Average Speed Cameras - Cat N Fiddle

Hopefully not a duplicate post this one, but heard on local news that the installation of average speed cameras has been approved for the Cat N Fiddle.

Aye, well tbh it would have been daft to speed there these days anyway. Just means we will have to go on the (even better imo) roads around it

[Daywalker]

Done well to last this long i think, fickin bureaucracy gone mad

[TEC]

If they are daft enough to locate them in the wrong place, just take a breather at the top for a few mins

[G]

Just ride roads that arnt over advertised, over policed and full of tourist bikers going slow.

Problem solved.

I plan to ride the peaks as little as possible this year it's practically covered in 50's and to many cars/villages.

[Ratty]

That's bad news .

[Red Herring]

Bit of an obvious ststement this but the majority of average speed camera systems are forward facing, ie: they read front number plates. I'm guessing that given how popular this road is with bikes they're planning on making them rear shots, but it would be interesting to see just how reliable they turn out to be. ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) systems, which is basically what average speed cameras are, are notoriously unreliable reading rear number plates, especially bike ones.

Camera's being fitted this week and according to BBC news there are 7 of them. Shouldn't average camera's come in pairs though?

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by Red Herring

Bit of an obvious ststement this but the majority of average speed camera systems are forward facing, ie: they read front number plates. I'm guessing that given how popular this road is with bikes they're planning on making them rear shots, but it would be interesting to see just how reliable they turn out to be.

If they do fit rear facing ones just ride along the road the other way...

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[Red Herring]

Originally Posted by MR UKI (1)

Camera's being fitted this week and according to BBC news there are 7 of them. Shouldn't average camera's come in pairs though?

Not necessarily, there just needs to be at least two. When first introduced they did work in pairs, which was why the dodge about changing lanes came about, nowadays they are much smarter. The system uses ANPR to read a number plate at one point, and then at another. The computer knows the distance between all the cameras on the system so it simply works out the time between the two reads. That's why you now have cameras on entrances/exits to services and slip roads, stops people blatting along and then pulling off for a coffee!