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A55 Speed Cameras
I've seen loads of cameras on there, and I have occasionally been going over the limit, but I've never been pulled up about it. Are they actually speed cameras or other ones? Because I was driving a fair bit over the limit near Conway I think and I *think* it flashed, but I'm not 100% sure, it might just be me worrying, or I might be in a tad of trouble!
What punishment shall I expect, and how long will it take before I find out if I was caught?
Geez, I'm stupid
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What punishment shall I expect, and how long will it take before I find out if I was caught?
Geez, I'm stupid
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28 days for a fixed camera, 14 for mobile van.
What speeds are we talking?
upto 90mph 3 points plus £60 fine
over 90mph upto 6 points plus 3/4 figure fine plus possible temporary ban.
See here for examples: http://www.traffic-answers.com/forum/index.php?topic=1053.0
What speeds are we talking?
upto 90mph 3 points plus £60 fine
over 90mph upto 6 points plus 3/4 figure fine plus possible temporary ban.
See here for examples: http://www.traffic-answers.com/forum/index.php?topic=1053.0
Sorry i was guessing it being a 'normal' A road.
upto 50mph (might be lucky if your car speedos very out?) £60 plus 3 points.
over 50mph you'll be looking at 3/6 points plus £2/300 fine. (Max is £1000 but this isnt given out often! Plead your poor) You'd have to go to court to plead for 3 points and a higher fine though. You'll be standard issued with 6 points because of the amount over the limit you were doing.
upto 50mph (might be lucky if your car speedos very out?) £60 plus 3 points.
over 50mph you'll be looking at 3/6 points plus £2/300 fine. (Max is £1000 but this isnt given out often! Plead your poor) You'd have to go to court to plead for 3 points and a higher fine though. You'll be standard issued with 6 points because of the amount over the limit you were doing.
sexysax
Bugger. I've been driving a year and a half, so if I get 6 points, that means I'll have to retake my theory and practical test won't I?
No thats what i'm saying - you'd more than likely have to go to court but if you did it'd be *easy* to get away with less than 6 points but you'd have to be very careful afterwards.
But yes if you didnt fight it you'd lose your license.
Just hope nothing comes of it. We've all worried ourselves stupid for 4 weeks waiting for a speeding ticket to come through!
I'm confused too! Because I have been going over the limit on the road before and I know others who do but nothing ever comes of it.
It was just like a video camera thing but high up! That's all I can remember, it wasn't what I thought a speed camera was, but maybe I'm mistaken.
I saw it and knew I was over the limit, said "****" and then slowed down, so I was half expecting it to flash, so maybe it was just my eyes deceiving me because I was worried and expecting it. Argh!
It was just like a video camera thing but high up! That's all I can remember, it wasn't what I thought a speed camera was, but maybe I'm mistaken.
I saw it and knew I was over the limit, said "****" and then slowed down, so I was half expecting it to flash, so maybe it was just my eyes deceiving me because I was worried and expecting it. Argh!
sexysax
I'm confused too! Because I have been going over the limit on the road before and I know others who do but nothing ever comes of it.
It was just like a video camera thing but high up! That's all I can remember, it wasn't what I thought a speed camera was, but maybe I'm mistaken.
I saw it and knew I was over the limit, said "****" and then slowed down, so I was half expecting it to flash, so maybe it was just my eyes deceiving me because I was worried and expecting it. Argh!
It was just like a video camera thing but high up! That's all I can remember, it wasn't what I thought a speed camera was, but maybe I'm mistaken.
I saw it and knew I was over the limit, said "****" and then slowed down, so I was half expecting it to flash, so maybe it was just my eyes deceiving me because I was worried and expecting it. Argh!
Wheres Paul when you need him? He has the pictures of the different types of cameras but i dont know where they live.
Anyway the only 'video' type cameras are called specs they monitor your speed over a certain distance and are yellow so quite noticeable. They have two little IR things on the side of the cameras. Then theres traffic cameras that are high up and just like video cameras.
