Are these speed cameras?

[McVities]

At the mo I can't find any pictures from the web to put up - will keep looking, but for now a description will have to do:

Two cameras (resemble CCTV cameras) mounted facing in different directions on a thin pole with two unequal length aerials above the cameras. The whole lot is painted blue and have noticed that these seem to be cropping up more frequently on national speed limit roads - quite a few around chester/nantwich and derbyshire/notts as well.

Are these average speed cameras of some kind? If not, what are they and what purpose do they serve?

[G51CAV]

Difficult to say without actually seeing them but they sound like they could be ANPR cameras.

[McVities]

I think I may have answered my own question, seems to be a speed camera alright..... have a look at the picture on this link:

http://www.scdb.info/blog/index.php?/archives/129-...

[GreenV8S]

Trafficmaster cameras used to be painted blue (and probably still are), could it have been one of them?

[G51CAV]

GreenV8S said:

Trafficmaster cameras used to be painted blue (and probably still are), could it have been one of them?

Damn it!!! I have ANPR on the brain, I meant traffic master. DOH!!!

[H_Kan]

There is something very similar to that on the A30 into staines just after the clockhouse roundabout (the one with the vauxhall garage on it), but the inside of the casing seems to look empty, although it is difficult to tell as they are quite high up.

However I have sped past it and nothing has ever come up from it.

What is a trafficmaster camera? Is it to do with congestion because there is hardly ever traffic on that section of road.

[streaky]

McVities said:

I think I may have answered my own question, seems to be a speed camera alright..... have a look at the picture on this link:

http://www.scdb.info/blog/index.php?/archives/129-...

That's a Trafficmaster camera with a warning notice propped against it. South of the border, SPECS look like this:

Close-up:

The type approval appears to be that they must be installed over the lane they are monitoring - which is a debatable point for some I have seen (e.g. the M25 roadwords near the Dartford Crossing).

Streaky

Edited by streaky on Tuesday 20th November 04:52

[tvrgit]

The A90 had normal specs cameras installed during the road works, as per Streaky's photo. The blue thing seen by the OP is a trafficmaster. The speed camera sign beside it is just a coincidence (or a wee joke by a sign roadworker to cause mass confusion, with some success, apparently)

[KieronSRi]

The blue item shown in the first pic is the traffic master system i used to use it my vectra but it wasnt very good. (came pre installed on certain vectras)