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Comes into effect at the point you pass it.

Was it definitely a or was it one of those corner warnings with a max speed listed underneath (those are not mandatory).

are you sure it was a mobile camera van, two cameras on tripods sounds very much like ANPR to me

Thats exactly what it is.

Personally I feel that if drivers cannot decide on an appropriate speed to negotiate a corner, without spearing off the road, all by themselves then they shouldn't be allowed on the roads!

Speed limit comes into effect at the point of the lolly as in

It's a fave trick of theirs to be just within the lolly but zapping folk as they see this lolly and accelerate towards it

If it's advisory .. no problems.

However .. this is LanCASH£re and at 57 mph in a 50 mph .. you may be in the threshold for the Speed Aware if they do decide to send a NIP .. and you admit "speeding" They did adjust the limits of the course to across the range up to 10% + 5.



The course as we understand is very good.. COAST based ..and certainly better than most on offer from reports from those who have completed it - but it's the manner of those invites and the setting of the scams which undermine it to a great extent.

Do let us know how you get on.. and by all means post up on pepipoo and PH as well.

But was this a rectangle (advisory) or in a red circle (limit)

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only are mandatory anything else is advisory

Robin, thanks mate. You're a star! I'll sleep a bit easier tonight now.

Thanks Moggie.

Defo a red triangle with right turning corner in it. Immediately below was a white rectangular box with no border with 50 mph written in it.

I'll defo let you all know how I get on.

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Cheers fella. Appreciate the responses. The advisory speed seems to be the situation I think. I was not going over 59mph which was a stretch of motorway and there wasnt a roadwork in sight, to reduce speed limit.

Just for info, the traffic police were rife around the M6 junctions 32-29 tonight, and off course, the end of the M55.

ANPR automatic number plate reader, they pick up tax dodgers, mot dodgers, insurance dodgers, police computer inteligence markers and the like,

two tripods two lanes of traffic the best give away with ANPR is before the next junction there will be patrol cars

AUTOMATED NUMBER PLATE RECOGNITION ..which more or less tells the cops if you paid VED etc. But it does rather rely on DVLA updating the database and folk telling them the bought or sold a car and registering it in the first place.

But then that's also why scam enforcement is fundamentally flawed as it tends to fine the legal who blip over .. but not the truly dangerous who are not qualified and nothing about their presence behind the wheel of anything with a motor on the road is .. er .. legal

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[color=green]Toon. Maybe that is why there were loads of cars being stopped tonight as you progressed on to the M6 which was about 20-30 seconds later. So it sounds like they have been checking registration plates for tax, etc... they can check this instantly? and then get a car on M6 behind them to pull over the culprits??

It is quite probable that this was an ANPR on this basis. Hope things work out fine for you anyway. I think if it was a scamvan.. you would be offered the Speed Course if blipped at the speed showing on your speedo.

Also be aware that the speedo on the dash can and does over-read .. and we reckon a 3 mph discrepancy based on the reading of the GPS version So if your speedo registered 58 mph .. you would have probably been recorded at 55 mph

By the way .. forgot to say

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I know this junction quite well since I use it every work day.

The speed limit sign for the bend is definitely not mandatory (no red circle). The suggested limit of 50 mph is a bit slow for any decent car but might be appropriate for a large van or truck.

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ANPR automatic number plate reader, they pick up tax dodgers, mot dodgers, insurance dodgers, police computer inteligence markers and the like,

two tripods two lanes of traffic the best give away with ANPR is before the next junction there will be patrol cars[/quote]

On SC they used to enforce both ways - with cars etc on both sides -don't know if they still do it(was a dead giveaway) - haven't seen one for a while - also at times a generator can be seen , usually chained to the van.( another do they still do this ).Another giveaway is the vehicle - all of the vans i've seen have been Vauxhalls(like in ree.t's pic), - perhaps something to do with the weight/room needed.

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Agree with what Mallycoop says. It's only a suggestion due to the tightness of the bend. In the last couple of months they have carried out some work to the road surface on the bend to improve grip. I've seen numerous cars in the barrier on the outside of the bend and also on the inside up the grass embankment. They are due to do the same on the bend leaving the M6 (north)/M55 junction.

Never seen the ANPR on leaving the M55 onto the M6 but you often see them on top of the first bridge on the M55 after leaving the M6, with the police cars waiting at the Kirkham junction.