mikecolquhoun
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Just had this note passed around here ... may be of interest!
The new electronic signs on the M4 were switched on this Tuesday.
The badnews is that they are rigged with the SPECS speed cameras. This probably applies to all the new signs being installed on the M5, M6 and M42.
SPECSis a computer-camera based system.As you go past the sign a digital camera reads your number plate. When yougo 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 betweenthe 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 have 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 14 and 15) is wired, both ways. The system is set to trigger a ticket at 78MPH. (Don't take this as a guarantee) Radar detectors will be of no use as SPECS is entirely passive, there is no laser beam to detect.
Also being installed at the moment around J6-8 on the M1 but are not yet working.
Time for the ROAD ANGEL!
The new electronic signs on the M4 were switched on this Tuesday.
The badnews is that they are rigged with the SPECS speed cameras. This probably applies to all the new signs being installed on the M5, M6 and M42.
SPECSis a computer-camera based system.As you go past the sign a digital camera reads your number plate. When yougo 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 betweenthe 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 have 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 14 and 15) is wired, both ways. The system is set to trigger a ticket at 78MPH. (Don't take this as a guarantee) Radar detectors will be of no use as SPECS is entirely passive, there is no laser beam to detect.
Also being installed at the moment around J6-8 on the M1 but are not yet working.
Time for the ROAD ANGEL!