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paul
Joined: 12 Feb 2006
Location: West Midlands
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These have been going for ages on the M42 and are called SPECS camera's or something similar.
The variable speed limits might be set and working to prevent hold ups 10 miles down the motorway that you don't see, lower speed prevents everyone getting there to quick and making it worse.
Cheers Paul 2006 TDV6 S Auto, Buckingham Blue, xenons, PTI, 4 kids, 2 dogs and the wife.
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SN
Joined: 03 Jan 2006
Location: Doing the Lambeth Walk
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They're definitely NOT SPECS - the warning signs talk about 'Variable Speed Limit' and not 'Average Speed Cameras' - just like on the M25, people speed up and slow down between the gantries - and all the locals seem to know which ones have cameras behind them too  and ignore the ones that don't - Or like me they found that their TomTom was picking out only the gantries with cameras on them  Steve N | 2006 TDV6 S Auto in Buckingham Blue | Member of the top ten club | Am I online?
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shellshock
Joined: 10 Mar 2008
Location: Chester/Wrexham
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Look on the opposite carriageway gantrees if you want to know which have the cameras  Over 7000 miles of trouble-free motoring......well almost .....(only two visits to dealer and 3 days without)
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| Sat Jul 19 2008 7:19pm |
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paul
Joined: 12 Feb 2006
Location: West Midlands
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SN wrote:They're definitely NOT SPECS
Well when I'm on the Motorway CMPG airwave talkgroup attending one of there incidents, numerours times there motorway patrol cars ask their control room to put them on the log for the SPECS camera's on the M42.
So unless the Police motorway patrol cars don't know what they are I would suggest that they could well be SPECS cameras...
I'll ask the next Motorway car I see what they are and I'll let you know.
Regards Paul 2006 TDV6 S Auto, Buckingham Blue, xenons, PTI, 4 kids, 2 dogs and the wife.
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| Sun Jul 20 2008 4:50pm |
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paul
Joined: 12 Feb 2006
Location: West Midlands
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OK
Road works on the M42/M6 have SPECS camera's set around 55mph in the 50mph limit. When the roadworks are gone the M42 Speed Camera's are normal type. 
Going to London the other day with the father in law I took a Tom Tom and on the M25 it was telling me that a speed camera was coming, but the in laws Road Angel was not bleeping and vice versa a few times. So don't rely totally on the Tom Tom 
Paul 2006 TDV6 S Auto, Buckingham Blue, xenons, PTI, 4 kids, 2 dogs and the wife.
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