change to speed cameras on M25

[dry suit diver]

Just had this on email, as said can't vouch for how true it is.


that said none of us should be going at 80mph

Originally Posted by somebody who emailed me

I can not vouch for this information, but if true another step towards a Police State and 1984! What next identity cards?



Regards



PS Everyone please be aware, except those with electric cars – Phil………….







As of February 15th all cameras on the M25 between J10 and 15 (A3 to the M40) are going digital and having their threshold set at 80mph (true speed) and will be active 24/7, (as opposed to peak times only/93mph at present)

[SoggyFox]

fair enough, it a bit of a no brainer, and if that gizmo on the dash is still accurate there are only 4 in that section anyway.

clockwise - 1 just after A3, 2 between chertsey and M3 and one before A30.

if i can be arsed i'll try and remember them in the other direction.

[dry suit diver]

Originally Posted by SoggyFox

fair enough, it a bit of a no brainer, and if that gizmo on the dash is still accurate there are only 4 in that section anyway.

clockwise - 1 just after A3, 2 between chertsey and M3 and one before A30.

if i can be arsed i'll try and remember them in the other direction.

I think there are some between Jcn 13 and 15 too, might be dummy ones though.

[SoggyFox]

Originally Posted by dry suit diver

I think there are some between Jcn 13 and 15 too, might be dummy ones though.

there are positions in all the over head gantries to put the camera's and some seem to have a camera but no warning comes up and never seen them flash either. the ones that come up on the warning i have from time to time seen flash.

[ratcliffe]

the current 93mph is obllox....

Don't know about the alleged changes though

[aclivity]

On the m25 the cameras are mobile - I've been stuck on the motorway and watched them loading the cameras from the truck up to the gantry. If you look carefully you can see that there is room for a small person - or a taller one bent over - to slide the camera housing along to the correct lane.

Only 1 lane per gantry can be active at any one time on the M25 gantry cams, because of the radar interference effects. Even if it looks like all lanes have a camera over them, all but one will be dummies. As far as I know, this is true for film gatsos AND digital gatsos. The only cameras that can work on multiple lanes are the ones with sensors in the road (Truvelo) and SPECS.

That doesn't include the digital gantry cams on the M42 though - but I do not know of anyone who has actually had a ticket from them!