M3, Junc 2 Westbound > How many plod !!!!!!!

[luca brazzi]

8am this morning, on a bridge overlooking the M3 heading west just after the M25, 8 plod with a laser camera overlooking each of the 3 westbound lanes.....followed by 1 mile later in a layby on the M4 just by the side of another bridge, 5 Plod Volvos parked up, all ready to move.

Great value added there guys.....NOT. Waste of space in rush hour.

Edited as I meant to say M3 not M4

>>> Edited by luca brazzi on Thursday 20th May 13:48

[luca brazzi]

GlenMH said:

Luca Are you sure it was speed? Sounds very much like an ANPR setup for road tax to me: high vehicle density, slow speeds, camera for each lane, hard shoulder to stop people on.... Glen

Yes its a possibility I guess. But looked like LTI 20/20 machines to me, unless the number plate machines look the same.

[luca brazzi]

Whoops, my mistake, edited the thread starter as well... I meant to say M3 J2, not the M4.

Will now go back and read what others have written.
LB


>> Edited by luca brazzi on Thursday 20th May 14:01

[luca brazzi]

OK Just read the previous posts....

As I just corrected, there was what looked to me a speed measuring device on a tripod overlooking each lane of the westbound carriageway on the M3 just after J2...with about 6-7 cops around them (all wearing the high vis clothing), with I think 2 cop cars and a transit. Further along the motorway (about a mile maybe), parked up just after a bridge were 4-5 Police Volvos.

Whether they were looking for speeding cars or not (I admit that was my first guess, and could very well be completely mistaken, as I suggested I could be in an earlier post), the reaction on all the traffic ahead was lots of brake lights coming on in a big panic.

I estimate my speed to have been 70-80 at the time, as traffic was moving fairly easily up to the moment when people noticed a bridge with a load of police looking down over them.

Apologies for making the mistake of getting the motorway wrong, my journey is M25-M3-A329-M4 to Swindon, and any issues this has caused by getting folks rattled.

I'd just like to know what they were all doing up there and parked up further on.

LB

edited to change the effects of my special ability to continually get the number of the motorway wrong

>> Edited by luca brazzi on Thursday 20th May 14:31

[luca brazzi]

M3 - "emmmmmm three"

[luca brazzi]

Oh dear, what am I like, M4-M3-M4, all the bl00dy same to me. bit dim again. God I hate the M4, I mean the M3, oh I give up

[jeremyc]
No garage door openers, still no date to get the car back, in the company wagon still Still...I wasn't speeding (by much)
LB

[luca brazzi]

If they were number plate readers, then It would have gotten a majority approval if they had a benner up saying this.

Once on the motorway, you stuck on it 'til the next junction, so there's no way to avoid being read (unless you drive up the @rse of the car in front), so stick a sign up saying "You're plate is being read to verify your road tax is up to date"

I'd be happy with that.