SPECS cameras on M6????
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i recieved an email that has been passed from one source to another reading the following:
"If anyone is going to travel on the M6 read on.......
The new electronic signs on the M6 were switched on this Tuesday. The bad news
is that they are rigged with the SPECS speed cameras. This probably applies to
all the new signs being installed on the M1, M25, M62, M60 and M56. SPECS is a
computer-camera based system. As you go past the sign a digital camera reads
your number plate. When you go past the next sign your number plate is read
again. The computer 'knows' how far apart the signs are so it can work out your
average speed between the two, or three or four.The system is fully automatic
and will issue a ticket without any form of human intervention. It does this
for every single vehicle that passes. You will not know you have been caught as
the cameras don't flash.
They work 24/7, 365 days a year, and theoretically, there's absolutely no limit
on the number of tickets that the system can issue. The whole section of the M6
between Knutsford and Preston is wired, both ways. The system is set to trigger
a ticket at 78MPH. (Don't take this as a guarantee) Radar detectors will be of
no use as SPECS is entirely passive, there is no laser beam to detect. Be
warned and spread the news!"
does anyone know any better?? is this just bull?? i though that SPECS weren't usable yet?? if this is true then it is bad news for everyone.
"If anyone is going to travel on the M6 read on.......
The new electronic signs on the M6 were switched on this Tuesday. The bad news
is that they are rigged with the SPECS speed cameras. This probably applies to
all the new signs being installed on the M1, M25, M62, M60 and M56. SPECS is a
computer-camera based system. As you go past the sign a digital camera reads
your number plate. When you go past the next sign your number plate is read
again. The computer 'knows' how far apart the signs are so it can work out your
average speed between the two, or three or four.The system is fully automatic
and will issue a ticket without any form of human intervention. It does this
for every single vehicle that passes. You will not know you have been caught as
the cameras don't flash.
They work 24/7, 365 days a year, and theoretically, there's absolutely no limit
on the number of tickets that the system can issue. The whole section of the M6
between Knutsford and Preston is wired, both ways. The system is set to trigger
a ticket at 78MPH. (Don't take this as a guarantee) Radar detectors will be of
no use as SPECS is entirely passive, there is no laser beam to detect. Be
warned and spread the news!"
does anyone know any better?? is this just bull?? i though that SPECS weren't usable yet?? if this is true then it is bad news for everyone.
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