Faulty Speed Cameras

A new report into speed cameras last week by one of the UK's leading motoring publications has revealed some startling information. The information relates to speed cameras on the variable speed limit stretch of the M25 and could result in a backlash of claims to overturn speeding fines and penalty points.

The article claims that the speed cameras on the stretch of the M25 between junctions 10 and 16 could be faulty. The article claims that these cameras are automatically triggered by the variable speed limit signs on the motorway. The speed at which these cameras are triggered is directly generated via the speed by which the warning signs are displaying. The problem lies in the fact that recent findings have shown that the sensors that set this variable speed limit could be faulty.

The sensors were put in place to reduce the speed limit on the motorway upon detection of heavy traffic conditions. The recent findings have shown that these sensors have been faulty and activating a reduced speed limit and there for the speed cameras when there is no problem on the motorway.

The fact is that if caught speeding by the cameras a motorist can expect to receive a fixed fine and penalty points added to their licence resulting in a rise in low cost car insurance premiums. The article stressed that in the view of the superintendent of the metropolitan police if this is the case then motorists caught speeding during times when the sensors were wrongly triggered have a case to appeal against any fine incurred.

Basically this is another case of the governments speeding policies gone wrong. The fact is that these problems won't happen if the cameras were replaced with traffic police. When the government finally realises that the money from our road tax would be better spent on physical policing rather than automated systems they could save themselves the embarrassment of this type of situation.