SPEED CAMERA VEHICLES???

[forrejam]

Hi there everyone, I think I recently got done by a mobile camera going to a 50MPH temp road works south bound on the M6, was only doing like 57mph,,,, anyway I noticed a large vehicle on the hard shoulder, it resembled a motorway maintenance vehicle, was large, like the height of a tank, have not seen anything like it before, it had all the visible stripe vinals on it. anyway there was somebody sitting inside it with a camera, it had a camera peep hole on the back and a small door on the side which allowed me to see in just as I passed it. Is this a speed camera or another kind of camera, did not see an speed camera logo's here??

[6potdave]

Yes that's a camera van. However I wouldn't worry about being caught, 57mph on your speedo is probably about 53mph in reality which I very much doubt they will prosecute you for.

[forrejam]

Hope not, however, thats the strange thing, this was not like a van or anything else iv seen, are they putting cameras in anything these days?

[Pints]

forrejam said:

Hope not, however, thats the strange thing, this was not like a van or anything else iv seen, are they putting cameras in anything these days?

In a word, yes. The term 'stealth tax' takes on a whole new meaning.
Sneaky bds.

[shambolic]

Saw these on the m6 last week, cones for 200 yards temp 50 speed limit and no roadworks. 4 vans at the side in hard shoulder(horse box looking) with a guy and a camera looking out!
Same set up mate?
It said cone survey on side of vans not the usual speed kills Pish etc

[forrejam]

No I seen these vans today also, but I don't think it was the same 1s, I got a shock so much when I passed the camera that my memory of it is vague... I shall just need to hope for the best.

[eskidavies]

WHAT IF WHILST PASSING CAMERAS YOU STICK YOUR MIDDLE FINGER UP CAN YOU BE DONE,OR ARE THEY JUST FOR RECORDING SPEED [whilst your observing limit]

[Chris71]

6potdave said:

Yes that's a camera van. However I wouldn't worry about being caught, 57mph on your speedo is probably about 53mph in reality which I very much doubt they will prosecute you for.

My thoughts too.

I generally sit at a GPS indicated 50mph through the road works (about 55mph on the clock), but I have a suspicion the cameras are actually set at something like 70. I say that because one of my less intelligent colleagues sailed through a set on the M1 a while back at a recorded 80 or so mph (and, no, I don't know why either) and only got 3 points. That'd be very lenient for 25+ mph over what the camera believed to be the limit...

I have no intention of putting it to the test though!

[SimonV8ster]

The idea about having a 50 mph speed limit where there are road works is to protect the people working there mostly - along with lane changes and cones,etc, it is more dangerous than a straight piece of road.

Lets not try and speed through them eh ?

[Chris71]

SimonV8ster said:

The idea about having a 50 mph speed limit where there are road works is to protect the people working there mostly - along with lane changes and cones,etc, it is more dangerous than a straight piece of road.

Lets not try and speed through them eh ?

A very fair point ... When there's actually someone working there.

I would say I can't remember the last time I saw someone working on UK road works, but I actually remember it rather vividly as they decided to pull out of the road works without looking and drive their bulldozer straight across the carriageway in front of me. I was doing less than 50mph and still only narrowly missed them by swerving across two lanes. Fortuantely it was about midnight and there was no one else around.

[saaby93]

SimonV8ster said:

The idea about having a 50 mph speed limit where there are road works is to protect the people working there mostly - along with lane changes and cones,etc, it is more dangerous than a straight piece of road.

Is it more dangerous?
I drove through quite a few DC roadworks yesterday with no change in speed limit.
No carnage either - vey strange. Do the accidents happen where there is a 50 limit?

[shambolic]

SimonV8ster said:

The idea about having a 50 mph speed limit where there are road works is to protect the people working there mostly - along with lane changes and cones,etc, it is more dangerous than a straight piece of road.

Lets not try and speed through them eh ?

They had cones on hard shoulder at these vans but no actual roadworks, it looked like a setup, road temp down to 50 for no reason for a 200 yard stretch so they could do drivers?!?!

[stig1234]

thanks. will need to look out for one of them.