I received an email warning that specs speed cams have or are being installed at Blackwall Tunnell approach Nth & Sth bound. No speed cam warning signs are being put up. Apparently they just want our hard earned cash £60. No penatly points on Licence. Speed limit afaik is 30mph nth bound and 40MPH goin' sth.I cannot verify authenticity of email but be warned all the same guys.
All the best Mikey
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3rd time in as many weeks this news has been reported here Mikey; feeling is it's an urban myth/chain email. As someone said earlier, did it end "forward this to everyone you know?"
Tim{P}
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"The Video Incident Detection system of the Blackwall tunnel Southbound Bore for Transport for London (TfL) is already in operation."
www.citilog.fr/en/news/projects.php
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Also been confirmed by a member of Plod on Pistonheads as well, they exist & work!
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This info has been posted at least 4 times on Pepipoo and the moderator is getting quite cross with people repeating the alleagtion. They seem very sure they are NOT SPECS cameras. Anyone know different for sure?
Tim{P}
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What a disbelieving lot!
Read this thread on Pistonheads, the final comment is from Hollywood Wheels who is a London based POLICEMAN, who apologises to the original poster & says they are there!
www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=347408&f=1...0
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Sorry first page dated 25th Jan by Hollywood wheels
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Sorry to keep on about this, but scare tactic and hoax emails really get my goat: as do the people who forward them without checking them out on symantec and scopes.
Interesting: which site is more authoritative? Pepipoo or Pistonheads? Moderator on Pepipoo has closed discussion on the thread, and posters there are adamant that the cameras are video cameras installed for security. They also have a link to
tinyurl.com/2egwfp a document outlining the work.
and the discussion is at
forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showtopic=17423&hl=Bl...l
another quote from yet another forum where this info has been posted is interesting:
"interesting snippett. Question is, who is running the cameras? You see, if it is police/safety camera partnership, then there is no say over the fine/points - it's set in stone by statute (although that is being reviewed).
Which means it would have to be a local authority/private concern, neither of which (to my knowledge) have the authority to issue fines for speeding!! As the tunnel is a public road, even if it is 'run' by a private company (eg the dartford tunnel) then the Road Traffic Act applies, as do the thousands of other offences covered by the Road Traffic Offenders Act.
Are you completely sure of your info, only I heard a similar rumour about the dartford Tunnel recently, and I know for a fact that that was untrue!!!!!!"
Is there anyone out there who can give an authoritative response one way or the other? Anyone got a totally reliable, recently updated, safety camera detector? If the databases have been updated to show "Specs camera" as you approach the tunnel I guess that would be a positive steer.
Tim{P}
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Hardly in the same league as Achtung! Spitfire ....... tinyurl.com/yq47r7
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They can hardly be accused of profiteering, from charitable contributions. I have no empathy with people who expect exemption from speed limits.
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It's not about empathy for speeders, it's about city restricting dual lane tunnel that used to have 50mph limit on both ends to 30mph just so they can profit from a normal commuter flow. Everyone will do 25mph just to be sure which will increase already bad congestion two fold. Possibly even give perfect excuse for extending Congestion Charge to Canary Wharf and East London. And for what? When was the last time someone died or caused serious accident in Blackwall Tunnel?
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Probably PIPS,which will get you even if you do change lanes(SPECS only monitors one).
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I didn't realise that drivers had no accidents in the Blackwall tunnel. Wonder why they bothered to upgrade the emergency provisions then?
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