What are these cameras?
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Wolves-1232

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7 posts

16 months

Thursday 10th October 2024
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Does anyone know what these are on the m42? They rotate when they feel like it. https://ibb.co/qB5VtK6

Simpo Two

89,416 posts

281 months

Thursday 10th October 2024
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Wolves-1232 said:
Does anyone know what these are on the m42? They rotate when they feel like it. https://ibb.co/qB5VtK6
They are Extra Cameras because the UK doesn't have enough cameras yet. These ones are especially small so you can get lots of them into every square yard.

Sebring440

2,810 posts

112 months

Thursday 10th October 2024
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Simpo Two said:
They are Extra Cameras because the UK doesn't have enough cameras yet. These ones are especially small so you can get lots of them into every square yard.
You're just being facetious.

We all know they are there to enable yet another "What are these cameras?" post on PH.

Alex@POD

6,409 posts

231 months

Friday 11th October 2024
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Wolves-1232 said:
Does anyone know what these are on the m42? They rotate when they feel like it. https://ibb.co/qB5VtK6
Probably the ones that give us this:

https://www.motorwaycameras.co.uk/england/m42/nort...

Yellow Lizud

2,691 posts

180 months

Friday 11th October 2024
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Wolves-1232 said:
Does anyone know what these are on the m42? They rotate when they feel like it. https://ibb.co/qB5VtK6
I think they're cameras.

Dr Interceptor

8,167 posts

212 months

Friday 11th October 2024
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CCTV cameras, used for monitoring the road for worker safety, car recovery scenarios, etc.

Ledaig

1,785 posts

278 months

Saturday 12th October 2024
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Traffic monitoring camera

Go here:
National Highways

Click on 'Map Layers' and select 'Cameras'. If they are currently live, you can also view them.

This is the one you show, but it is not currently online:


Wolves-1232

Original Poster:

7 posts

16 months

Sunday 13th October 2024
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Yea the one I got off Google maps wasn't the location I saw it, it's obviously been moved when roadworks were moved but maps hasn't updated yet. Thanks for the helpful responses, so doesn't look like it's a speed camera then?

Wolves-1232

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7 posts

16 months

Sunday 13th October 2024
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Stretch of road was between 3a m42 and 4 it drops to a 50 about a mile before roadworks, says police speed check area but not obvious speed cameras or police just this little bug eyed thing

Wolves-1232

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7 posts

16 months

Sunday 13th October 2024
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Stretch of road was between 3a m42 and 4 it drops to a 50 about a mile before roadworks, says police speed check area but not obvious speed cameras or police just this little bug eyed thing

E-bmw

11,228 posts

168 months

Sunday 13th October 2024
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Wolves-1232 said:
says police speed check area but not obvious speed cameras or police just this little bug eyed thing
Don't forget "speed check area" can also refer to mobile sites.

Wolves-1232

Original Poster:

7 posts

16 months

Sunday 13th October 2024
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Such as vans? And radar guns?

Wolves-1232

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16 months

Sunday 13th October 2024
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Just strange that they have this area 2 miles before an average speed check area, why not just start the average speed check area sooner? Pretty sure they only camera present was the type of the one I posted. Which I'm hoping is just a cctv camera

Wolves-1232

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16 months

Sunday 13th October 2024
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Just strange that they have this area 2 miles before an average speed check area, why not just start the average speed check area sooner? Pretty sure they only camera present was the type of the one I posted. Which I'm hoping is just a cctv camera