Average speed cameras, are they fake?

[Peter-j8c3u]

I’ve never heard of anyone getting points by speeding through these. The amount of times I’ve entered these areas too fast and set my cruise to 53mph and yet never received points.
Do they work, are they fake?

[RazerSauber]

They do function but quite what the tolerance is for being caught speeding, I don't know. Seems 58 is enough to win some driving points.

This lady knows

[Bluemondy]

There was a chap who got banned using the orwell bridge at 70MPH (Has been 60MPH for ages, protected by average speed cameras). Twice a day, for 10 days before he started getting the letters!

I believe the new A14 cameras between stowmarket and bury in the new roadworks have caught a few as well.

Just set the limiter for 53 and don't worry about it!

[Terminator X]

Peter-j8c3u said:

I’ve never heard of anyone getting points by speeding through these. The amount of times I’ve entered these areas too fast and set my cruise to 53mph and yet never received points.
Do they work, are they fake?

Set cruise at +10% +1mph and you will never get a ticket.

TX.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

On the A1 near Peterborough there's a board displaying the number of convictions on that stretch. If it's telling the truth about 800 a month get nicked there

[bnseven]

I drove past that sign last week and it was 1320 for May apparently.

Mind 40 mph on a deserted A1 does seem steady but I do know someone who got done at 55 by the "average" cameras, so some must work!

[rohrl]

I got done on the very first experimental stretch of average speed cameras on the Nottingham ring road 25 years ago. They do work.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

rohrl said:

I got done on the very first experimental stretch of average speed cameras on the Nottingham ring road 25 years ago. They do work.

The very first red light camera was in Nottisham. It was on the junction of Derby Road & the boulevards.

It's nice to be a pioneer.

[ClaphamBoxS]

I got a SAC for averaging 35 in a 30 in a village near where i live.Average speed cameras had not been up long but totally my fault for not seeing them.
Course instructor did tell me that meant i had been doing 40 in places..to which i said on that basis i had been doing 30 in places…

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

ClaphamBoxS said:

I got a SAC for averaging 35 in a 30 in a village near where i live.Average speed cameras had not been up long but totally my fault for not seeing them.
Course instructor did tell me that meant i had been doing 40 in places..to which i said on that basis i had been doing 30 in places…

Or less in fact

[RS_MAN_CHILD]

My fault totally I got done by one few years back just a few mph over the average speed limit on an empty road & not even excessive speed either but I have the 3 points on my licence another few years until they clear...they are real enough!

Typically they put them where someone has sadly been killed on the road or accident hotspots.

Up to you if you obey or not.....they can do you for being just 1 mph over the limit if they want to at any time until the NIP arrives the 10 + 2 is just a guideline it can be revoked without warning anytime they want so best to stick to the limits & keep your licence!

[ingenieur]

Maybe not all of them... but one of the few times I've been done it was with an average speed cam. Did a speed awareness course for that. I'm now aware of the stopping distance of a Morris Minor travelling at all the various speeds.

[Super Sonic]

Yes they're real, the only time I've ever had a nip was for 57 in a 50 caught by average speed camera.

[Terminator X]

RS_MAN_CHILD said:

My fault totally I got done by one few years back just a few mph over the average speed limit on an empty road & not even excessive speed either but I have the 3 points on my licence another few years until they clear...they are real enough!

Typically they put them where someone has sadly been killed on the road or accident hotspots.

Up to you if you obey or not.....they can do you for being just 1 mph over the limit if they want to at any time until the NIP arrives the 10 + 2 is just a guideline it can be revoked without warning anytime they want so best to stick to the limits & keep your licence!

Not one single person though can produce a ticket showing a lower speed.

TX.

[Oceanrower]

RS_MAN_CHILD said:

Snip.

they can do you for being just 1 mph over the limit if they want to…

Jesus fking Christ. Here we go again!

[jondude]

I do wonder if they struggle with tailgaters or bunching up? On my commute I usually pass them with a car or truck just a few inches from my rear bumper - cannot see how camera either gets me or the tailgater's plate, depending on the direction it films from?

[Boosted LS1]

^ Yes you can sometimes hide from them if you realise you were going to fast. The problem is not knowing how they're paired up and finding something to hide behind/alongside. They're a curse.

[Somewhatfoolish]

Boosted LS1 said:

^ Yes you can sometimes hide from them if you realise you were going to fast. The problem is not knowing how they're paired up and finding something to hide behind/alongside. They're a curse.

The newer ones (possibly all of them?) can at least technically all pair up with each other. It sez - or used to say - on their website.

[Mandat]

Somewhatfoolish said:

Boosted LS1 said:

^ Yes you can sometimes hide from them if you realise you were going to fast. The problem is not knowing how they're paired up and finding something to hide behind/alongside. They're a curse.

The newer ones (possibly all of them?) can at least technically all pair up with each other. It sez - or used to say - on their website.

It doesn't actually matter which cameras are paired up.

As long as your average speed between each consecutive set of cameras is below the prosecution threshold, your overall average speed cannot be any higher.

[nikaiyo2]

Yeah they are real.

Years ago when the ave cameras were at the top of the M3 my friend drove through at an average speed of 74mph, according to the ticket… she thought they were traffic monitoring cameras not “speed cameras”