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Old October 26th 03, 07:20 PM posted to uk.transport.london
John Rowland John Rowland is offline
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Default Road speed cameras

"Joe" wrote in message
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They are Called SPECS cameras. They are a better idea
than GATSOs, but not all roads are suited as they have to
contain a stretch of road which does not have any turnoffs.


Why? If you don't reach the second camera within X seconds you haven't
broken the law, so your number can be discarded, and whether you then show
up at the second camera a few seconds later or have turned away is
irrelevant.

IMO every SPECS camera in the country should be linked, and whenever you
pass one your number should be transmitted to every other camera in the
country along with a "discard-by" time, and if you are busted if you arrive
at any other camera before your number is discarded by that camera. It would
also bring an instant end to license plate cloning, because the system would
see these cars as travelling at 1000s of miles an hour, and the police could
instantly be alerted to the location of both cars.

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