Beware the speed gantry cams on the M25 are now officially switched on.. (1 Viewer)

[buttons]

Was that because the left hand lane was full or because you couldn't be bothered to move over?

Nah the motorway was empty you could spread yourself out a bit..

 

[DuxDeluxe]

Yep. They all ignore it.

Now they're all also getting the new three lane bit past Kettering wrong as well. The inside lane is supposedly for traffic hopping on and off between the three Kettering junctions. The lorries are sitting in that lane and changing lanes at the last second, usually without looking, when the realise they're in the wrong lane.

Yes, found that out as well.........

 

[chaser]

Did 20 miles on the M25 yesterday and 20 miles today, very smooth stayed in the middle lane most of the way, majority were sticking to the limit didn't see a single cam flash.

Thought you were risking retribution for posting that

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[hilldweller]

Load of old women in here, here is me last week......

 

[Ivory55]

Was that on judgemental Bosch electric bike ?

 

[hilldweller]

Was that on judgemental Bosch electric bike ?

Nah, the pedals fell off.

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[Big bus man]

As I previously said .you speed and get caught you get fined..end of story..

I have a clean licence but I do 32 in a 30 zone, on the motorway 80mph is normal but I don't drive a company van at 90mph in the fast lane, I don't fly between the camera and break to cross the hatch markings as I go past them, the point is they always seem to get away with doing that yet if I on that one occasion did it I would be the one getting caught. Khizzie I agree fully with your quote but I don't agree with the government using our tax to pay for multi-million pounds worth of equipment to slow these careless drivers down.
The obvious answer is to have a 'black box' in every car to act like lorry tacho's, after all the technology is already there in your sat-nav or mobile phone, with ANPR you would not need cameras, just regular police stop check points.

 

[Big bus man]

Hey you lot...stop taking the pee out of Crawley, it has everything a man could want; airport next door; a multiplex; Olympic size swimming pool; a modern shopping complex; Screwfix; tool station; and an Ann Summers!!

 

[GJH]

Hey you lot...stop taking the pee out of Crawley, it has everything a man could want; airport next door; a multiplex; Olympic size swimming pool; a modern shopping complex; Screwfix; tool station; and an Ann Summers!!

Do they do much in your size?

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[PeteH]

I didn't know you could go faster than 20 mph on the M25!

I though it was a 4 lane car park?

Pete

 

[PeteH]

[There was a previous thread about lorries overtaking each other and causing tremendous tailbacks. I noticed on a recent trip to Osnabruck that forbidding lorries from overtaking for mile after mile of motorway results in all lorries travelling at a steady speed, with reasonable gaps between each vehicle. Why bunch up and breathe fumes if you can't get past? Cars/MHs can slip into and out of lanes allowing their variations in speed to aid the passage of each other. With a bit of imagination things can get better!][/QUOTE]

Some years back they ran an experiment on the M42 which banned trucks from overtaking during "daylight" hours. What happened to that? anyone know?

Pete

 

[Big bus man]

Well, what can I say GJH I gentleman never tells anyway we don't have a toys R us....enough said

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[PeteH]

Load of old women in here, here is me last week......

That`s a Dart`s score by my Reckoning.? One Hundred AND Eighty!.

Pete

 

[hilldweller]

That`s a Dart`s score by my Reckoning.? One Hundred AND Eighty!.
Pete

Yes. I was right pi$$ed off, if you look, as hard as I try it will not pass 300, damned speed limiter ruining my fun.

 

[DuxDeluxe]

Yes. I was right pi$$ed off, if you look, as hard as I try it will not pass 300, damned speed limiter ruining my fun.

Must have blown the bicycle clips clean off...........

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[PeteH]

Dunno, some guys on here like limiters?

Pete

 

[Jaws]

Yes. I was right pi$$ed off, if you look, as hard as I try it will not pass 300, damned speed limiter ruining my fun.

Somewhere on one of my hard drives is the vid I took on a rather breathed upon Bird ( bored out to 1200 and with a big silver bottle attached under the seat )
I kept the GPS I was using for years after the event.. It aint often you see a top speed logged of 227 mph ( 365 kph )
And nooo.. I aint gonna say where or when it was !!

 

[buttons]

Somewhere on one of my hard drives is the vid I took on a rather breathed upon Bird ( bored out to 1200 and with a big silver bottle attached under the seat )
I kept the GPS I was using for years after the event.. It aint often you see a top speed logged of 227 mph ( 365 kph )
And nooo.. I aint gonna say where or when it was !!

You would have been ok driving through speed cams at that speed. According to top gear, they dont see you at over 170mph....

