I just found out that if you change lanes the camera cant tell how fast you were going! no way!!! but its true ive seen it a proper report this was probly already on the news and i just missed it. but basically it states that the camera can only look at one lane so after you pass through the first camera it clocks ya but if you change lanes before the second one it cant, it also says that this problem was noticed before they started using them but the cameras are to expensive to have one per lane!!! and so say on a two lane carrigeway there is only one camera looking at one lane and on a three lane carrigeway there might be two cameras looking at two of the lanes. has anyone else heard this?
2006-10-17 12:47:39 · 8 answers · asked by crabman 1 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
i didnt pot for the reason of dodgin it u idiots this has cost the general public hundreds of thousands of pounds and now they re prooving it doesnt work!!!!!!!!! which is baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad
2006-10-17 12:56:43 · update #1
SPEED CAMERA LOOPHOLE CONFIRMED
Lane changing can defeat SPECS cameras
SPECS camerasChange lanes and you'll be safe from SPECS, the cameras that calculate your speed over a distance. And it's been officially confirmed too.
SPECS work by measuring your speed over the distance between two cameras, rather than at a single point where you pass the device. But according to the Mail, the Home has admitted that if you pass the second SPECS camera in a different lane to the one in which you passed the first, you cannot be prosecuted.
That's because they're linked and set up to monitor only one traffic lane at a time. In other words, if the system is to monitor a three-lane carriageway, it would need three sets of the pricey cameras.
According to the story, this characteristic of the system was confirmed by the system's maker, Speed Check Services, which said that the system was approved for use only one lane at a time.
2006-10-17 12:57:41 · update #2
SCS technical director Graeme Southwood said that there was neither enough time nor money to test the system under Home Office rules to monitor multiple lanes when the devices were first introduced in 1999. And so the situation has remained.
However, Southwood introduced an element of doubt into the solidity of this method when he said that the loop-hole was not foolproof, and that some drivers who use it could still be prosecuted. SCS said that it discouraged people to lane-change on safety grounds.
2006-10-17 12:58:36 · update #3
Roads policing chief Med Hughes said that it would be dangerous for drivers to swap lanes in order to evade detection. "It is irresponsible for motorists to deliberately seek to evade detection and speed", he said.
The fact remains however that the cameras monitor speed at the expense of other driver behaviour, potentially compromising safety. And now we find that, as has been shown with respect to other types of camera, they could actually be making the roads less safe by encouraging lane-changing.
Road safety campaign Safe Speed said: "We know for sure that road safety hasn't improved as expected in the speed camera era. I believe that this is because speed camera come with dangerous side effects. All cameras cause side effects, but the side effects of average speed cameras appear to be especially subtle and insidious. Speed camera side effects are everywhere, but none of them have been adequately studied."
2006-10-17 12:59:39 · update #4
Speed cameras are actually illegal.
They are another form on tax on the motorist, in contravention of the Magna Carta.
Some people are already getting together in order to fight this through the courts.
2006-10-17 13:08:45 · answer #1 · answered by lordofthetarot 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have read this, and it is true, but it is not as simple as you think.
The problem is that each camera may be monitoring any of the lanes. For example, the first camera might be aimed at the inside lane, and the second camera may be aimed at the same lane, OR one of the others. Therefore, by switching lanes, you might actually be moving to the lane covered by the second camera, and thereby land yourself with a speeding fine, whereas had you stayed in the original lane, you would have been undetected.
It's kinda a driving version of Russian Roulette. Enjoy.
2006-10-17 12:59:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do not know the answer however as I have been driving up and down the M1 I have found that using big lorries is the best way to avoid getting your (or rather your cars) picture taken. Position your car next to but near the back of a big lorry and your car should be sheltered from the cameras. Of course I can not guarantee this but I have not had a ticket yet.
2006-10-17 13:05:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I highly doubt the accuracy of your statement...but either way, Congratulations, you've just become the cause of hundreds of road accidents. Speeding idiots who normally cause accidents by slamming on their brakes, will now cause twice the damage by attempting to switch lanes at break neck speed too.
There is only one way to truly avoid a speed camera and that is TO NOT SPEED.
2006-10-17 12:53:40 · answer #4 · answered by gromitski 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As reported by who? The people that run the speed cameras probably, so they get more money from the fines..
2006-10-17 12:50:48 · answer #5 · answered by Wraith 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What if u just slow down for a bit then go for pedal to the metal again sorted
2006-10-17 12:57:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I wouldnt gamble the points on my licence, would you??
2006-10-17 12:52:31 · answer #7 · answered by TB 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
just remember SPEED KILLS
2006-10-17 13:03:28 · answer #8 · answered by annewithafan 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