Speed Cameras M6?

[Slainte]

Any one spotted the new speed cameras on the M6 between j10 and j8?
Does anyone know if they are average speed cameras or if they are just normal speed cameras?

they are hidden behind the new electronic signs so you don't necessarily spot them

 

[Lucy]

They're for when the hard shoulder is being used as an extra lane.

 

[Gramaisc]

Any one spotted the new speed cameras on the M6 between j10 and j8?
Does anyone know if they are average speed cameras or if they are just normal speed cameras?

they are hidden behind the new electronic signs so you don't necessarily spot them

This says that they are average speed cameras..

 

[Lucy]

Ah, I only spotted the CCTV on my way to the baggies last week. This has more info: http://www.highways.gov.uk/knowledge/1350.aspx

 

[Vault_girl]

Edited because I misread the original post! I thought they were going to be normal speed cameras... Which other motorway uses this at the moment? is it the M40?

I'm hoping this and the extension onto the hard shoulder at peak times makes the M6 of an "epic jam" at peak times!

 

[Trumpet]

The new cameras mounted on the overhead gantries are straight forward speed cameras. The average speed cameras are the yellow ones mounted in pairs on yellow poles. Several of the southbound (from J10a to J9) and all of the northbound (from J10 up) average speed cameras have now been removed. Don't know whether the new overhead gantry cameras are active yet though.

 

[Wyred]

They're for when the hard shoulder is being used as an extra lane.

They're called variable mandatory speed limit cameras…

 

[John Marwood]

The M6 Toll Road does have overhead speed cameras in working service

 

[Gramaisc]

The M6 Toll Road does have overhead speed cameras in working service

A magistrate friend of mine does a steady trade in toll road speeders..

 

[UltraSBM]

You just cant speed anywhere any more... :-(

 

[John Marwood]

Any one spotted the new speed cameras on the M6 between j10 and j8?
Does anyone know if they are average speed cameras or if they are just normal speed cameras?

they are hidden behind the new electronic signs so you don't necessarily spot them

Jct ten to eight? Id be happy to reach 30mph most mornings..ruddy grim piece of metal roadit is anall.chateau pleck anyone?

 

[Slainte]

The new cameras mounted on the overhead gantries are straight forward speed cameras. The average speed cameras are the yellow ones mounted in pairs on yellow poles. Several of the southbound (from J10a to J9) and all of the northbound (from J10 up) average speed cameras have now been removed. Don't know whether the new overhead gantry cameras are active yet though.

I kinda hope they're not, I got a bit cocky 2 weeks ago with the ability of getting up to 65 by junction 10 and because I didn't see the yellow average speed cameras I thought I was ok...

 

[Trumpet]

Any one spotted the new speed cameras on the M6 between j10 and j8?
Does anyone know if they are average speed cameras or if they are just normal speed cameras?

they are hidden behind the new electronic signs so you don't necessarily spot them

chateau pleck anyone?

Chateau Pleck always gave me a grin. In my mind's eye picturing the vine covered slopes of Darlaston.

 

[shoes]

You just cant speed anywhere any more... :-(

I think the revenue generated by these scams should be invested into heavily subsidised track days for the community so that we can all get this want to speed out of our system. At the moment it's way too expensive for most people to afford

 

[skyline]

Agreed, they've given us fast bikes, flat tarmac, and a licence to ride. And then they go and stop us all speeding? Whats the hell in the point in smooth roads and fast cars/bikes then? Years of evolution wasted because of a pesky government

 

[Gramaisc]

Chateau Pleck always gave me a grin. In my mind's eye picturing the vine covered slopes of Darlaston.

You could nearly see Halfpenny Green Vineyard from Chateau Pleck - on a clear day...

 

[UltraSBM]

I say, the more you pay for your road tax, the faster you can go

I'm just off to spend £500 on mine

 

[shoes]

Agreed, they've given us fast bikes, flat tarmac, and a licence to ride. And then they go and stop us all speeding? Whats the hell in the point in smooth roads and fast cars/bikes then? Years of evolution wasted because of a pesky government

Lol i'm not advocating riding or driving like a cock on the public highway, regardless of how much track days cost, but i think that a lot of people would turn up if it was £10 for half a day, say 3 hours or something.

I appreciate track upkeep is horrendously expensive and there would have to also be some kind of insurance in place both for the circuit and the punter however the amount raised by speed cameras is monumental so creaming some of that off for this kind of thing wouldn't be detrimental to the budget a all, IMO.

 

[UltraSBM]

Hmm...Stafford Forum Hire Out A Track For A Day?
Anyone be up for that?

I'd like to do it in my Focus Turbo Diesel just for laughs haha...but my CBR600RR would be much faster

 

[Mr X]

...the amount raised by speed cameras is monumental...

I thought this too, but many councils are getting rid of them as part of budget cuts so something doesn't quite add up.

Or is this something to do with councils paying maintenance and government getting the fines (did I make this up or is it true?)?