Press Rlease - SPECS Cameras in Kent!
06 August 2002, 10:45 PM
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Sorry if this is in the wrong forum. Anyway useful info I hope.
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"SPEEDCHECK SERVICES PRESS RELEASE"
1st Live SPECS safety cameras in Kent
Essential road works will be taking place between Junctions 10 -11
of the M20 Motorway in Kent during the summer. Speed Check
Services, the manufacturers of the SPECS digital system, have been
chosen to supply safety cameras throughout the works area. This is
the 1st time SPECS has been used in the South East.
In common with other works of this nature, a temporary mandatory
speed limit of
50 mph will be in force through the works area. SPECS cameras are
being used by Kent Police to enforce this limit as the safety of road
users and the workforce is paramount.
The SPECS system calculates a vehicles average speed from the
time it takes to pass between pairs of safety cameras. These
cameras can be up to 6 miles apart. It follows that, to avoid
prosecution, drivers must observe the 50mph speed limit throughout
the whole roadworks, not just at the camera sites. SPECS removes
the risk from drivers who brake hard at fixed camera sites and
accelerate again once they have passed the camera.
As SPECS is not reliant on the use of flash photography, drivers who
contravene the speed limit will not see the customary double flash
from the cameras. The cameras are, however, brightly coloured
and mounted on distinctive blue columns.
Ian PROCTER, Chairman of the Kent and Medway Safety Camera
Partnership, said,
" Our aim is to encourage drivers to comply with speed limits not to
punish them. We want to stop them from speeding, not catch them
speeding. Securing greater
compliance with speed limits at road works improves safety for
drivers, their passengers and the work force which, in turn, reduces
the demand on the health service and makes roadworks safer
places for us all. Everyone can benefit from drivers moderating their
speed."
Sorry if this is in the wrong forum. Anyway useful info I hope.
WB.
"SPEEDCHECK SERVICES PRESS RELEASE"
1st Live SPECS safety cameras in Kent
Essential road works will be taking place between Junctions 10 -11
of the M20 Motorway in Kent during the summer. Speed Check
Services, the manufacturers of the SPECS digital system, have been
chosen to supply safety cameras throughout the works area. This is
the 1st time SPECS has been used in the South East.
In common with other works of this nature, a temporary mandatory
speed limit of
50 mph will be in force through the works area. SPECS cameras are
being used by Kent Police to enforce this limit as the safety of road
users and the workforce is paramount.
The SPECS system calculates a vehicles average speed from the
time it takes to pass between pairs of safety cameras. These
cameras can be up to 6 miles apart. It follows that, to avoid
prosecution, drivers must observe the 50mph speed limit throughout
the whole roadworks, not just at the camera sites. SPECS removes
the risk from drivers who brake hard at fixed camera sites and
accelerate again once they have passed the camera.
As SPECS is not reliant on the use of flash photography, drivers who
contravene the speed limit will not see the customary double flash
from the cameras. The cameras are, however, brightly coloured
and mounted on distinctive blue columns.
Ian PROCTER, Chairman of the Kent and Medway Safety Camera
Partnership, said,
" Our aim is to encourage drivers to comply with speed limits not to
punish them. We want to stop them from speeding, not catch them
speeding. Securing greater
compliance with speed limits at road works improves safety for
drivers, their passengers and the work force which, in turn, reduces
the demand on the health service and makes roadworks safer
places for us all. Everyone can benefit from drivers moderating their
speed."
06 August 2002, 10:55 PM
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Just wondering if they are the same distinctive blue poles that are used around Northampton.
You know, the nearly black ones that blend in to the trees so distinctly...
You know, the nearly black ones that blend in to the trees so distinctly...
06 August 2002, 11:28 PM
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The blue ones are - probably - the ones that Trackmaster? AA? somebody, anyway, uses to monitor traffic volumes to check traffic flow/congestion, etc. They're high on dark blue poles, usually one pointing in each direction...
06 August 2002, 11:46 PM
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These are deffo SPECS - they are on the central reservation, there are two sets, and the microscopic cameras on the top of the poles are yellow 
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Neil, yes - provided their database has been updated since installation. A quick down-load from the internet brings the unit bang up to date. The Road Angel gives a warning buzzer and flashing warning, then bleeps for the duration of the average speed check area.
Origin Blue-i and Geodesey also warn of them, again if their databases are kept 100% (which they surely are).
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Origin Blue-i and Geodesey also warn of them, again if their databases are kept 100% (which they surely are).
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<Ian PROCTER, Chairman of the Kent and Medway Safety Camera
Partnership, said,
" As I am in posession of a 1 inch ***** and my wife has run off with a fat bald bloke from Wigan, I feel its my duty to **** on other peoples bonfies as they might feel as worthless and pathetic as I am. If thats possible.
To this end I have authorised the installation of SPECS cameras in south Kent in the continued hope that as I adhere to the speed limit and feel smug about it, everyone else might too.
What will now follow is 5 minutes of me trotting out the line of "Speed kills" and "Kill your speed, not a child" whereas I should be trotting out the line of "here are my *********, please form an orderly queue if you want a kick" Cos more people might pay attention. Thank you for your time. I'm off home to indulge in my favourite pastime of masturbating in my own faeces">
astraboy.
Partnership, said,
" As I am in posession of a 1 inch ***** and my wife has run off with a fat bald bloke from Wigan, I feel its my duty to **** on other peoples bonfies as they might feel as worthless and pathetic as I am. If thats possible.
To this end I have authorised the installation of SPECS cameras in south Kent in the continued hope that as I adhere to the speed limit and feel smug about it, everyone else might too.
What will now follow is 5 minutes of me trotting out the line of "Speed kills" and "Kill your speed, not a child" whereas I should be trotting out the line of "here are my *********, please form an orderly queue if you want a kick" Cos more people might pay attention. Thank you for your time. I'm off home to indulge in my favourite pastime of masturbating in my own faeces">
astraboy.
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