If you're headed this way... Regards, Simonm.
Me again. I've been informed by the uk.local.bristol group that this is a hoax. Could be so, and there is indeed a denial on the Thames Valley Police's web site. Having passed the new signs several times recently however, I'm still unconvinced. There are far too many of them and far too close together to make sense just as a trial. If they're intending to do that all over the country it'll be hideous, never mind the enormous cost. Each sign has a pair of cameras - facing in both directions along the motorway, and sensors buried in the road to detect traffic quantity and speed. It may well be the case they can use them fro SPECS, even if they aren't at present. There was an incident recently in South Wales where the "Safety" Camera Partnership put up cameras and sent out penalty notices to people accelerating *after* a speed restriction, i.e. doing <70. The Camera Partnership have announced they will not 'proactively' refund fines and remove points from the licences of innocent motorists. Not sure if I wish the Landy would go that fast, or not... Regards, Simonm.
This was why I liked my old Ford Maverick - not *too* bad offroad if you ignore the fact it would sit and spin all four wheels in different directons if you were unlucky, but 96mph flat out was never going to lose me my license in a hurry. If anybody sees L892HHM anywhere please kick the driver for me - thieving bastard still owes me 3grand for it. Idiot that I was I have no paper to prove this. P.
So many rumours proliferate this way, best to check multiple sources before scare mongering. Next you will be sending out warnings about blue poles at the side of the road.
Would you rather be warned unnecessarily or collect a speeding ticket? My message was sent with good intent, and came to me as genuine, from a list which is usually fairly reliable. When I was told of the error I immediately put out a correction. SPECS is an application processing video data streams. It does OCR and requires a good quality signal from cameras a known distance apart. The M4 installation has just such fitted. Admittedly there are apparently no IR lamps, but the system would work in daylight. As I said, I remain unconvinced about that the cameras will not be used for SPECS sooner or later. Regards, Simonm.
"SpamTrapSeeSig" wrote in message > .. My understanding is they are simply CCTV and have no radar detectors (like ears) alongside like a true SPECS camera. I will look out for them next time I travel that way. -- Regards Bob Use a useful Screen Saver... http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ and find intelligent life amongst the stars, there's bugger all down here.
I would rather people thought before sending out untrue stories. So ethy all do, especially spam and viruses Still say you should have checked 1st. Would it ? Are you sure ? Or is that just something someone has told you ? Paranoia
They're *not* radar detectors - they're IR lamps for use at night. SPECS doesn't use any form of radar or laser for speed or distance measuring. That's why in theory you could use any high quality camera system (although I don't know anything about the frame rate, etc. of SPECS). Regards, Simonm.
While on the subject of blue poles. I know they are to do with Trafficmaster but I have noticed (in Kent) that there are now green ones. Are they blue ones just painted green to 'blend in' better with the hedges etc or are they something else? Richard
Can you be more specific on the URL ? Nothing on there but a series of advertising banners as far as I can see and certainly nothing about the M4 unless it's hidden away in some corner. cheers Dave W. http://www.yorkshireoffroadclub.net/
Perhaps some confused elderly 1970's throwback members of the "welsh liberation front" have got parkinsons disease and took a Saga holiday to Kent. ?
While on the subject of blue poles. I know they are to do with Trafficmaster The green ones are government traffic cameras, operated by the Highways Agency rather than Trafficmaster, and they are used to detect congestion and set matrix signs appropriately. They are not speed cameras.
