Reply to: Speed Camera Awareness Course

[vetran]

Don't you have to go on a speed awareness course because you crashed your car due to bad driving?

No its a wall awareness course.

[BrilloPad]

I've heard that the yellow cameras over the hard shoulder are active even when active speed management isn't in place. Even if the signs are off, the cameras are on, controlling at 70.

I'm 80% sure that's bulltulip at this point.

So am I. Been through many times over the last 2 months at 100+. Nothing. Yet.....

[Scratch It]

I've heard that the yellow cameras over the hard shoulder are active even when active speed management isn't in place. Even if the signs are off, the cameras are on, controlling at 70.

I'm 80% sure that's bulltulip at this point.

[BrilloPad]

Don't you have to go on a speed awareness course because you crashed your car due to bad driving?

You told made you disconnected his brakes.

[MarillionFan]

At the end everybody gets a free Road Angel...

Don't you have to go on a speed awareness course because you crashed your car due to bad driving?

[WTFH]

Speed Camera Awareness Course

The M25 now has the camera's on the left side of the road and they are average speed.

No they aren't.
They are HADECS3, just speed cameras, but very capable ones.

[bobspud]

After several trips up the M1 in the last few weeks I'm getting good at spotting them. Of course this does involve looking up instead of where you're going at 90mph.

Will find out in 14 days if it worked.

The M25 now has the camera's on the left side of the road and they are average speed.

[SueEllen]

You still see people slowing down for the cameras, obviously not understanding the concept of "average". I'm always tempted to blast through at 100mph and then stop just before the camera; a bit difficult to work out though. Could do with some kind of app.

I was told that they were only triggered if you clearly went over 70mph the whole way through. Needless to say I haven't tried it.

[VectraMan]

don't forget the lovely average speed cameras - big yellow lamp posts with a swept bend and multiple cameras.

They are hard work.

Don't speed.

There's a long long stretch for roadworks on the M1 around Donington. Usually I turn on the cruise control and put my feet up. Safe.

You still see people slowing down for the cameras, obviously not understanding the concept of "average". I'm always tempted to blast through at 100mph and then stop just before the camera; a bit difficult to work out though. Could do with some kind of app.

[SueEllen]

don't forget the lovely average speed cameras - big yellow lamp posts with a swept bend and multiple cameras.

They are hard work.

Don't speed.

One dual carriageway near me after a couple of decades of everyone slowing down for the speed camera and the police randomly catching those who didn't know where they normally sat, they put in average speed cameras.

[vetran]

don't forget the lovely average speed cameras - big yellow lamp posts with a swept bend and multiple cameras.

They are hard work.

Don't speed.

[VectraMan]

How do you tell?

I drive up the M1 too (southern stretch) and tend to look for the grey cameras but a while ago I noticed (on the other side carriageway) that the flash was coming from the hard-shoulder side. So they seem to have just 1 camera covering all 3 lanes now.

This is further north. The gantries mostly have horizontal C-shaped brackets that are usually empty, but a few contain a black box that presumably is the camera.

But I don't know for sure. You see some cameras by the side of the road as well, and with technology what it is I'm sure they could also catch you. And do they need to flash? Even in daylight? Probably not.

In theory they're not on unless the speed limit is reduced, but you can't know for sure. Very annoying. If these motorways were truly "smart" they'd raise the limit when it's safe to do so.

[ChimpMaster]

After several trips up the M1 in the last few weeks I'm getting good at spotting them. Of course this does involve looking up instead of where you're going at 90mph.

Will find out in 14 days if it worked.

How do you tell?

I drive up the M1 too (southern stretch) and tend to look for the grey cameras but a while ago I noticed (on the other side carriageway) that the flash was coming from the hard-shoulder side. So they seem to have just 1 camera covering all 3 lanes now.

[VectraMan]

I recently borrowed my dad's Tom Tom and was surprised it seems to know which of endless 'smart' motorway gantries have real cameras on them. Not as many as one would think, if it's accurate.

Will find out within 6 weeks if it worked.

After several trips up the M1 in the last few weeks I'm getting good at spotting them. Of course this does involve looking up instead of where you're going at 90mph.

Will find out in 14 days if it worked.

[SueEllen]

I recently borrowed my dad's Tom Tom and was surprised it seems to know which of endless 'smart' motorway gantries have real cameras on them. Not as many as one would think, if it's accurate.

Will find out within 6 weeks if it worked.

It's fun watching people noticing you brake under certain ones.