M27 SIAL - nooooo, not again!!!!
12 November 2003, 10:11 AM
#1
Scooby Regular
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: UK
Posts: 898
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Just received this via email... here we go again.
Apparently this came into effect from Tuesday. The new electronic signs on
the M27 were switched on, Tuesday 4th Nov. They are rigged with the SPECS
speed cameras.
SPECS is a camera based system. As you go past a camera software detects
and reads your number plate. When you go past the next camera, it detects
and reads your number plate again.
It knows how far apart the cameras are so it can work out your average
speed between the two cameras.
The system is fully automatic and will automatically issue a ticket without
any form of human intervention. It does this for every single vehicle that
passes a camera!
You will not know you've been nicked as the cameras don't flash. There's
no film in them either, they're digital. Images of you in your car,
together with the date and time are stored on disc (I assume they only keep
them if you've been nicked). It works 24/7, 365 days a year, and
theoretically, there's absolutely no limit on the number of tickets that it
can issue.
The whole section of the M27 between Fareham (junc 11) and Rownham Services
(between junctions 2 and 3) is wired, both ways. It is believed that the
system is set to trigger a ticket at 78 mph.
The bad news gets even worse. For those who've got radar detectors, they
won't work. SPECS is entirely passive, there's no radar or laser beam to
pick up.
Apparently this came into effect from Tuesday. The new electronic signs on
the M27 were switched on, Tuesday 4th Nov. They are rigged with the SPECS
speed cameras.
SPECS is a camera based system. As you go past a camera software detects
and reads your number plate. When you go past the next camera, it detects
and reads your number plate again.
It knows how far apart the cameras are so it can work out your average
speed between the two cameras.
The system is fully automatic and will automatically issue a ticket without
any form of human intervention. It does this for every single vehicle that
passes a camera!
You will not know you've been nicked as the cameras don't flash. There's
no film in them either, they're digital. Images of you in your car,
together with the date and time are stored on disc (I assume they only keep
them if you've been nicked). It works 24/7, 365 days a year, and
theoretically, there's absolutely no limit on the number of tickets that it
can issue.
The whole section of the M27 between Fareham (junc 11) and Rownham Services
(between junctions 2 and 3) is wired, both ways. It is believed that the
system is set to trigger a ticket at 78 mph.
The bad news gets even worse. For those who've got radar detectors, they
won't work. SPECS is entirely passive, there's no radar or laser beam to
pick up.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post