Speed cameras on M20 (Maids), do they work?
Discussion
Just started commuting along tat stretch of road, and most evenings the limits are set to 60mph. I thought the cameras worked the same as the M25 system, whereby if the speed limits are reduced (the overhead signs are on) then the cameras are operational. Given the amount of people that ignore the signs when they are on, I'm wondering whether the speed cameras actually work, or whether hundreds of people a day are getting fines through?
Westy Pre-Lit said:
Not had a ticket yet.
I've never been through them when they have been lit.But normally, when they are unlit, +20 mph over the limit
seems to be no problem, ticketwise.
I suspect that they are like the M25 cameras when they
are lit: +10 mph over seems to be no problem.
Of course, the logic of putting speed cameras on the
safest type of road by far is another debate ...
The limit is only a limit if it has the red ring around it, you will notice that at the moment they are just the numbers with nothing else. As far as i know they are not yet active.
Word of warning though should you ignore an advisory limit and crash at a speed in excess of the limit shown it could be used as evidence of careless/ dangerous driving.
Word of warning though should you ignore an advisory limit and crash at a speed in excess of the limit shown it could be used as evidence of careless/ dangerous driving.
My snooper always alarms, and most motorists tend to slow down to the NSL. Only get a few BMW and Audi drivers thinking they are exempt from Road Traffic Law who go flying through. The last time i saw them do it though there was an unmarked Focus ST in black with blues and twos in its grille giving it big licks after them
An Educated guess says that if Essex and Surrey have them.... so do kent lol
I had an ST with plod in stop outside my house... turns out they were doing routine checks... a VXR had been stolen and they were just ANPR'ing the plates. They were obviously confused when mine came up HM Gov/MOD lol, luckily i was at hand to help!
I had an ST with plod in stop outside my house... turns out they were doing routine checks... a VXR had been stolen and they were just ANPR'ing the plates. They were obviously confused when mine came up HM Gov/MOD lol, luckily i was at hand to help!
they'll be operational when they feel like it! (and when the red circles appear round the speed limits)
and I suppose flash testing is just testing the camera and speeds but not record the data for prosecution. Strange how the consultation hasn't been published yet but they are carrying on...
and I suppose flash testing is just testing the camera and speeds but not record the data for prosecution. Strange how the consultation hasn't been published yet but they are carrying on...
Edited by scruffty on Sunday 13th September 13:31
Found this link. http://www.kentnews.co.uk/kent-news/Consultation-o...
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