Average speed cameras

Well, it appears they do have them setup for average speed. First person i
have ever known just got told by his office he got caught average speed on
the M62 of 58 in a 50.....

 

Really? Has he seen the paperwork yet?

 

What did you think they were set up for?

 

I don't think that was ever in doubt, was it? All the m-way road works
are festooned with the things, plus bloody great warning signs. That's
when cruise control (on cars) and an absence of a front number plate
(on bikes) come in handy.

You sure you're not muddling these with the threatened nationwide
coverage withe the bastard things, instead of just stretches of dug-up
motorway?

 

That's the first person I have ever heard of getting done by one.

 

AOL
We were talking in the office last week and wondering if they were actually
active. Anywhere.
I'll stick to my sat-nav verified limit plus 10% then.

Beware the A38 rear facing Specs (for bikes)

 

Hmm, his speedo was probably reading 65 then. So in a sign-posted 50
where you know there are cameras, that's possibly a little incautious.

 

There's regular whinges in the local rags about people getting done by
the ones on the M42 around Birmingham.

 

I thought they were variable limit gatsos.

 

It's understandable if he thought they were individual cameras and he
slowed down for each one.

 

Plenty of people don't seem to understand the concept of averages.
I've successfully tested the theory that cameras only work on one lane.

 

No, these are the ones in roadworks. This is the first person i know of
getting done on them.

I dont speed through them anyway, but some cunts hurtle through...

 

They are. It's just the usual thick Brummies whinging.

 

Well he's a thick **** then.

 

They have 'em on M18 road works past Doncaster, and within the first
week or so they bagged a few thousand ... there was an article in the
local papers about it, but icba to follow it up ..

 

Do you actually know *anyone* who's had a ticket from a set of average
speed cameras?

 

I do now!

 

Yeah, they are. Lack of reading comprehension on my part.

 

Obviously the word 'average' below the speed camera sign is there
because it looks pretty.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Ben

And what percentage of passing motorists would give that word any
thought at all, or understand it if they did, do you suppose?