M20 m23 m25 or m26

Sweetie_89

I was travelling to gatwick airport today from chatham kent and on a certain part of either m25 m20 or m23 I'm not sure which suddenly had a electronic sign to go down to 40 nobody else was doing this I stayed at 60mph and now I'm worried I may get a speeding fine and points

da_rule

And what do you actually want? It's just a waiting game to see if you went through any active gantry cameras.

System

Was it a variable speed limit sign, normally on a gantry above each lane and looking like a normal speed limit sign with a red circular border, or one of the square signs that are either above each lane or on the central reservation that show a speed figure but no red border.

If the latter then these are purely advisory, if the former then it depends on whether there were any speed cameras in operation

Sweetie_89

!!!!!! wrote: »

Was it a variable speed limit sign, normally on a gantry above each lane and looking like a normal speed limit sign with a red circular border, or one of the square signs that are either above each lane or on the central reservation that show a speed figure but no red border.

If the latter then these are purely advisory, if the former then it depends on whether there were any speed cameras in operation

Thanks for your reply it was a black screen on the sign showing a 40 sign and warning triangle then a bit further down the road the national speed limit signs showed across the screen in all lanes

da_rule

Sweetie_89 wrote: »

Thanks for your reply it was a black screen on the sign showing a 40 sign and warning triangle then a bit further down the road the national speed limit signs showed across the screen in all lanes

If the black screen was on the gantry it may have had a set of cameras to the rear. It is impossible to tell if these are active or not, so it's just a waiting game.

Redx

agreed , its either happened , or it hasnt , so its a waiting game , nothing you can do about it so quit worrying

da_rule

Out of curiosity how fast were you going?

Sweetie_89

da_rule wrote: »

If the black screen was on the gantry it may have had a set of cameras to the rear. It is impossible to tell if these are active or not, so it's just a waiting game.

Thanks, if it did have cameras and I was doing 60 how many points am I looking at? And I'm guessing I won't get a speed awareness course

Sweetie_89

da_rule wrote: »

Out of curiosity how fast were you going?

I was doing 60 as no one else was going that slow so didn't want to cause an issue going 40 silly I know

da_rule

If you were doing 60 mph then the CPS and ACPO recommend that you should receive a Fixed Penalty Notice for 3 points and £100. If you were doing 66 mph or over you could be looking at a summons.

But, the cameras may not have been switched on so there is no point worrying.

Sweetie_89

da_rule wrote: »

If you were doing 60 mph then the CPS and ACPO recommend that you should receive a Fixed Penalty Notice for 3 points and £100. If you were doing 66 mph or over you could be looking at a summons.

But, the cameras may not have been switched on so there is no point worrying.

What happens if you get a summons? How long does it usually take to get a nip?