Kent - New Speed Cameras

[Brushpusher]

Anyone heading around in the South East of England, please note.

SPEEDCHECK SERVICES PRESS RELEASE

1st Live SPECS safety cameras in Kent


Essential road works will be taking place between Junctions 10 -11
of the M20 Motorway in Kent during the summer. Speed Check
Services, the manufacturers of the SPECS digital system, have been
chosen to supply safety cameras throughout the works area. This is
the 1st time SPECS has been used in the South East.

In common with other works of this nature, a temporary mandatory
speed limit of
50 mph will be in force through the works area. SPECS cameras are
being used by Kent Police to enforce this limit as the safety of road
users and the workforce is paramount.

The SPECS system calculates a vehicles average speed from the
time it takes to pass between pairs of safety cameras. These
cameras can be up to 6 miles apart. It follows that, to avoid
prosecution, drivers must observe the 50mph speed limit throughout
the whole roadworks, not just at the camera sites. SPECS removes
the risk from drivers who brake hard at fixed camera sites and
accelerate again once they have passed the camera.

As SPECS is not reliant on the use of flash photography, drivers who
contravene the speed limit will not see the customary double flash
from the cameras. The cameras are, however, brightly coloured
and mounted on distinctive blue columns.

Ian PROCTER, Chairman of the Kent and Medway Safety Camera
Partnership, said,
" Our aim is to encourage drivers to comply with speed limits not to
punish them. We want to stop them from speeding, not catch them
speeding. Securing greater
compliance with speed limits at road works improves safety for
drivers, their passengers and the work force which, in turn, reduces
the demand on the health service and makes roadworks safer
places for us all. Everyone can benefit from drivers moderating their
speed."


Regards
Steve
http://www.ukspeedtraps.co.uk