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[Jaws]

That is correct..
At Bruntingthorpe doing a foto shoot with Performance Bike mag, they were trying out a new speed camera.
Lots of suits and a few scrambled egg type plod in attendance

At 172mph ( on the gps, almost 190 on the speedo... Typical Honda ! ) all they got was one picture.
By the time the 2nd was taken the bike was out of the frame
At 205mph the camera never saw the bike at all !

 

[TheCaller]

Some years back they ran an experiment on the M42 which banned trucks from overtaking during "daylight" hours. What happened to that? anyone know?

Still running, as far as I know. Been a while since I went that way; combination of the improved A46 & a lot of road works round Nottingham made it an unattractive route, but last time I did go, I think it was still in operation.

EDIT: Thinking about it, was it on the M42 or was it further north, where it reverts to the A42 dual-carridgeway?

 

[GJH]

Still running, as far as I know. Been a while since I went that way; combination of the improved A46 & a lot of road works round Nottingham made it an unattractive route, but last time I did go, I think it was still in operation.

EDIT: Thinking about it, was it on the M42 or was it further north, where it reverts to the A42 dual-carridgeway?

I can't remember whether it is M42 or A42 (it is only 2 lanes in each direction) and what the hours are but there is certainly a stretch where lorries are banned from overtaking at certain times. We were down that way for the NEC show last month.

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[PeteH]

I can't remember whether it is M42 or A42 (it is only 2 lanes in each direction) and what the hours are but there is certainly a stretch where lorries are banned from overtaking at certain times. We were down that way for the NEC show last month.

So Obviously still running then? and you ARE right it WAS the A42 section NOT the M42. (from J10 to the M1). Haven't been that way since the A46 was fully dual`d from Newark to Leicester, as most of the places I go are better served by that route AND avoids large sections of M1 Road works at "Boring" 50mph!. (whoever thinks that having MILES of Motorway restricted to 50 with NOTHING happening in large sections of the So Called "Improvements" is conducive to Road safety"?) It`s just laziness as "they" don't have to keep rolling the Restrictions. It should be mandatory Maximum 1mile either end of the section ACTUALLY being worked on NO MORE!. NOT 21Miles as was the case recently on the M1.

Pete

 

[TheCaller]

Haven't been that way since the A46 was fully dual`d from Newark to Leicester, as most of the places I go are better served by that route

Likewise, although if/when the road works between Nottingham & East Midlands airport are finished, that route should come back into contention again when heading for the bottom half of the M42.

 

[Saint76]

Been on M25 today and the overhead gantry cameras are definitely operational when the Reduced speed signals are operational .
travelling east bound and can see camera flashes on overhead gantries as vehicles that are speeding passed westward.
The cameras flashed four times as we travelled towards them twice in quick succession on one of the cameras. And only once on the other two cameras.
Upon looking across at gantry display 70mph had been reduced to 40mph.
Unsure as to wether the cameras are operational if speeding over 70mph.
Also working on M6 toll M42 intersection as my wallet can now Testify!!!!!!(south bound) 70mph reduced to 40mph on this occasion also.

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[PeteH]

How do they discriminate between ME in the N-S lane doing the Limit. and D-H`d in the O/s lane doing 90?. It would / Could still show my No Plate.

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/474942/Driver-hit-with-speeding-fine-despite-car-parked

I guess this proves it can happen!. and even if revoked demands the Hassle of Appeal et;.

Pete

 

[GJH]

How do they discriminate between ME in the N-S lane doing the Limit. and D-H`d in the O/s lane doing 90?. It would / Could still show my No Plate.

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/474942/Driver-hit-with-speeding-fine-despite-car-parked

I guess this proves it can happen!. and even if revoked demands the Hassle of Appeal et;.

Pete

The human who comes up with a "cure" for human error in all circumstances will be onto a winner. Until then we have to accept that it happens and there is only cause for complaint when the error isn't properly dealt with.

 

[PeteH]

and there is only cause for complaint when the error isn't properly dealt with.

Which In my experience, Virtually 99.9% of "officialdom" in all its forms fail at Miserably!

Pete

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[GJH]

Which In my experience, Virtually 99.9% of "officialdom" in all its forms fail at Miserably!

Pete

In my experience tha could well be down to the similar proportion of ignorance with which they are approached by members of the public

 

[PeteH]

In my experience tha could well be down to the similar proportion of ignorance with which they are approached by members of the public

In my Experience, they are Mostly Overpaid, Under worked, and Especially, Civil Servants neither Civil NOR Servile!.

But Hey!! That an opinion, Born of experience of many years having to deal with them. Which may not be shared by others, but "YOU" see as "YOU" find.!

Pete

 

[GJH]

In my Experience, they are Mostly Overpaid, Under worked, and Especially, Civil Servants neither Civil NOR Servile!.

Like much of the general public then

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