M6 Toll - any speed cameras?
08 January 2004, 06:18 PM
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I've been on it a few times, but only at night.
I didn't see any proper Gatso/Truvelo style cameras, but does anyone know if there are any SPECS cameras on it?
Not that i've exceeded 70mph of course....
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I didn't see any proper Gatso/Truvelo style cameras, but does anyone know if there are any SPECS cameras on it?
Not that i've exceeded 70mph of course....
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08 January 2004, 06:31 PM
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its a good point.if im correct isnt this stretch of the m6 privately owned.and if there were speed cameras, im not shaw how enforcable they are.if a private company sent me a speeding ticket after paying to use a road which should by rights belong to us,the road and fuel tax payers of this contry,id tell them to f**k off!
08 January 2004, 06:49 PM
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No cameras, but the police heavily fleece it, because its far easier target to catch speeders on a relatively empty road, than to catch them dangerously tailgating, speeding past busy traffic etc. Barstewards!!
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08 January 2004, 07:01 PM
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I heard somewhere that they use that automatic system where it calculates your average speed? set to 78? somebody mentionned it to me the other day, sao may be vigilant to be a bit careful guys.....
08 January 2004, 10:27 PM
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The police do set speed traps - i saw one with a laser the very first time i drove on it.
The police do not have to pay to use the road (for police purposes).
There are no cameras (whether GATSO, Truvelo or SPECs) - at least not yet.
As you only ever pass through a single toll booth on a journey, they cannot time your trip.
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The police do not have to pay to use the road (for police purposes).
There are no cameras (whether GATSO, Truvelo or SPECs) - at least not yet.
As you only ever pass through a single toll booth on a journey, they cannot time your trip.
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08 January 2004, 11:01 PM
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Used it 6 times now and will be tomorrow
No Speed Camera's on it YET
My snopper is really quite no CCTV spamming it off either 
You only go through a pay area once so they can't time you
Cheers Nick
No Speed Camera's on it YET
My snopper is really quite no CCTV spamming it off either You only go through a pay area once so they can't time you
Cheers Nick
09 January 2004, 09:58 AM
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Have been told there are SPECS on it all the way down set at 78 mph. I know one thing thou. Its not going to be the gold mine they thourght it was going to be. The Que yesterday evening on M6 north was cronic. j6 back to j 4 and hardly anything using the toll road.
09 January 2004, 10:04 AM
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they are all fools then, the toll road was awesome.
very tempting to speed too as the road surface is lovely.
Went on it with a newly updated origin b2 and it didn't indicate any specs cameras, whereas on all other specs infested stretches it tells me what they are and which camera of the chain I am passing and the speed limit.
If the M6 toll is a private road then surely the police cannot enforce the speed limit? that would be like pulling over schumacher as he laps silverstone, or more likely stopping tiff and jeremy when they lap milbrook speed bowl at over 155mph.
very tempting to speed too as the road surface is lovely.
Went on it with a newly updated origin b2 and it didn't indicate any specs cameras, whereas on all other specs infested stretches it tells me what they are and which camera of the chain I am passing and the speed limit.
If the M6 toll is a private road then surely the police cannot enforce the speed limit? that would be like pulling over schumacher as he laps silverstone, or more likely stopping tiff and jeremy when they lap milbrook speed bowl at over 155mph.
09 January 2004, 02:08 PM
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It's a nice idea that the M6 toll being a private road has no speed limit enforceable, but can't see it in reality.
I assume the private builder and operator has won a government contract to provide and manage the road, but under the normal jurisdiction of the police and other laws.
I assume the private builder and operator has won a government contract to provide and manage the road, but under the normal jurisdiction of the police and other laws.
22 January 2004, 06:56 PM
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IIRC all traffic laws are enforceable on private property with the consent of the owner. In theory, Lord Whatsisface could invite Plod onto his land and ticket everyone who does the hill climb at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
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