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Received this today in the emails, it could simply be a hoax, but others here are certain they have read something about this being installed in the past
For those of you who travel the M4:
New electronic signs on the M4 were switched on today, Tuesday 21
October. They are rigged with the SPECS speed
cameras.
SPECS is a computer-camera based system. As you go past the sign a
digital camera reads your number plate.
When you go past the next sign your number plate is read again. The
computer ' knows' how far apart the signs are so it can work out
your average speed between the two, or three or four.
The system is fully automatic and will issue a ticket without any
form of human intervention. It does this for every single vehicle
that passes.
You will not know you've been caught as the cameras don't flash.
They work 24/7, 365 days a year, and theoretically, there's
absolutely no limit on the number of tickets that the system can
issue.
The whole section of the M4 between Theale (J12) and Membury Services
(between J14 and J15) is wired, both ways. The system is set to
trigger a ticket at 78 mph. Radar detectors will be of no use as
SPECS is entirely passive, there is no radar or laser beam to detect.
Be warned and be careful.
For those of you who travel the M4:
New electronic signs on the M4 were switched on today, Tuesday 21
October. They are rigged with the SPECS speed
cameras.
SPECS is a computer-camera based system. As you go past the sign a
digital camera reads your number plate.
When you go past the next sign your number plate is read again. The
computer ' knows' how far apart the signs are so it can work out
your average speed between the two, or three or four.
The system is fully automatic and will issue a ticket without any
form of human intervention. It does this for every single vehicle
that passes.
You will not know you've been caught as the cameras don't flash.
They work 24/7, 365 days a year, and theoretically, there's
absolutely no limit on the number of tickets that the system can
issue.
The whole section of the M4 between Theale (J12) and Membury Services
(between J14 and J15) is wired, both ways. The system is set to
trigger a ticket at 78 mph. Radar detectors will be of no use as
SPECS is entirely passive, there is no radar or laser beam to detect.
Be warned and be careful.