For anybody that travels on the M4 READ THIS
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I have just recieved this from a friend, dont no if it hype or truth??!!!!
> New electronic signs on the M4 were switched on Tuesday 21 October. The
> bad news is that they are rigged with the SPECS speed cameras. 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've 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 M4
> between Theale (J12) and Membury Services (between J14 and J15) is wired,
> both ways. The system is set to trigger a ticket at 78 mph. Radar
> detectors will be of no use as SPECS is entirely passive, there is no
> radar or laser beam to detect.
>
> Be warned and be careful.
> New electronic signs on the M4 were switched on Tuesday 21 October. The
> bad news is that they are rigged with the SPECS speed cameras. 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've 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 M4
> between Theale (J12) and Membury Services (between J14 and J15) is wired,
> both ways. The system is set to trigger a ticket at 78 mph. Radar
> detectors will be of no use as SPECS is entirely passive, there is no
> radar or laser beam to detect.
>
> Be warned and be careful.
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