i'm comfortable with on the motorway for the conditions. I noticed the next gantry up ahead flip to a "50" limit, so I knocked the cruise control off. I would estimate around 2 seconds later i passed the camera, and i was clocked at 57mph and have received a NIP as such this morning. I didn't brake for the gantry as I felt at the time it wasn't right to do so as traffic was built up, it was raining and it was 6pm, so just getting dark.
I'll roll over and take my punishment like a good citizen and indeed have written back to the "Casualty Reduction Unit"
already.My question is more of curiosity, is there not a "grace" period between the new variable limit being presented and the camera becoming "active"? Maybe there is and i woefully underestimated the delay before i Passed the camera, it genuinely felt short, only a couple of seconds.
Thanks chaps
Seems I must have mis-read them somehow. My period was nothing like 10 seconds or 1 minute. Maybe they flickered off and on again and caught my attention. The previous set were 100% NOT illuminated or i'd have been down to 50 with the cruise on.
Ah well, I guess I'll call my insurer and bend over in a couple of weeks. I already have an SP30 from '15 so don't think i will be offered SAC
Seems I must have mis-read them somehow. My period was nothing like 10 seconds or 1 minute. Maybe they flickered off and on again and caught my attention. The previous set were 100% NOT illuminated or i'd have been down to 50 with the cruise on.
Ah well, I guess I'll call my insurer and bend over in a couple of weeks. I already have an SP30 from '15 so don't think i will be offered SAC
covboy said:
EU_Foreigner said:
They can not increase the premium mid term though as the contract is for the year.
But they should be informed Interestingly I changed insurers on Monday and the nip landed today. Offence was before renewal date.... I could not have told them at policy inception.
Gavia said:
Received today by a friend. No prosecution, just a warning, not bad for 63 in a (variable) 50 and certainly something I've never heard of before for a bang to rights offence.
Wow! Mine was just down the road at j29a, over the border in Derbyshire they are prosecuting me to the full extent of the law. Gassing Station | Speed, Plod & the Law | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff