SPECS Cameras on M25....
08 May 2001, 10:08 AM
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Ok I just got this mail, and I'm sure most of you will have it by the end of the day... I don't condon speeding, just wandered if there is any truth in it?
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Read this if you drive or know someone who drives
Be aware of the new speed cameras which are being erected the
complete
length of the 'A' and 'M Roads.
They are recognised by a tall blue coloured poles and a small
aerial pole
next to it.
We may have a possible stay of execution,at the moment it is being
debated
within Parliament when exactly they're being switched on.
SPEEDCHECK SVVD or SPECS went on-line last week-end on the M1,
netting 4,300
offenders in a single day.
The system does not use instantaneous speed like the cameras we're
all
familiar with. Instead it measures the average speed of every
vehicle over a
distance of about a mile. It reads your license plate and then
matches it
up camera -to-camera. There's five overriding reasons for the
habitual
speeder to be afraid of this system
1. It works 24 hours a day.
2. Needs no film!
3. Uses no flash!
4. Uses no radar!...
5. It's been proven to be over 99% accurate in almost all weather
conditions. It doesn't do spot-speed checking. The regular,
current cameras
can only check the speed of a vehicle within a certain range, so
the tactic
most drivers use now is to slow down for the camera and then speed
up again
once past it.
SPEEDCHECK measures average speed over a known distance.
So if you do 60mph under each camera and then speed up to 80mph in
between,
your average speed is likely to be near 70mph - 10 over the limit
imposed,
you're nicked. It's hooked up to the DVLA computers, and can
automatically
process the fines and send out notices in the post. It's Big
Brother.
Don't believe for a moment that this technology will only be used
to catch
speeders. It can be used to keep track of where every single car
in the
country is at any given moment in time once the network of these
things
becomes broad enough.
Warning to M25 Motorists.
If you are a driver then this is important! Even if you aren't,
you know
people who are, so it is still important!
Please pass this one on to as many people as you can.
There are 60 new cameras that start operating on the M25 on Monday
14 June
2001.
These are between the A3 and M40.
They are digital and linked directly to computers, use no film or
flashgun.
They can deal with 60,000 tickets EVERY HOUR.
The cameras are also (apparently) linked and can work out your
average speed
between them.
*************************************
If Nottingham is anything to go buy they won't be up long anyway.
Dave
************************************
Read this if you drive or know someone who drives
Be aware of the new speed cameras which are being erected the
complete
length of the 'A' and 'M Roads.
They are recognised by a tall blue coloured poles and a small
aerial pole
next to it.
We may have a possible stay of execution,at the moment it is being
debated
within Parliament when exactly they're being switched on.
SPEEDCHECK SVVD or SPECS went on-line last week-end on the M1,
netting 4,300
offenders in a single day.
The system does not use instantaneous speed like the cameras we're
all
familiar with. Instead it measures the average speed of every
vehicle over a
distance of about a mile. It reads your license plate and then
matches it
up camera -to-camera. There's five overriding reasons for the
habitual
speeder to be afraid of this system
1. It works 24 hours a day.
2. Needs no film!
3. Uses no flash!
4. Uses no radar!...
5. It's been proven to be over 99% accurate in almost all weather
conditions. It doesn't do spot-speed checking. The regular,
current cameras
can only check the speed of a vehicle within a certain range, so
the tactic
most drivers use now is to slow down for the camera and then speed
up again
once past it.
SPEEDCHECK measures average speed over a known distance.
So if you do 60mph under each camera and then speed up to 80mph in
between,
your average speed is likely to be near 70mph - 10 over the limit
imposed,
you're nicked. It's hooked up to the DVLA computers, and can
automatically
process the fines and send out notices in the post. It's Big
Brother.
Don't believe for a moment that this technology will only be used
to catch
speeders. It can be used to keep track of where every single car
in the
country is at any given moment in time once the network of these
things
becomes broad enough.
Warning to M25 Motorists.
If you are a driver then this is important! Even if you aren't,
you know
people who are, so it is still important!
Please pass this one on to as many people as you can.
There are 60 new cameras that start operating on the M25 on Monday
14 June
2001.
These are between the A3 and M40.
They are digital and linked directly to computers, use no film or
flashgun.
They can deal with 60,000 tickets EVERY HOUR.
The cameras are also (apparently) linked and can work out your
average speed
between them.
*************************************
If Nottingham is anything to go buy they won't be up long anyway.
Dave
08 May 2001, 10:39 AM
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Not again..... this one was doing the rounds about a year ago. I've now seen it on this BBS a couple of times over the last fortnight - and had it from 'friends' via email about 4 times over the same period...
As Andy P says - blue poles are Traffic master...
Dave
PS: no warrenty should be implied or assumed from the above statements....
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