A13 - Are SPEC cameras active?
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Sorry guys - just to get things clear as I too am really confused by these cameras. I follow the herd but no doubt it will be me that gets caught out ...
Approaching Canary Wharf I have the Average Speed cameras westbound just before the flyover with a 50 and and a 30 limit. What purpose this serves, aside from causing people to slam on the brakes, I have no idea?? I do 40+ over the flyover in the single lane along with pretty much everyone else.
After the flyover I have the underpass which I beleieve is 40mph? No cameras (as far as I know). Once again 40+ following everyone else.
Then over the next flyover - 40mph camera (not average) on the descent. Generally doing less than 40mph over that anyway due to traffic.
Then I turn off at the Marriott.
After the 30mph average cameras just before the flyover I don't pass another average camera. Have not had a ticket and been driving the same route since Feb.
Could this be why everyone takes no notice of the 30mph limit??
Reverse journey through there is a 40mph camera (not average) just before A13/A102 flyover, then nothing until the 50mph average cameras on the descent of the A13 canning town flyover. Again doing 40+ through underpass and flyover, so am I just furtunate that the first average camera I hit is the 50mph
H
Approaching Canary Wharf I have the Average Speed cameras westbound just before the flyover with a 50 and and a 30 limit. What purpose this serves, aside from causing people to slam on the brakes, I have no idea?? I do 40+ over the flyover in the single lane along with pretty much everyone else.
After the flyover I have the underpass which I beleieve is 40mph? No cameras (as far as I know). Once again 40+ following everyone else.
Then over the next flyover - 40mph camera (not average) on the descent. Generally doing less than 40mph over that anyway due to traffic.
Then I turn off at the Marriott.
After the 30mph average cameras just before the flyover I don't pass another average camera. Have not had a ticket and been driving the same route since Feb.
Could this be why everyone takes no notice of the 30mph limit??
Reverse journey through there is a 40mph camera (not average) just before A13/A102 flyover, then nothing until the 50mph average cameras on the descent of the A13 canning town flyover. Again doing 40+ through underpass and flyover, so am I just furtunate that the first average camera I hit is the 50mph
H
Edited by h11tsr on Monday 16th September 11:51
h11tsr said:
Sorry guys - just to get things clear as I too am really confused by these cameras. I follow the herd but no doubt it will be me that gets caught out ...
Approaching Canary Wharf I have the Average Speed cameras westbound just before the flyover with a 50 and and a 30 limit. What purpose this serves, aside from causing people to slam on the brakes, I have no idea?? I do 40+ over the flyover in the single lane along with pretty much everyone else.
After the flyover I have the underpass which I beleieve is 40mph? No cameras (as far as I know). Once again 40+ following everyone else.
Then over the next flyover - 40mph camera (not average) on the descent. Generally doing less than 40mph over that anyway due to traffic.
Then I turn off at the Marriott.
After the 30mph average cameras just before the flyover I don't pass another average camera. Have not had a ticket and been driving the same route since Feb.
Could this be why everyone takes no notice of the 30mph limit??
Reverse journey through there is a 40mph camera (not average) just before A13/A102 flyover, then nothing until the 50mph average cameras on the descent of the A13 canning town flyover. Again doing 40+ through underpass and flyover, so am I just furtunate that the first average camera I hit is the 50mph
H
There are no average speed cameras for the 30mph section which runs through the first tunnel, then goes to 40mph for the flyover at Prestons rd/Cotton st. There are 3 sets of cameras in the Limehouse link tunnel that are very very close to the mark so that's why everyone seems to go through there at sub 20mph speeds.Approaching Canary Wharf I have the Average Speed cameras westbound just before the flyover with a 50 and and a 30 limit. What purpose this serves, aside from causing people to slam on the brakes, I have no idea?? I do 40+ over the flyover in the single lane along with pretty much everyone else.
After the flyover I have the underpass which I beleieve is 40mph? No cameras (as far as I know). Once again 40+ following everyone else.
Then over the next flyover - 40mph camera (not average) on the descent. Generally doing less than 40mph over that anyway due to traffic.
Then I turn off at the Marriott.
After the 30mph average cameras just before the flyover I don't pass another average camera. Have not had a ticket and been driving the same route since Feb.
Could this be why everyone takes no notice of the 30mph limit??
Reverse journey through there is a 40mph camera (not average) just before A13/A102 flyover, then nothing until the 50mph average cameras on the descent of the A13 canning town flyover. Again doing 40+ through underpass and flyover, so am I just furtunate that the first average camera I hit is the 50mph
H
Edited by h11tsr on Monday 16th September 11:51
Can someone clarify the 30 zone before canning town westbound. I kept a steady speed all the way from dagenham and then suddenly saw the 30 on the road with an average camera so slowed down to 35 ish then saw another set of cameras less than 100 yards and could not slow down quick enough to below 30. Please confirm if these two sets are averaging out 30 within less than 100 yards? Or is it the last set of average from the previous 40 and 50 zones?
Eddavis said:
Can someone clarify the 30 zone before canning town westbound. I kept a steady speed all the way from dagenham and then suddenly saw the 30 on the road with an average camera so slowed down to 35 ish then saw another set of cameras less than 100 yards and could not slow down quick enough to below 30. Please confirm if these two sets are averaging out 30 within less than 100 yards? Or is it the last set of average from the previous 40 and 50 zones?
The first row of cameras is for the end of the 50mph section, the second row (about 100yds away) is the start of the 30mph average section. The point is that there are no cameras to end the 30mph section so the first set are of no use. If you look at the sign with the speed camera on it there is a message that used to say "average speed check" which is now painted out in grey.The gap between these two sets you talk about is a dead zone so to speak.
If it helps I use this road daily and go over the flyover sometimes at up to 50mph (yes naughty me) and I've never been done.
Great to know about the dead zone 
also are there any cameras in the first tunnel after the flyover before the 40 zone where there is a fixed gatso at the decent?
I got tailgated in the tunnel and crept upto 35!!
I hear there are cameras in the lime house tunnel which I turned off before going through??
also are there any cameras in the first tunnel after the flyover before the 40 zone where there is a fixed gatso at the decent? I got tailgated in the tunnel and crept upto 35!!
I hear there are cameras in the lime house tunnel which I turned off before going through??
Eddavis said:
Great to know about the dead zone also are there any cameras in the first tunnel after the flyover before the 40 zone where there is a fixed gatso at the decent?
I got tailgated in the tunnel and crept upto 35!!
I hear there are cameras in the lime house tunnel which I turned off before going through??
As has been said when West bound there is' a dead spot' between 30mph signs and Gatso camera at the Prestons Road (Mc Donalds) flyover - there are no cameras (currently) in the short tunnel between. The cameras in in Limehouse Link tunnel ARE active and quite sensitive, they do not appear to be average speed cameras. Presumably they record digitally - some people have received tickets after getting 'flashed', others haven't seemingly. also are there any cameras in the first tunnel after the flyover before the 40 zone where there is a fixed gatso at the decent? I got tailgated in the tunnel and crept upto 35!!
I hear there are cameras in the lime house tunnel which I turned off before going through??
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