Speeding Fine

Lum

J5 -> M42 is indeed the Warwickshire HADECS section I mention above, so my answer there applies, but only if the signs had a red circle around them. If they did not have a red circle then you will not get any sort of ticket in the post for an indicated 78mph.

withabix

To get 'caught' by a HADECS camera, it has to have flashed. The flash operates in ALL light conditions. 1 B&W photo (for number plate) and 2 colour photos (for distance and speed check like a Gatso) are taken.

Also, you will have had to be speeding 'enough' when passing a gantry with a camera - only about every third gantry has a camera.

alright_dave

Thanks Lum, lets just hope they were the flashing amber, going to be a nervous 2 weeks waiting for the post man though.

Sgt_Pepper_2

Lum wrote: »

J5 -> M42 is indeed the Warwickshire HADECS section I mention above, so my answer there applies, but only if the signs had a red circle around them. If they did not have a red circle then you will not get any sort of ticket in the post for an indicated 78mph.

West Midlands.

Lum

Ahh yes, you are right, the merger never actually happened.

I always get them mixed up because Warwickshire is a very silly shaped county, like someone on the council said "**** that, we're not having bloody Coventry".

I don't know what threshold West Mids use, unfortunately.

Sgt_Pepper_2

Lum wrote: »

Ahh yes, you are right, the merger never actually happened.

I always get them mixed up because Warwickshire is a very silly shaped county, like someone on the council said "**** that, we're not having bloody Coventry".

I don't know what threshold West Mids use, unfortunately.

Pre 74 it was Warwickshire and Coventry.

bleepandbooster

Have travelled that stretch of motorway many times M6/M42/M40 in both directions and it has always puzzled me why at the end of the variable speed cameras the National Speed Limit sign is a white stripe on a black background. When really it should be black stripe on a white background ???

Cofion
David

Sgt_Pepper_2

bleepandbooster wrote: »

Have travelled that stretch of motorway many times M6/M42/M40 in both directions and it has always puzzled me why at the end of the variable speed cameras the National Speed Limit sign is a white stripe on a black background. When really it should be black stripe on a white background ???

Cofion
David

It is black on a white background where the variable ends.

kingstreet

West Mids follow the new ACPO rules, a course is offered upto limit + 10% + 9mph. They don't publish if this is restricted to lower limits, or available at all limits.

Tobster86

Incidentally, you can see which gantries have cameras. The M42 style ones have flash pods that are clearly visible from a good few hundred yards away; more than enough time for both of my cars to engine brake in 5th to non-enforcement speeds .

The M1 style ones near Mansfield are less obvious but I've never seen them on, and from experience (touch wood) none of them enforce NSL.