It was probably your eyes
Truvelo's point towards you and are normally blue in colour with a luminous yellow facia. No lines will be on the road as its digital. The camera is easily reachable by standing on pavement.
A GATSO camera is just like a Truvelo, but in the opposite direction. So it will take a photo of your rear plate. They will be gray in colour with a yellow hood. Lines will be on the road for you to view. Easily reachable from pavement.
GATSO 2: Placed high up in the air as to prevent vandalism. Smaller than the normal conventional GATSO and is considerably smaller. Quite hard to notice, but will have lines on the ground. Will be bright yellow. Can't reach them from pavement unless you decide to climb.
Specs: Normally found on Motorways, and my Snooper has only ever picked up 1 pair off a Motorway in London's Tower Bridge. You will sometimes not see these (as in the case of Tower Bridge), but on a Motorway they are very visible where they point towards you like a Truvelo, but at a higher level with accompanying digital reader. Lines will be on the road to measure the limit. Won't be able to reach them from pavement unless you climb and hang of the horizontal bar.
A GATSO camera is just like a Truvelo, but in the opposite direction. So it will take a photo of your rear plate. They will be gray in colour with a yellow hood. Lines will be on the road for you to view. Easily reachable from pavement.
GATSO 2: Placed high up in the air as to prevent vandalism. Smaller than the normal conventional GATSO and is considerably smaller. Quite hard to notice, but will have lines on the ground. Will be bright yellow. Can't reach them from pavement unless you decide to climb.
Specs: Normally found on Motorways, and my Snooper has only ever picked up 1 pair off a Motorway in London's Tower Bridge. You will sometimes not see these (as in the case of Tower Bridge), but on a Motorway they are very visible where they point towards you like a Truvelo, but at a higher level with accompanying digital reader. Lines will be on the road to measure the limit. Won't be able to reach them from pavement unless you climb and hang of the horizontal bar.
Gatso cameras work by radar and take two film pictures of the back of your car. Here's one of the ugly sods:
Notice the road markings that sit underneath them.
Truvelos are digital and work by detecting how fast your wheels cross a piezoelectric strip embedded in the road, marked by a couple of very thin lines across the road. They take a digital picture of the front of your car. The cameras and road look like this:
SPECS all measure your average speed between two points on a road and don't care about your speed as you actually go past the cameras. They're used to enforce the 40mph limit on the M1 at the J9-11 roadworks, for example - it remembers when you passed the camera, and then when you pass the next one a couple of miles later it works out your average speed between the two cameras.
SPECS look like this:
Notice the road markings that sit underneath them.
Truvelos are digital and work by detecting how fast your wheels cross a piezoelectric strip embedded in the road, marked by a couple of very thin lines across the road. They take a digital picture of the front of your car. The cameras and road look like this:
SPECS all measure your average speed between two points on a road and don't care about your speed as you actually go past the cameras. They're used to enforce the 40mph limit on the M1 at the J9-11 roadworks, for example - it remembers when you passed the camera, and then when you pass the next one a couple of miles later it works out your average speed between the two cameras.
SPECS look like this:
L0RA
28 days for a fixed camera, 14 for mobile van.
Its actually 14 days for both
See sections 1b and 1c of the
Road Traffic Offenders Act
There are some exceptions to the 14-day rule, such as if you've recently moved then its 14 days to your last known address etc. It also only applies to the registered keeper, which may or may not be the driver. With young drivers its often one of their parents, and with company car drivers its normally the leasing company that supplies the employer the car, so as long as the Registered Keeper gets it within 14 days, you are still "on the hook" so to say.
To the original poster, if you want re-assurance, go back to the area and look for other cameras if you think it may be part of a SPECs system, or calibration lines on the road if you think it was a Gatso or Truvelo.
The other type of camera it may have been is a Monitron
They operate by loops in the road a set distance apart. If the two loops are triggered too quickly, the camera takes an image.
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