Boris Posted November 13, 2003 Report Share Posted November 13, 2003 http://www.speedcheck.co.uk/specs.htm doesn't confirm this, but I got the info from an ex-copper who works for us and still has very good contacts !28 October 2003 - SPECS update - for you interest and information!! New electronic signs on the M4 are now live - and they are rigged with the latest SPECS speed cameras. The whole section of the M4 between Theale (J12) and Membury Services (between J14 and J15) is wired, - both ways.It is believed that the system is set to trigger a ticket at 78mph.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. Knowing how far apart the cameras are it can work out your average speed between the two cameras. The system is fully automatic and will 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, using images of you in your car, noting together the date and time etc. It works 24/7, 365 days a year, and theoretically, there's absolutely no limit on the number of tickets that it can issue. Radar detectors won't work ! SPECS is entirely passive, there's no radar or laser beam to pick up.IGNORE THE ABOVE - THIS IS A HOAX ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted November 13, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2003 However they HAVE been using this in suburban Gloucester for 2 years - it works !SPECS has been installed to cover 4.2 km of residential roads to enforce the 30mph and 20mph speed limit areas. Six camera positions monitor all traffic entering and exiting the speed monitored zones.The cameras read the number plate for every vehicle on entry to, and exit from the speed-managed zone. An average speed is recorded by calculating the time taken for the vehicle to travel the distance between entry and exit cameras. If a vehicle is travelling over the speed limit a violation record will be stored for enforcement by Gloucester Police. The cameras do not flash and all the data is stored digitally so there is no need for film in the cameras. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted November 13, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2003 Forget it !http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england...ire/3233169.stmThe M4 cameras are a hoax !NEVER TRUST A C***ER ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damo Posted November 14, 2003 Report Share Posted November 14, 2003 NEVER TRUST A C***ER ?HEY!Thats my soon to be profession your calling!! :P :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted November 14, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2003 You're going to go from hotel management to being a CAMPER ? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted November 14, 2003 Report Share Posted November 14, 2003 all sounds a bit "fruity" to me ....! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nellie2 Posted November 14, 2003 Report Share Posted November 14, 2003 Am I missing something here.............. surely if we stick to the speed limit then there isn't a problem with speed cameras!!! :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted November 14, 2003 Report Share Posted November 14, 2003 Am I missing something here.............. surely if we stick to the speed limit then there isn't a problem with speed cameras!!! :unsure:Yeah but face facts, who does stick to them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nellie2 Posted November 14, 2003 Report Share Posted November 14, 2003 me................. sometimes!! :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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