Not speeding but camera flashed me once

Sjohn

So I was driving down the A3 (Roehampton area) last night. Speed limit 40mph. I drive down this stretch of road daily. I slowed down as I approached the speed camera. My speedometer read 38 as I went through the camera (so I was probably only actually going 36). Despite this I was flashed by the camera. There was only one flash which I saw in the rear view mirror. Could the camera just be faulty? And why would it only flash once? I know I shouldn’t panic as I was not speeding but still....

Car_54

Sjohn wrote: »

So I was driving down the A3 (Roehampton area) last night. Speed limit 40mph. I drive down this stretch of road daily. I slowed down as I approached the speed camera. My speedometer read 38 as I went through the camera (so I was probably only actually going 36). Despite this I was flashed by the camera. There was only one flash which I saw in the rear view mirror. Could the camera just be faulty? And why would it only flash once? I know I shouldn’t panic as I was not speeding but still....

Spot the contradiction ...

Hermione_Granger

Car_54 wrote: »

Spot the contradiction ...

What contradiction?

I drive past 4 cameras on my way to work each day (all of them in a 30 limit) and the amount of people doing well below this speed but still slow down when approaching the cameras baffles me.

Maybe they don't trust their speedometer accuracy or maybe it's just an instinctive habit but whatever the reason, it still happens.

Ant555

Car_54 wrote: »

Spot the contradiction ...

I pretty much always slow down when going past a known speed camera just to be sure - it doesn't mean I was speeding in the first place.

Sjohn

Car_54 wrote: »

Spot the contradiction ...

I slowed down from 40 to 38 to be sure. I was not speeding at any point

Car_54

Hermione_Granger wrote: »

What contradiction?

I drive past 4 cameras on my way to work each day (all of them in a 30 limit) and the amount of people doing well below this speed but still slow down when approaching the cameras baffles me.

Maybe they don't trust their speedometer accuracy or maybe it's just an instinctive habit but whatever the reason, it still happens.

Could the reason be bad driving?

EssexExile

Speed cameras flash for all sorts of reasons, it doesn't mean you'll get that little envelope any time soon.

Robin9

By the time you slowed down the camera will have seen you - by your own admission you slowed to 38 so were in excess of the speed limit.

neilmcl

Ant555 wrote: »

I pretty much always slow down when going past a known speed camera just to be sure - it doesn't mean I was speeding in the first place.

I hope you realise just how annoying this is for drivers behind you.

Car_54

Robin9 wrote: »

By the time you slowed down the camera will have seen you

Not if it was a rear-facing camera, which this almost certainly was.

notbritishgas

Robin9 wrote: »

By the time you slowed down the camera will have seen you - by your own admission you slowed to 38 so were in excess of the speed limit.

That was the OP talking who was in a 40mph limit.