For some drivers it must be dream come true, where drivers who use the fast lane of a busy stretch of road can actually go as fast as they like without the fear that there number plate will be photographed and a fine issued, this is despite there being a speed camera system in operation.
The problem with this stretch of road is the simple fact that the positioning of the speed cameras means that they can only cover the first three lanes of the four lane road. The road in case anyone is interested is the Mile End Road, as its approaches the M275 in Portsmouth. This road has a speed limit of 40 mph, but anyone using the fast lane can if they want go faster than that.
Hampshire's Safer Roads Partnership spokesman Julian Hewitt said: 'It is to do with the angle which would be too acute to read number plates. We could have placed a camera on the central reservation but this poses a health and safety hazard for the camera technician and road users.'
Mr Hewitt said "there had been a 69 per cent reduction in collisions causing injury at Mile End Road when compared to the three years before the camera was installed."
Portsmouth South MP Mike Hancock added: 'I am surprised. I always thought it did cover that lane.
'I hope that they are now going to adjust it.'
Clearly this is not going to continue, but it is interesting to find out that not all speed cameras cover all of the road all of the time, we wonder where else this occurs.
Source [Portsmouth]
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