Specs on the M4?
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Hi All
I got this email this morning: but I believe it is not true as I thought cameras had to be accompanied by camera warning signs. Does anybody know any more?
Thanks
Spunagain
"You know those new electronic signs on the M4? Well they were switched on by some transport minister on Tuesday. Now the bad news, they are rigged with the SPECS speed cameras. SPECS is a camera based system. As you go past a camera software detects and reads your number plate. When you go past the next camera, it detects and reads your number plate again. It knows how far apart the cameras are so it can work out your average speed between the two cameras. The system is fully automatic and will automatically issue a ticket without any form of human ntervention. It does this for every single vehicle that passes a camera! You will not know you've been nicked as the cameras don't flash. There's no film in them either, they're digital. Images of you in your car, together with the date and time are stored on disc (I assume they only keep them if you've been nicked). It works 24/7, 365 days a year, and theoretically, there's absolutely no limit on the number of tickets that it can issue. The whole section of the M4 between Theale (J12) and Membury Services (between 14 and 15) is wired, both ways. It is believed that the system is set to trigger a ticket at 78 mph. The bad news gets even worse. For those who've got radar detectors, they won't work. SPECS is entirely passive, there's no radar or laser beam to pick up. If anyone wants to be brave, we can do an experiment with small number plates. I don't know what the upper speed limit is on SPECS either, on GATSOs its about 175 mph, above that it can't detect you!"
I got this email this morning: but I believe it is not true as I thought cameras had to be accompanied by camera warning signs. Does anybody know any more?
Thanks
Spunagain
"You know those new electronic signs on the M4? Well they were switched on by some transport minister on Tuesday. Now the bad news, they are rigged with the SPECS speed cameras. SPECS is a camera based system. As you go past a camera software detects and reads your number plate. When you go past the next camera, it detects and reads your number plate again. It knows how far apart the cameras are so it can work out your average speed between the two cameras. The system is fully automatic and will automatically issue a ticket without any form of human ntervention. It does this for every single vehicle that passes a camera! You will not know you've been nicked as the cameras don't flash. There's no film in them either, they're digital. Images of you in your car, together with the date and time are stored on disc (I assume they only keep them if you've been nicked). It works 24/7, 365 days a year, and theoretically, there's absolutely no limit on the number of tickets that it can issue. The whole section of the M4 between Theale (J12) and Membury Services (between 14 and 15) is wired, both ways. It is believed that the system is set to trigger a ticket at 78 mph. The bad news gets even worse. For those who've got radar detectors, they won't work. SPECS is entirely passive, there's no radar or laser beam to pick up. If anyone wants to be brave, we can do an experiment with small number plates. I don't know what the upper speed limit is on SPECS either, on GATSOs its about 175 mph, above that it can't detect you!"
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