M25 Speed Cameras On Finished Section M26 - A22

I drove east bound along the finished section of the southern Part of M25 A21/M26 to A22 junctions. I noticed speed camera flashes on the other side carriageway, the cameras were not yellow, but double quick succession flash, the bad news is there was no speed restrictions so straight forward speed cameras, I am sure there were some also on the West Bound.

Can't say where they are, but just warning people

Certainly next time I drive along there Speed camera data base will be active

 

They are set at whatever limit is showing on the overhead gantrys

 

Nope, there was no gantry speed limit, I know that's how they used to work as far as I was aware on the M25, although some other motorways now have actual fixed speed cameras, now the M25 has

 

yep the new section of m25 without the hard shoulder now has the new cameras on and as far as im aware they are now live 24/7 unlike the older ones which only switched on when a speed limit was set

 

If no limit is showing on the overhead they are set to flash at the national limit of 70(or just above) and being digital they are live 24/7

 

Never seem them flash at the national limit, and I have never ever been done by one, and driven through them enough times just a tad over the speed limit These ones are not on the over head gantry's,

 

they are by the side of the gantry's. they look like traffic flow camera's / cctv, but they are the new speed camera able to monitor all 5 lanes (hard shoulder as well) with one camera.

 

isn't it about time they raised the national speed limit on things like motorways. with modern vehicles being more tecnically advanced than when the speed was set all them years ago. this is just another excuse to earn lots of money from normally law abiding folk

 

I am surprised RW that they are set so low on a motorway, 82 MPH to trigger

 

there are 2 sets of cameras either side in the updated section between the A22 and the M26...they are mounted to the side of the gantrys and are just before clackett lane and between clackett lane and the M26 if your heading anti clockwise they are currently very temperamental as ive witnessed them going off almost continuously and other times ive seen people go through at well over 80mph and Nuthin ( did manage to push a Flash dickhead in an audi R8 whod been weaving in and out previously through them at over 90 and managed to anchor up myself and watch him get a nice double flash.
They ARE live 24/7 as ive witnessed them flash with no posted restrictions on the gantries, as a personal note i think they may well be calibrating them over a few weeks /months as there seems to be no uniformity to the trigger limit at this time.
( Should anyone be in question of the info above i have driven that section of road almost every monday through to thursday night for the past 2 years and could probably tell you if the 4147th cats eye needs cleaning)

 

by the way ...it doesnt

 

I don't understand why it took two years and untold disruption just to paint the hard shoulder black and turn a solid white line into a dashed line. I reckon my granny could have done it quicker and cheaper.

 

Jim your forgetting the concrete centre reservation and new emergency stop areas, new gantries and signage and probably new drainage at the road side to accomodate the new lane usage....the big question is ( and i cant answer this ...) has it made any difference to the morning rush hour jams that used to occur every day in that section.

 

I can answer that and generally yes it has. I travel thet way every day and it has knocked about 15-20 minute off my journey from when the roadworks were there

 

I agree as I travel along there at 06:00 in the morning and its much better! 7oaks to croydon runs smoothly at about 60-65mph