M25 Camera, and Misspaced plate

[dreamer75]

Hi all

Been pointed at PH by a friend on S2ki.

I have just been double-flashed by a Gantry camera on the M25 (between M4 and M40) doing 83 on my speedo (about 81 in real life) with no speed restrictions shown i.e. NSL.

Firstly - does anyone know if these camera's are live....

Secondly - my number plate has one number moved from the right hand group to the left hand group - does anybody know if I am likely to be prosecuted for this as well?

I honestly hope not, as I'm on 6 points from an SP50 a year ago tomorrow (my own stupid fault), and another 6 will put me on a 6 month ban !

Any thoughts or advice appreciated (except any I told you so's, as I'm doing that in my head already)

Thanks in advance
Jo/Dreamer

[puggit]

Hi Jo from someone who's just joined s2ki!

83 seems very unlikely as I normally do 85 down that section.

I can't believe you will be done for the numberplate too - S200Oxx by any chance?

Sit tight and wait out 14 days - I wouldn't panic though

Edited to add - apparently when there is no limit, the limit is very high. I think Plotloss has the details.

>> Edited by puggit on Monday 4th April 20:50

[puggit]

Having read and understood your s2ki post - you can't get points for the mis-spaced plate. That's a £30 fine only

Stop the panicking! Looking forward to driving with you when our S2000 arrives in May!!

[dreamer75]

Def 83 on the speedo, and there were no signs on the gantry's - it seems very low to me too

Are you sure about the plate? I thought you could get points for that?

Fingers crossed!

[puggit]

I bet you a load of that you'll be getting 0 points and no fine from this!

[Beggarall]

Didn't know if there were any "real" cameras on that section - where was it and were you travelling N or S? Once over the M4 (going North) I had generally thought you were out of camera territory - must be wrong - will need to be more careful in future!

[puggit]

Beggerall, the cameras were originally south of the M4. But they moved them north when they realised there was money to be made

[dreamer75]

Heading towards the M40, so going North - it wasn't long before the M40 turnoff.

[aspender]

I got flashed at 1am Sun 27th March going anti-clockwise just after the M40 junction. Was doing 80-85 on an empty motorway. I'd only picked up my V6 Mondy from the previous owner and was conducting an experiment to see how far I could get out of it's first tank of Optimax by driving sensibly (keeping it under 3.2k so that the secondaries didn't open up) Otherwise it would have been a bit quicker

Counting down the days now, though the fact that it's had a change of owner means that the 14 day limit is basically out of the window as far as I can tell.

>> Edited by aspender on Monday 4th April 21:49

[dreamer75]

Sounds like the same camera's aspender....

A friend told me he thinks they are new there. So you have another 7 days to go then, it's awful!

Even i f the plate doesn't get me 3 extra points and a ban, I'm not sure I can afford to insure my car with 9 points

[puggit]

You won't get points for the plates!!!!