SPECS lane change question settled

bmuskett

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/21/speed_camera_myth/

Quote "According to Geoff Collins, marketing director of Speedcheck Services Ltd, which manufacture the SPECS system, the idea that you can avoid points on your license by changing lanes is “categorically untrue”."

Quote “However, a new test schedule was carried out last year, which means that average speed checking can be applied even where cars change lanes.”

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MaFt · Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 1:48 pm Post subject:

nice find

i never fancied testing it myself anyway!

MaFt

Darren · Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 2:20 pm Post subject:

Nice find, it never made sense that such a simple ploy would be enough to fool them anyway but good to see it in black and white.
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bmuskett · Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 4:04 pm Post subject:

To be fair, reading the article, it looks as though it was true until the new Type Approval was obtained, and I think I recall that being suggested when this was discussed previously.

Yet Another Quote:
"According to Collins, the need for Home Office Type Approval (HOTA) may have given rise to the confusion. This, he says “is a form of rigorous testing that any system must undergo before it can be used for enforcement. Until recently, the only HOTA available applied to cars maintaining their lanes.

“However, a new test schedule was carried out last year, which means that average speed checking can be applied even where cars change lanes.”"

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