M4 Reading speed cameras. Flashed but not speeding
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Hi all,
Odd one.... So i was on the M4 near Wokingham this afternoon. No variable speed limits on, i was on cruise control at spot on 70mph. As i passed a gantry i was flashed.
Now im assuming it was me as it was kinda quiet around me and the nearest cars were a fair way behind me.
So really odd. Anyone else had motorway cameras flash when limits being followed ?.
Odd one.... So i was on the M4 near Wokingham this afternoon. No variable speed limits on, i was on cruise control at spot on 70mph. As i passed a gantry i was flashed.
Now im assuming it was me as it was kinda quiet around me and the nearest cars were a fair way behind me.
So really odd. Anyone else had motorway cameras flash when limits being followed ?.
Saabaholic said:
Hi all,
Odd one.... So i was on the M4 near Wokingham this afternoon. No variable speed limits on, i was on cruise control at spot on 70mph. As i passed a gantry i was flashed.
Now im assuming it was me as it was kinda quiet around me and the nearest cars were a fair way behind me.
So really odd. Anyone else had motorway cameras flash when limits being followed ?.
They often do this, I believe camera calibration. You won't hear anythingOdd one.... So i was on the M4 near Wokingham this afternoon. No variable speed limits on, i was on cruise control at spot on 70mph. As i passed a gantry i was flashed.
Now im assuming it was me as it was kinda quiet around me and the nearest cars were a fair way behind me.
So really odd. Anyone else had motorway cameras flash when limits being followed ?.
There are a couple that are broken. J10 has another, I think. I got flashed to, wife confirmed I was under the limit. The car has a horrible central dashboard with a big digital readout that’s somewhat ambitious in its reading anyway.
I wonder if we can sue "them" for undue stress waiting the 2 weeks for a ticket that never shows? Daily mail sad face, I suffer with stress and anxiety etc…
I wonder if we can sue "them" for undue stress waiting the 2 weeks for a ticket that never shows? Daily mail sad face, I suffer with stress and anxiety etc…
Having done a few trips up the M4 this weekend, I noticed a couple of over-zealous cameras around the Reading area too. I had my cruise control set at 71 (which is almost cock-on to GPS speed!) and was elephant racing on an empty motorway with someone doing assumedly 72-73mph because of how slow the overtake was. Flash flash.
Same coming the other way. Cruise set to 72, I was wary of the cameras so I had a GPS app set up and it registered 71.4mph, I didn't get pinged but noticed at least two flashes for cars that didn't have a particularly large speed differential.
Of course, there was one idiot in a Mondeo that was doing about 197mph that got flashed and I had no sympathy.
I also can't be the only one to notice that travelling from Wales/Bristol to London, the lane discipline is generally pretty good out-of-hours, on the 3-lane parts of the motorway. As soon as that f
king smart motorway comes in, brains switch off and everybody's sat behind each other in L3 (on a 4-lane motorway).
Same coming the other way. Cruise set to 72, I was wary of the cameras so I had a GPS app set up and it registered 71.4mph, I didn't get pinged but noticed at least two flashes for cars that didn't have a particularly large speed differential.
Of course, there was one idiot in a Mondeo that was doing about 197mph that got flashed and I had no sympathy.
I also can't be the only one to notice that travelling from Wales/Bristol to London, the lane discipline is generally pretty good out-of-hours, on the 3-lane parts of the motorway. As soon as that f
king smart motorway comes in, brains switch off and everybody's sat behind each other in L3 (on a 4-lane motorway).Gassing Station | Speed, Plod & the Law | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff