Coventry Eastern Bypass Temporary Works Speed Cameras

[leepox]

Does anybody know if these are average speed cameras or not?

Had a lorry up my arse tailgating me along the narrowed road heading west and accelerated to give myself space (just after the petrol station) before the 50mph sign and realised there's a camera post just by the 50mph sign. I was already doing 50 long before I hit the sign so I'm expecting a letter any day now if that camera is not average.

[tvrfan007]

From the hospital roundabout to just before Tollbar are signposted as average speed cameras. That where you were?

Thought it was 40 from memory.

[normalbloke]

anonymous said:

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Retarded lorry driver then.

[covboy]

Should I be surprised that people still don't know the difference between static - Gatso- type cameras and average speed cameras ?

Edited by covboy on Wednesday 24th November 09:36

[Fastdruid]

anonymous said:

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No excuse for tailgating regardless of what speed he was doing. Just because the lorry wants to speed does not give him the right to try and bully other drivers.

[TheDrownedApe]

yeah it's average 40 until past the petrol station then i think reverts to 50 at the perm signs. I think there is a further 40 camera (average) inbetween the petrol station and the 50 though

[LudaMusser]

Normally 50mph but 40mph with average speed cameras in the roadworks. The first two wkends of December see TGI’s to TollBar and vice versa closed, avoid the detours, they’re gonna be swamped

[FNG]

TheDrownedApe said:

yeah it's average 40 until past the petrol station then i think reverts to 50 at the perm signs. I think there is a further 40 camera (average) inbetween the petrol station and the 50 though

Yes there is but it's not the usual style of camera with one per lane, as I recall. I think it's a single camera on the central reservation? So you could be forgiven for not realising the lane was still being monitored right up to where goes to 50.

OP I think you might be ok, depending when you started to accelerate. You'd need to do an average over the whole distance of >46mph true speed to get nabbed, which is likely to be 48mph plus on your speedo, and you'd need to be doing that for at least the whole distance from the second-last camera to the last one.

[leepox]

FNG said:

Yes there is but it's not the usual style of camera with one per lane, as I recall. I think it's a single camera on the central reservation? So you could be forgiven for not realising the lane was still being monitored right up to where goes to 50.

OP I think you might be ok, depending when you started to accelerate. You'd need to do an average over the whole distance of >46mph true speed to get nabbed, which is likely to be 48mph plus on your speedo, and you'd need to be doing that for at least the whole distance from the second-last camera to the last one.

I drove past it again and that second to last one I believe is on the left hand side (last one being on the central reservation).

That lorry was so close up my arse that I am almost sure that the second to last camera won't even have the change to read my plates. (Assuming its a rear facing one? And the last camera being a front facing one?) I could be wrong.

I'll report back in 14 days if I get anything back. Would be annoying if I do.

Thanks all for your inputs

[leepox]

Just an update that I did not get a speeding ticket in the end. I am sure my speedo was reading 50mph at one point. But there you go, next time a lorry bullies me I'll just move out of the way and keep to the speed limit