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[mab01uk]

"Speed cameras on the M25 have not been operating since their installation in 2009, but all that is due to end in Surrey this summer. 

The cameras, already installed on the motorway and with warning signs aplenty, sit dormant behind overhead signs that tell drivers to reduce their speed to 60, 50 or 40mph during busy periods.

But the cameras have not flashed once since they were installed and many motorists have happily, and dangerously, exceeded the speed limit without comeback on almost the entire London orbital.

The cameras currently only work in between junctions two and three of the motorway.

But further flashes could be coming soon, with cameras between junction 10 at Cobham and the M40 due to be working by the summer."

 

A Highways Agency spokesman said: “Sections of the M25 where mandatory speed limits are displayed in red rings have continued to work effectively to reduce congestion and smooth traffic flow and have operated well without fixed camera enforcement.

“We are working with Surrey Police, who are taking over responsibility between junctions 10 and 16, to resume enforcement.

“The speed limits are enforceable by the police and the cameras will be operational by summer 2014.”

http://www.surreycom...Surrey/?ref=rss

 

 

[Carlos W]

I know the m20 between 4-7 has variable speed cameras, and I've seen them flash!

I always tend to slow down on the m25 when the variable speed limit signs light up

[domdee]

m62 have them from about j26 to j30 (might be wrong on J's)

m1 has them around the nottingham area too.

 

i only stick to them when they flash the speed restrictions, otherwise its toe down and let the v-tec do its thing!

 

I have seen the opposite carriageway flash a couple of times on the m62 when the limits are on!

 

not had any tickets through yet.... touch wood!

[MaxAndPaddy]

The ones on the M42 drive me mad as they seem to constantly change up and down between gantrys, your pootling alone at next then next thing you know its dropped to 50, then back up, down up, does my head in.

[Cooperman]

Nasty cash-generating cameras. In road safety terms about as much use as an ashtray on a motorbike .

[sonikk4]

Well they will milk that cash cow on the M25 then. The amount of cars that go through those cameras even with the speed limit illuminated by the red ring is immense. Kerching kerching!! Mark you at rush hour they should be paying us as you cannot even reach 30 mph.

[MaxAndPaddy]

Well they will milk that cash cow on the M25 then. The amount of cars that go through those cameras even with the speed limit illuminated by the red ring is immense. Kerching kerching!! Mark you at rush hour they should be paying us as you cannot even reach 30 mph.

 

The speed limit signs should be considered aspirational rather than instruction...

[sonikk4]

 

Well they will milk that cash cow on the M25 then. The amount of cars that go through those cameras even with the speed limit illuminated by the red ring is immense. Kerching kerching!! Mark you at rush hour they should be paying us as you cannot even reach 30 mph.

 

The speed limit signs should be considered aspirational rather than instruction...

 

 

If only mate if only.

[jamesmpi]

looks like theres going to be a few London Cab drivers out of pocket (you the know the type. They always drive black Ford Galaxys and tend to travel to and from Heathrow and Gatwick. They are always trying to push you out of the fast lane......)