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I dont know if anyone is familiar with the cameras down  the A338 ( Wessex Way) although its probably irrelevant if  you are aware or not as this is more a general question.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/t6AZXGTHYYJy31mK6 is the link (hopefully) to the camera in question.

I travelled down this road twice at the weekend, but from the opposite direction to  which this camera is facing- as in I was travelling Northbound on the opposite carriageway.

Both times I travelled down here I noticed it flash someone- the second time I suddenly became paranoid it was me. I instantly looked down at my speedometer which was at approximately  between 41 and 42, for reference the limit here is 40. Its a new car but  doesn't have a digital Speedo, so I assume they still  might overread by 1 or 2 MPH?

However  given this was the opposite carriageway  facing the camera, there are no white lines on my side, and I was so close if not on the speed limit I figured it must have surely just been coincidence. I know that Truvelo cameras are forward facing too but aren't they designed not to flash the front of drivers? Is anyone aware of any  fixed Cameras that can cover the opposite lanes of a dual carriageway and also flash?

There was a normal speed camera not far down from this on my side of the road.

I have also attached a picture( I would have been in the position of the dark blue car in the picture bit about 30  yards further back.

Thanks.

Im probably overthinking things here but I just found it odd that both times it flashed  as I approached from the ither side. Im not even sure I was over at all the first time as I  am extra  slow on Dorset roads due to the extreme number of cameras they have. The second time I  MAY have been 1-2 mph over depending on if my speed dial overreads or not.

If anyone needs any extra information happy to provide but hopefully that link should show the camera in question.

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Quote from: Never_Enough on July 16, 2025, 02:51:28 pm

Both times I travelled down here I noticed it flash someone- the second time I suddenly became paranoid it was me. I instantly looked down at my speedometer which was at approximately  between 41 and 42, for reference the limit here is 40. Its a new car but  doesn't have a digital Speedo, so I assume they still  might overread by 1 or 2 MPH?

Your speedo almost certainly over-reads. In any case, no action would normally be taken for speeds below 46 in a 40 limit.

BTW digital speedos are not intrinsically more accurate than analogue ones. Precision is not the same as accuracy. A £5 digital watch may be more precise than a £10,000 analogue Rolex, but it's unlikely to be more accurate.

Thanks, and incidentally regarding the camera,  would that work on both carridgeways? ( not just both lanes but  traffic travelling  in both directions ( all 4 lanes)- considering it  actually flashed and wasnt infra red which I read the truvelo forward facing ones are).

Thanks again.

Quote from: Never_Enough on July 16, 2025, 03:49:47 pm

Thanks, and incidentally regarding the camera,  would that work on both carridgeways? ( not just both lanes but  traffic travelling  in both directions ( all 4 lanes)- considering it  actually flashed and wasnt infra red which I read the truvelo forward facing ones are).

Thanks again.

I don't think they work on both carriageways, but others may know better.

AFAIK the infra-red is a myth: it's a conventional flash with a magenta filter. Wikipedia confirms that, so it must be true ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truvelo_Combi

But am I right in thinking you wouldnt see a 'flash'?.

Thanks.

Hello, I have just had a gantry activation driving southbound on the M6.

However! My dashcam footage shows that for the preceding 3 minutes of travel my speed was a constant 70mph. There were no gantry or information signs showing any speed restriction on approach to the gantry where I was flashed. This particular gantry was displaying 50mph signs from as far away as I could see until my approach at around 100-200 yards when all displays were reset and returned to blank screens. As I was in the process of safely slowing down from 70mph to pass the gantry at 50mph my speed was at 60mph when the gantry signs turned off. Assuming the obstruction had been cleared and the speeds returned to NSL I proceeded through the gantry at 60mph with a view to returning to 70mph having not broken the threshold of the gantry while it displayed 50.

As I passed the gantry camera I was the only vehicle immediately going through and the activation would definitely have been for me.

My query is; is there a lag between camera and gantry sign where speeds change back UP to NSL, as there is if in the immediate vicinity of a change DOWN in speed through gantries is in place?

My dashcam footage clearly shows the deactivation of the gantry signs well ahead of my passing the camera, and no previous speed reduction signs on information boards or gantries prior to this one. Further on past the camera gantry there was an information board displaying the NSL sign, but with this being after-the-fact is that irrelevant? As I mention previously my speed throughout the whole journey down the M6 never exceeds 70mph.

I'm obviously now awaiting a NIP and considering my legal approach. As a law abiding person of strong principal I will likely take it to Magistrate Court to appeal.
Thank you for any advice. Dashcam footage is available to share if possible.

You admitted you were speeding at 60mph when the 50mph display was lit.

So f*cking what?

Hello, I hope I am posting this properly (in Have I been Caught, The Flame Pit), as I have had trouble finding out how to do it.

1. I am the registered keeper of my vehicle, have lived at the same address for 5+ years, my V5C is up to date and correct and nobody else drives my vehicle.

2. 21 days ago, on the M** a slip road onto it became the 4th lane and not long afterwards, a gantry displayed a move over sign and then a second gantry displayed a Red X. I was not in the slip lane/Red X lane but needed to exit the motorway at the exit after the Red X. As close as I could do so, I crossed the lane to exit as did 2 vehicles in front of me and 5-6 vehicles behind. I was 14 seconds past the Red X gantry where when I moved over. This gantry had 2 HADEC 3 cameras, there were no police about but my dash cam (screenshot only at this stage) shows a National Highways Vehicle in the Red X Lane. This vehicle had joined from the aforementioned slip road.

3. My Royal Mail post is erratic and I am concerned about any NIP getting lost. I assume that the Highways vehicle had cameras and would have captured several vehicles exiting like myself. There is a Met Police portal you can contact to enquire about "tickets' but it is for speeding tickets. Does anyone have experience of chasing an NIP? I do not know for sure, but if it is from footage captured by the Highways Car, for several vehicles, this could take longer than 14 days for the police to process?

I accept that what I did was wrong and would prefer to deal with any NIP now rather than fail to provide my details as the driver and face a court appearance and additional points. I am asking for advice as I am nervous about ringing on contacting the police to chase up an NIP that they may not yet have issued or  know about.

Thank you,

Potato.

What are you telling us here? That you think you went though a 50mph section at 66mph? Assuming that's what the 'average speed camera section' means, at 66mph you will be eligible for a COFP inviting you to invest £100 and receiving 3 points on your licence in exchange. At 64mph you would be eligible for a speed awareness course.