M25 Gatso Gantries
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Sorry if this is a well known bit of info, but I just wanted to ask, do the camera gantries on the M25 actually work? Or is it a case of some do and some don't? Does anyone have a clear idea of which ones don't work? Just curious because I'll be driving on it for the first time tomorrow.
Gooly said:
Sorry if this is a well known bit of info, but I just wanted to ask, do the camera gantries on the M25 actually work? Or is it a case of some do and some don't? Does anyone have a clear idea of which ones don't work? Just curious because I'll be driving on it for the first time tomorrow.
I think they do work, but at what point they trigger I'd not like to say. I may or may not have been past them at above the speed limit and may or may not have been over taken while doing so. I've yet to see one flash. AFAIK they are only operational when there is a reduced speed limit in force. If the signs on the gantry say 60 or less then I would asume they are active and adhere to the displayed speed. When there are no signs I have always found you can drive as normal i.e. within the rules of the law. 
I'm not sure why I wrote it'll be my first time tomorrow, what I meant was I've driven on it once before on the way to the M23 to get to Brighton, only through a few junctions. I didn't actually know the big bridge things with objects quite similar in appearance to that of a Gatso were actually Gatso bridges, and so I may have gone past them at a higher indicated leptonage than expected, however more than two weeks later I've had no resulting action.
It's not a major issue since my car struggles to break past any limit anyway and is actually incapable of reaching license-threatening speeds, but I'd just like to know.
Thanks for the info so far guys.
It's not a major issue since my car struggles to break past any limit anyway and is actually incapable of reaching license-threatening speeds, but I'd just like to know.
Thanks for the info so far guys.
I have it on good information that whilst all the gantrys are fitted with active scameras they do like to chop and change which ones are live. This they do remotely.
However if ('if' more like 'when') there is an incident and they adjust the variable limit they can activate the SECOND gantry after the first change in limit at the push of a button, and frequently do.
Reason for it being the second gantry is obvious. If you are pootling along at 70-75 and as you approach the gantry it changes to 40 then that wold obviously be potentially dangerous. But it's given you a warning.
Ignore the second at your peril.
The whole gantry thing is a bit ludicrous as I've been headed oop norf at 230am between j9 and j11 when they suddenly flashed up with 40 and on the signs "Queue Ahead". Needless to say, at that time of day even if there HAD been an 'incident' (which there wasn't) traffic was almost non existent.
Great use of public money.....
However if ('if' more like 'when') there is an incident and they adjust the variable limit they can activate the SECOND gantry after the first change in limit at the push of a button, and frequently do.
Reason for it being the second gantry is obvious. If you are pootling along at 70-75 and as you approach the gantry it changes to 40 then that wold obviously be potentially dangerous. But it's given you a warning.
Ignore the second at your peril.
The whole gantry thing is a bit ludicrous as I've been headed oop norf at 230am between j9 and j11 when they suddenly flashed up with 40 and on the signs "Queue Ahead". Needless to say, at that time of day even if there HAD been an 'incident' (which there wasn't) traffic was almost non existent.
Great use of public money.....
Thing is, these active speed limit systems actually work, so, really, if the gantry signs are illuminated, just obey the speed limit and everything will be better.
Stop trying to work out how you can get one over on the constabulary. I hate this concept that all speed cameras are bad - variable speed limit motorways are a really smart move.
Stop trying to work out how you can get one over on the constabulary. I hate this concept that all speed cameras are bad - variable speed limit motorways are a really smart move.
fozzymandeus said:
Thing is, these active speed limit systems actually work, so, really, if the gantry signs are illuminated, just obey the speed limit and everything will be better.
Stop trying to work out how you can get one over on the constabulary. I hate this concept that all speed cameras are bad - variable speed limit motorways are a really smart move.
they are when there is something that's happened.Stop trying to work out how you can get one over on the constabulary. I hate this concept that all speed cameras are bad - variable speed limit motorways are a really smart move.
in the example I gave above there was NOTHING, which then leads people to think that it's not worth taking a blind bit of notice about their so-called 'warnings'
Needa308GT4 said:
fozzymandeus said:
Thing is, these active speed limit systems actually work, so, really, if the gantry signs are illuminated, just obey the speed limit and everything will be better.
Stop trying to work out how you can get one over on the constabulary. I hate this concept that all speed cameras are bad - variable speed limit motorways are a really smart move.
they are when there is something that's happened.Stop trying to work out how you can get one over on the constabulary. I hate this concept that all speed cameras are bad - variable speed limit motorways are a really smart move.
in the example I gave above there was NOTHING, which then leads people to think that it's not worth taking a blind bit of notice about their so-called 'warnings'
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