Average Speed Cameras on A2
 

I went down to Gravesend on the A2 earlier and once you get to the M25 junction the speed limit slows down to 50 Mph as you go through road works.

This speed limit is policed with those average speed cameras, which only appear to point towards you, thus only getting the front of your vehicle. Am I correct in thinking this or is there some way that they are capturing the back too? I couldn't see anything.

If the above is the case then motorbike riders are totally free to go as fast as they like without the fear of losing their license on this stretch of road, not that we would officer!

???

Somebody was telling me that an 'official' announcement has been released stating that if vehicles pass a set of cameras in say lane 2 and then swithch and pass through the next set of cameras in say lane 1 then the cameras cannot calculate the average speed :roll: you always hear these sort of things so i'm not sure how true it is...

I guess if the cameras are all facing the fornt of vehicles then bikes don't really need to worry :)

I don't know about the specific lanes mentioned, but err, it's true ;)

Personally, I make sure, by starting in lane 3, and finishing in lane 1. Or vice versa.

I don't speed officer, obviously, as I haven't had a ticket yet :)

EDIT: Be careful though if it's a regular route. If you're seen to be having a laugh, they make a point of having the last laugh.

i believe this is true but im not sure about the officialness of it, but if you think about it the avergae speed will be differnet over a mile if you "weave" than if you go in a straight line.. :D

But if you "weave", you'll have travelled further.......

So if you still do the route too quickly it can only mean you've been going even faster. I wouldn't rely on this lane changing method folks.

Also bare in mind you'll stand out that much more to to any coppers on the road, as you'll be able ot be zooming past all the other traffic.

But, with all that in mind, one's which measure oncoming traffic cannot see your plate, & therefore can't get ya, but they don't have to face forward.

that doesn't matter if you been weaving going faster because they have no evidence of that? or how many times you would have changed lanes so no accurate way of working it out?

no evidence no prosecution...

Dont forget that the speed limits in roadworks sections is there for your and roadworkers safety.
Also, that particular set of roadworks is monitored by CCTV so if you persistantly break the speed limit I would imagine the old bill would not have too much trouble tracing you and they would have enough evidence to prosecute.

I can't see the problem if you stick to the limit :wink:

I spoke to a :plod: that I know earlier and he said that the data from all cameras is stored on one system so the lane changing idea probably isn't correct as the information would be colated from all cameras.

Either way, imo for the extra couple of minutes it takes to stick to the limits through that roadworks section it's probably worth slowing down than risking points and a fine.

Correct...
For the sake of a few extra minutes is it really worth risking your neck or those working to make the road better?