Average Speed Cameras

[mikey4444]

Do these type of cameras work at night ?

[hc4361]

Yes.

[douglas9401]

Yes mikey, they have infra-red capability.

[baza]

That's the time they make the most money.

[Baldric]

They certainly do!

[mikey4444]

Thanks everybody !

The reason I asked is because I drove through a section of the M4 in South Wales, where these are in place, at 03:30 this morning and I appeared to be in the minority of drivers who were keeping to sub-50 mph. Its no wonder that this section is catching 700 drivers a week !

[SpikeyBush]

all speed cameras work at night. There was an old wives tale in the Irish DM that they wouldn't work at night or in the rain but I have 2 points and an €80 fine for doing 91 in an 80 zone at 21:29 on a Friday evening in January when it was black as the bottom of a pot and spilling rain

[ludwig]

Does anyone know how it works - ie over what distance is the average taken? between one camera and the next or over the whole length of the restriction?

[Mamyalynne]

http://www.speedcamerasuk.com/specs.htm

[Mamyalynne]

@Methyl, thank you for that - having never driven , and never will I have no experience.

I bow to the more knowledgeable.

[ludwig]

// It is from the point you enter the Average Speed Check zone to the point you exit the Average Speed Check Zone. //

Good, so if there's a services in the middle of the zone like there currently is at Watford Gap, I can drive like a maniac - stop for a coffee - and then drive like a maniac. Hurrah!