*WARNING* - NEW STEALTH CAMERAS ON M62 LEEDS-HUDDERSFIELD

[M666LMJ]

I know not relevant to us law abiding motorists on here but just a word of caution, I've noticed some new stealth cameras have recently been installed on the M62 between junction 28 Tingley and junction 26 Chain Bar. This is the stretch I use for my daily commute, there may be more beyond J26. They're not on every gantry, westbound there's one on the 3rd gantry after the entry slip from J28, eastbound there's one on the big gantry before J27 and another one on the 3rd gantry after the entry slip from J27.

These cameras are both forward and rearward facing, they can be seen on the very far left of the gantry as you drive under it, they're on a shelf located lower down than the electronic speed limit signs. These cameras are not Gatsos, they are in addition to and work independently of any existing Gatsos and do not rely on the lines on the road, ie they will still be reading your speed even when you have travelled beyond the white line markings in the lanes. Incidentally, and this is commonly known, the Gatsos themselves are switched on at all times, even when the variable speed signs are not illuminated, they will capture vehicles travelling in excess of 70mph when the signs are not illuminated (I have seen them flash in these circumstances on numerous occasions).

These new style cameras have already been reported in the press earlier in the year, see link to article below (including a photo illustration) and are now officially resident in Yorkshire.

Forewarned is forearmed and all that!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2916359/Company-sneaky-new-motorway-speed-cameras-paid-2-1m-taxpayer-catch-drivers.html

Lisa

 

[Wollemi]

Thanks for that Lisa. In my view it is just not right, cameras should be obvious to deter people from speeding in the first place. Sneaky cameras are all about revenue raising.

On the subject of speed cameras, it might be of interest to know that I saw a mobile speed camera van on the A168 (southbound) at the weekend. We passed it when travelling northbound. This is a road that has no speed camera warning signs at all - I made a point of checking when we returned down the same road later on. Apparently although DfT rules say that there must be warning signs where speed cameras are in use, not having any signs does not let you avoid prosecution. So that's fair too?

Be warned.

(I'll post this in a separate thread as well)

 

[Neil Eldred]

I was on a speed awareness course a couple of months back and they mentioned this very thing on the smart motorways. Also if you are doing say 50 mph as the sign says and it suddenly drops to 40 infront of you dont worry as the camera drops to 40 approx one minute after the sign changes.

 

[Whiston]

These cameras also exist on M1 between J26 and J27. When they were first installed they ever stopped flashing!

 

[James Beaumont]

The gantry cameras only work when the displays are on and the cameras on side lower down seam to only work when also displays are on, been going past these cameras at well over 90 now for a long time.