Average Speed Cameras

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Has anyone here had or know anyone who has been issued a ticket from an average speed camera? Everyone knows somebody who has been 'done' by a fixed or mobile camera.

I do a lot of motorway driving and these type of cameras seem to be everywhere where there are major roadworks.

Whilst I agree with the speed limits in these certain areas and do usually stick to the speed limits, I have been through whole sections of them at perhaps more than 10mph of the set limit (usually 50mph in the South and 40mph in Scotland it seems).

It is funny to see the stupid people that slow down for each camera and then back on the juice until the next big yellow stick... Perhaps they dont know the correct meaning of averages.

Its also very common that you see people powering through them at speeds of around 90mph!

Do they know something I don't?!

[Red Herring]

Yeah, their car isn't registered to anyone.....

Never been done, don't know anyone who has been done, don't always stick to the limit either always push it a bit, I'm curious too. Fact or fiction?

[Red Herring]

Oh they definitely work, we get tickets through regularly.

[Dipper]

Originally Posted by The Idle Biker

Never been done, don't know anyone who has been done, don't always stick to the limit either always push it a bit, I'm curious too. Fact or fiction?

+1 We have them on a section of dual carrigeway nearby, 10mph over the limit doesn't seem to get you a ticket. The police still put temporary hidden cameras on this section of road

[Paul the 6th]

Speedo error & the limit the cameras are set at usually mean you could cruise at 60mph in a 50... But the cameras & limit are there to protect the workforce.

Still, very convenient when there's a doylem in a merc sat in lane 3, cruise control at 49mph with no traffic in the 2 inside lanes.. Just slip past him and enjoy 100's of yards of braking distance without Mr. Merc hogging the road to himself while he's tinkering with his blackberry..

motorbike no front number plate
not that i would condon such things you understand

[Nobbylad]

Some do have either rear facing cameras or additional cameras I believe

Daughter -in-law got one on the A12 Roadworks and got a nice picture of her driving her Merc,speed from the camera,average speed,date and time all displayed.48mph in a 40mph limit-------result SP60 Points and fine,so I know the ones round here work.
As for motorbikes and rear facing cameras I don't know but in reality is it worth taking the chance for the little extra time it takes to slow down.

[Red Herring]

One of the main advantages of the average camera system is that it does slow the majority of traffic down for an extended distance, as opposed to single point cameras where everybody brakes, and then speeds up again. Unless it's particularly quiet this makes it harder for a single vehicle to speed because, put quite frankly, everybody else gets in the way. This makes the average systems more effective, and safer.
Motorbikes of course don't have the same problem with the traffic, or with detection, so it's down to the rider and everybody knows that motorcyclists are far more responsible than car drivers....