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Average speed camera help please

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  • Swipe
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    IanMSpencer wrote: »
    Then there is ACPO tolerance of 10% + 1mph

    I always understood it to be 10% + 2mph
  • Car_54
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    Swipe wrote: »
    I always understood it to be 10% + 2mph

    10% plus 2 is ACPO's starting point for action. So in a 50 limit, 56 is OK, 57 isn't.

    If the guidelines are being followed.
  • Chris75
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    Car_54 wrote: »
    10% plus 2 is ACPO's starting point for action. So in a 50 limit, 56 is OK, 57 isn't.

    If the guidelines are being followed.


    Yes that is the latest situation. It used to be over 10% + 2mph & it is now at 10% +2mph. There are now prosecutions for 35 in a 30 limit that previously were not prosecuted.


    This is a recommendation however and does not mean that you can guarantee that you won't be prosecuted for over the limit but below the +10%+2mph figure
  • Car_54
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    Chris75 wrote: »
    Yes that is the latest situation. It used to be over 10% + 2mph & it is now at 10% +2mph. There are now prosecutions for 35 in a 30 limit that previously were not prosecuted.


    This is a recommendation however and does not mean that you can guarantee that you won't be prosecuted for over the limit but below the +10%+2mph figure

    Indeed. 110% plus 2 is normally quoted as "the guideline" , but in fact the guidelines form part of an 11 page document, which includes "Driving at any speed over the limit is an offence and the police are not restricted and may prosecute."

    So a prosecution at 32 in a 30 could still be within the guidelines.
  • deanos
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    do these cameras know what speed your vehicle is allowed up to via the number plate, eg 60mph zone but a transit van its only allowed to do 50mph max or a hgv 40mph max
  • Car_54
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    deanos wrote: »
    do these cameras know what speed your vehicle is allowed up to via the number plate, eg 60mph zone but a transit van its only allowed to do 50mph max or a hgv 40mph max

    AFAIK, no.
  • deanos
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    that explains why a HGV was doing 50mph through them then ! :)
  • Car_54
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    deanos wrote: »
    that explains why a HGV was doing 50mph through them then ! :)

    I've just re-read the OP and we're talking about roadworks.

    HGVs, vans etc. are only subject to differential limits on NSL roads. In roadworks or other limits every vehicle is subject to the same limit , so HGVs can do 50 legally in a 50 limit.
  • Spicy_McHaggis
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    deanos wrote: »
    that explains why a HGV was doing 50mph through them then ! :)

    What road was it?
  • deanos
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    Spicy_McHaggis wrote: »
    What road was it?

    on A52 single carrageway , limit is 40mph for hgv, 50mph for van , these are permanent average speed cameras near Grantham
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