Flashed on the North Circular

[edb49]

My wife was driving my car and she's just been Gatsoed on the N. Circular going clockwise just before the A13 roundabout. (See below for link.) Argh! So annoyed for her, she is about the most cautious driver I know.

Reason I'm posting is I was really surprised the camera went off - it is a 50mph limit and she had the cruise control set at 53mph. I was always under the impression that speedos overread by a few percentage points and so told her to set the cruise control for +10% -2mph. EG 31mph in a 30 zone, 75mph on the motorway.

Really frustrated because I feel it is my fault. Time to give Nick Freeman a call

http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&ll=51.531521...

[Silent1]

They don't always under read, my VX is spot on all the time, i know it wont help. But if you hope it may just be a fake one with the limit set to bang on 50

[onedsla]

I've been flashed by that one going a little under 50mph. Gave me a shock but heard nothing further.

[silversun]

onedsla said:

I've been flashed by that one going a little under 50mph. Gave me a shock but heard nothing further.

Is that the one as you go over the Barking flyover just before Beckton? If so, I've been flashed by that one at 50mph before as well.

Hold fire on breaking open the piggy bank - you might get away with it.

[edb49]

Fingers crossed, we'll wait a couple of weeks a repost on here with whether a NIP comes through the post

[over_the_hill]

Probably stating the bleeding obvious but why push the envelope at all to 10% -2mph. What do you gain by the extra 1 or 2 mph. Just play safe an set the cruise to the posted limit.

[edb49]

Bit of an update on this. Nothing in the post so looks like we're in the clear. Phew!

(Could have been lost in the post though I guess)

Edited by edb49 on Tuesday 4th December 09:58

[Dracoro]

YOU're in the clear??? I thought it was your wife??

[michaeljclark]

There is a Gatso right on the slip road as you head off the "Sun in the Sands" going toward the Blackwall tunnel that's gone off as I've driven past it at 45 (indicated on the speedo) in a 50 limit. I too bricked it for a few weeks. More recently a similar thing happened as I headed past the Gatso facing london bound on Blackheath Hill (I was doing under 30)

Nothing ever heard

Edited by michaeljclark on Tuesday 4th December 10:13

[edb49]

Dracoro said:

YOU're in the clear??? I thought it was your wife??

It was a royal we

[fatboy b]

And there's me thinking is was a thread about some pervert who'd flashed your wife....

[Zod]

Why would anyone use cruise control on the North Circular?

[aeropilot]

Zod said:

Why would anyone use cruise control on the North Circular?

I was thinking the same thing....

Don't think I've used my cruise control once in the last 5 years......let alone within the M25 boundary

[Wyvern971]

I've been past a gatso going mental in London before, it was flashing virtually every car passing it (traffic was slow doing maybe 20 in a 30).