A sneaky speeding crackdown is set to catch motorists out on the M42 and M6 in Coventry and Warwickshire. Drivers could soon be booked for going just over the 70 mph limit. The threat comes from stealth cameras which were introduced to enforce variable speed limits on “Smart Motorways”. However it has now been disclosed that these cameras may be used to strictly enforce the 70mph speed limit during non variable limit hours. The West Midlands has two sections of Smart Motorways; the M42 to the West and the M6 to the North of Coventry. Also sometimes called “Managed Motorways”, the hard shoulder is opened as an extra lane to ease congestion at peak hours. Overhead gantries display variable speed limits, supposedly to keep the traffic flowing as efficiently as possible. Up until now the cameras have been switched off at quieter times, when no variable speed limits are in force. But thats all set to change... This misuse of these types of cameras has already happened before, in Kent… The first victims of the “stealth cameras” (also called Hadecs3) were on a section of the M25. 668 motorists were caught in the first three months after they were switched on. Of those, 520 drivers and riders received tickets where the limit was set at exactly 70mph. Now this totalitarian crackdown is set to be rolled out in the near future on the M42 and M6... So much for the Freedom Bill that was introduced by the Government in 2012! If you’re driving in these areas any time soon, watch out.
Posted on: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 01:16:43 +0000
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