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Drove to/from dtd for 1st time this weekend, has anyone seen those speed camera signs on the M1, and the lines, but its not a yellow camera. They just for show?

No - it is an active traffic management system.  On occasions the signs aboive the road show a speed limit below 70 with the red cirle around it and when they are on the cameras seem to come on and they are behind the signs that are above the road.  When the limit is the default 70 they don't seem to work.  I got done by one on the M42 once.

There was no signs or anything, and everyone seemed to be going through like 70-90mph, i figured they didnt clock speeds, hope not anyway

No the signs are electronic and above the road.  You only notice them when they are lit.  When they aren't lit then they show nothing.....if that makes sense???

Don`t think the cameras have actually been fitted yet.

i hope they aren't working - lol

Going back down in morning ill check again, but [ ] sure there not even up yet.

Where on M1 are we talking????

As you get on from Notts heading towards north, like 5mile in maybe ?

the new road where it is 4 lanes i presume?

Yea

Ahh in that case I couldn't be sure Iwas thinking closer to Luton....but sounds like the same thing. IIRC all motorway speedway cameras in UK (except through roadworks) are these things that are behind the dot matrix over the road signs.  You can't actually see the camera unless you get flashed.

Yeah as i understand it they only turn on when there is a variable speed limit, if its national limit the cameras are off, if that wasn't the case i would have about 257469 points by now.

this.

I know of someone who didn't realise there were cameras and sped through 8 in a row on the M42, insta gg license, £600 fine and 18 month ban I think

Well fk his life, and fk mine if ive done same, did pretty much a ton home from dtd to rochdale, apart from the roadwork cameras, none came up on satnav and no1 seems to slow down for the ones mentioned

Cos there not up yet innit.

Lol im sure there was some up, not sure lol, ahh well you all eased my mind, dont have to feel like im fading the post for the next 2 week now anyway

I think a few between J25 and J26 are up (there are now cameras in the gantry) - but they're not active yet. 

They do flash so if it was dark you will know you have been caught.  Tougher to be sure during the day though

Yes, they are effectively the same as Gatso cameras at the side of the road.  So if you trip them, you get the double-flash.

Was on the A1 between Grantham and Stamford last weekend, and going pretty quickly at one point.  I come up to the speed camera, and make sure I'm doing 70.  At that very moment a Focus ST that I've just gone by decides he wants to show me how fast he can go, and zooms up behind me just at the point he passes the camera - flash-flash whoops!

Sounds like he had a bad lawyer to me.

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Sandy

Just for future reference the are fitting the same system on the M6 between junction 9 and the Hilton Park service station

Happy Motoring

No recession in the speed camera business, then again they have no problem finding money for stuff nobody wants or voted for.

lol yeah was going to say as long as he didnt dip below limit surely its just 1 fine