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New digital speed cameras will trap more M25 motorists
Evening Standard20.02.08
The number of drivers fined for speeding on the M25 is set to soar after the launch of new cameras.
Old film cameras on the western section near Heathrow have been replaced with digital models that - unlike the old film cameras - are capable of catching thousands of speeding motorists a minute. "It's been well known for years that drivers were unlikely to be caught here unless they were well over the limit," said AA president Edmund King. "But all this seems likely to change now."
A Highways Agency spokesman said: "We are currently upgrading the cameras on the M25 between junction 10 and junction 16."
Reader views (14)
i was driving doin 60mph on the m25 between j10 and j14, now thr was only me and another car around and thr was no speed limits thr, so do u think it was me who got flashed?????
- Mike, sussex
Do you still get flashed if they dont show a speed limit?
- Sam Patel, Surrey
I've seen these cameras.. Intact I was flashed by one by J11. Speed cameras on motorways is just another way for out gov to rape the bank accounts of decent, hard working people. How they get away with this I don't know...
- Mark, Uxbridge
Speeding on the M25!!! Chance would be a fine thing. They spent years putting in the extra lanes around the Heathrow stretch to which I have seen little results and now they want to expand Heathrow which will increase the amount of traffic. This country is run by fools.
- Andrew, Chertsey
Speeding is NOT a CRIMINAL offence, however it is an offence.
Speed limits were introduced when cars had poor safety, handling & design. 40 years on, cars are less dangerous at higher speeds and are a lot safer. Not only that, but it is more dangerous to worry about your speed all the time, than it is to just "drive".
- Dean, West Sussex
Well said Andrew, once again hammer the motorist, this govt. and our so called law enforcers make me sick !
- Brian, wiltshire
We all know this is nothing to do with safety but another form of tax.
- Nigel Hunter, High Wycombe Bucks
Anyone who breaks the law is a criminal, speeding is a criminal offence and against the law.
The simple answer to all this is not to speed, many people manage it, I'm not sure why others think they're above the law and fail to do so.
- Heidi, Hitching
Great so we have digital cameras that can identify when you are doing 2 mph more than the signed limit but most car speedometers are only accurate to around 5% +/- worse on older cars. Glad to see another money raising scheme against the motorist. Is it me or the country just going down the pan fast?
- Dave, Hampshire
It is amazing how the police are more interested in catching out drivers for speeding and yet when it comes to arresting "proper criminals",the police seem to be all in favour of these cameras.
Big Brother IS definitely out there watching us!
- Martin Forde, Greenford
So does the accident rate on this part of the M25 suggest even marginal transgressors of the speed limit need to be prosecuted to save lives? Of course they don't. More money raised for a cash starved government and all we do is write comments like these and let the people we elected to reflect our wishes blatantly disregard them.
- Paul Bliss, hampton
More evidence of the war against drivers.
Speed camera's do nothing to improve road safety and an awful lot to damage the credibility of police in the eyes of the driver. Travelling at over 70mph is not dangerous, the Germans have been doing it for years and the Autobahn is still one of the safest roads in the world.
Lets get back to common sense traffic laws with real sensible traffic police instead of the robotic thieves hidden in a motorway gantry.
- Peter, West Midlands
Sometimes the restrictions are left on for no reason, they just forget to turn them off and resume normal speed limits. People will get tickets for nothing. Brilliant.
- Kinkyt, Highgate
Instead of catching some folk speeding, some of which will probably be just over the limit, go and catch some REAl criminals, the stabbings, muggings, rapists, need I go on?
- Andrew, Surrey
