Average Speed cameras

aardvaak

Firstly I have no issue with them just wondered....

What would happen if you passed a average Speed camera level with a large lorry - would it fail to detect you?

Alter_ego

The ones I've seen have a camera covering each lane. (Overhead)

Johno100

Alter_ego wrote: »

The ones I've seen have a camera covering each lane. (Overhead)

So you'd have to be close behind or just in front of the lorry (depending on what direction the cameras face) to potentially avoid detection.

kmb500

If you were right up behind the lorry then yeah it would fail to get you I guess. But would be extremely dangerous to be so close to the back of it especially at speed

Browntoa

Our local ones have a sort of L shape on the road with LED lights glaring down on it alongside the camera

ThinkingOutLoud_2

What are you trying to achieve anyway?

Just because you don't get a ticket - speeding through roadworks where people are working feet from you car makes it ok?

And driving "erratically" so as to hide behind lorries seems to be a poor idea surely?

So once you are past that camera - isn't everyone else in front of you sticking to that limit and staying in lane - so where will you get to by doing this? 300 metres further forwards? A distance you will travel in around 10 seconds on a motorway.

Arrive 10 seconds later and save us all.

facade

Just do as Clarkson suggested. Stop right after the camera and wait a few minutes, then you can drive at 180mph until you pass the next one.

aardvaak

Alter_ego wrote: »

The ones I've seen have a camera covering each lane. (Overhead)

The ones I have seen are on the side of the road

aardvaak

ThinkingOutLoud wrote: »

What are you trying to achieve anyway?

Just because you don't get a ticket - speeding through roadworks where people are working feet from you car makes it ok?

And driving "erratically" so as to hide behind lorries seems to be a poor idea surely?

So once you are past that camera - isn't everyone else in front of you sticking to that limit and staying in lane - so where will you get to by doing this? 300 metres further forwards? A distance you will travel in around 10 seconds on a motorway.

Arrive 10 seconds later and save us all.

You obviously did'nt read the original question correctly - I have no issue with them

ThinkingOutLoud_2

Better to buy a helicopter ?

neilmcl

aardvaak wrote: »

The ones I have seen are on the side of the road

They still cover the whole carriageway.