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urb · 2003-12-03, 01:17 PM

This may be a hoax, but basically this is the message I got in my inbox today......

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The new electronic signs on the M6 were switched on this Tuesday. The bad news is that they are rigged with the SPECS speed cameras. This probably applies to all the new signs being installed on the M62, M60 and M56.

SPECS is a computer-camera based system. As you go past the sign a digital camera reads your number plate. When you go past the next sign your number plate is read again. The computer 'knows' how far apart the signs are so it can work out your average speed between the two, or three or four. The system is fully automatic and will issue a ticket without any form of human intervention. It does this for every single vehicle that passes.

You will not know you have been caught as the cameras don't flash. They work 24/7, 365 days a year, and theoretically, there's absolutely no limit on the number of tickets that the system can issue.

The whole section of the M6 between Knutsford and Preston is wired, both ways. The system is set to trigger a ticket at 78MPH. (Don't take this as a guarantee) Radar detectors will be of no use as SPECS is entirely passive, there is no laser beam to detect.

<edit> Yes it is a hoax, WHY do I always fall for these things? </edit>

http://www.arseburgers.co.uk/blog/archives/000606.html

eman · 2003-12-03, 01:45 PM

"The SPECS system is so efficient and user friendly that Manchester CTO
processed 2,500 offences in 6 man-hours."

Bully for them. Hopefully they'll now have more free time to catch effing criminals!!

http://www.speedcheck.co.uk/specs.htm

Oh!! So it's a 'king hoax! Pretty 'king sophisticated though!!

urb · 2003-12-03, 01:50 PM

eman

Now you got me wondering if the site I edited into my original post above is a hoax or is the email a hoax?

I just noticed your sig. eman and looked it up in the Dictionary

The theory or view that the self is the only reality.

eman · 2003-12-03, 02:05 PM

I'm a mould-breaking solipsist Urb hehe

eman · 2003-12-03, 02:37 PM

Having said that, I neither feel awkward nor find anything strange in replying to my own posts, and my wife (who she?) berates me for always talking to myself, so ...

doublep · 2003-12-06, 11:27 AM

Hahahaha!!! great quote from DR... got to be one of the greatest colemanballs of all time...

Speed cameras Huh! I broke my speeding ticket record in August... 900 CHF (£400) in fines.... Once more, and I'm off the road... Fuckers! Grrrrrr...

2003-12-03, 01:17 PM	#1
urb All the way from Room 101 Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 3,557	UK Webmasters Only This may be a hoax, but basically this is the message I got in my inbox today...... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The new electronic signs on the M6 were switched on this Tuesday. The bad news is that they are rigged with the SPECS speed cameras. This probably applies to all the new signs being installed on the M62, M60 and M56. SPECS is a computer-camera based system. As you go past the sign a digital camera reads your number plate. When you go past the next sign your number plate is read again. The computer 'knows' how far apart the signs are so it can work out your average speed between the two, or three or four. The system is fully automatic and will issue a ticket without any form of human intervention. It does this for every single vehicle that passes. You will not know you have been caught as the cameras don't flash. They work 24/7, 365 days a year, and theoretically, there's absolutely no limit on the number of tickets that the system can issue. The whole section of the M6 between Knutsford and Preston is wired, both ways. The system is set to trigger a ticket at 78MPH. (Don't take this as a guarantee) Radar detectors will be of no use as SPECS is entirely passive, there is no laser beam to detect. <edit> Yes it is a hoax, WHY do I always fall for these things? </edit> http://www.arseburgers.co.uk/blog/archives/000606.html __________________ Last edited by urb; 2003-12-03 at 01:44 PM..

2003-12-03, 01:45 PM	#2
eman Solipsists of the world unite Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: xxx axis Posts: 639	"The SPECS system is so efficient and user friendly that Manchester CTO processed 2,500 offences in 6 man-hours." Bully for them. Hopefully they'll now have more free time to catch effing criminals!! http://www.speedcheck.co.uk/specs.htm Oh!! So it's a 'king hoax! Pretty 'king sophisticated though!! Last edited by eman; 2003-12-03 at 01:53 PM..

2003-12-03, 01:50 PM	#3
urb All the way from Room 101 Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 3,557	eman Now you got me wondering if the site I edited into my original post above is a hoax or is the email a hoax? I just noticed your sig. eman and looked it up in the Dictionary The theory or view that the self is the only reality. __________________ Last edited by urb; 2003-12-03 at 01:55 PM..

2003-12-03, 02:05 PM	#4
eman Solipsists of the world unite Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: xxx axis Posts: 639	I'm a mould-breaking solipsist Urb hehe

2003-12-03, 02:37 PM	#5
eman Solipsists of the world unite Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: xxx axis Posts: 639	Having said that, I neither feel awkward nor find anything strange in replying to my own posts, and my wife (who she?) berates me for always talking to myself, so ...

2003-12-06, 11:27 AM	#6
doublep If something goes wrong at the plant, blame the guy who can't speak English Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Europe Posts: 306	Hahahaha!!! great quote from DR... got to be one of the greatest colemanballs of all time... Speed cameras Huh! I broke my speeding ticket record in August... 900 CHF (£400) in fines.... Once more, and I'm off the road... Fuckers! Grrrrrr...