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MaFt
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 14, 2017 1:54 pm    Post subject: New 'SPECS' on M62 Reply with quote

I've noticed a handful of 'SPECS' cameras on the M62 between Bradford and the M1 (there may be more but I was heading south so didn't see).

They look like SPECS cameras with the bird logo. However, they're grey not yellow, there are no roadworks, there are no average speed signs and some are near gantries that already have both older gatso's as well as HADECS...

It's a Smart Motorway so I have a feeling they're being used for some of the monitoring BUT then there are already separate cameras at regular intervals for that...

Anyone know what they are?! I've emailed West Yorks SCP to ask for info too.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 10:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Thank you for your email, your comments noted.

I can confirm that all information can be found on the public access system via the online forum.

www.safetycameraswestyorkshire.co.uk


Bit of a crappy reply... There's nothing on the site, that's why I emailed them!
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 3:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Typical unhelpful reply Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 4:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

About as helpful as Nottinghamshire. I e-mailed them recently to ask if the gobbledegook spreadsheet on their website could be explained a little better, maybe a few notes to help decipher it and all I got back was a note claiming the data (on their anti-speeding site) was nothing to do with them, it was provided by the County Council.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 7:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've noticed this recently, although I keep seeing the last one east bound and then remember that I should have been looking for the earlier one(s).

Any further news on their purpose?
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 23, 2018 12:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Any further update on these? They seem very unusual.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 23, 2018 1:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ideally some dashcam screengrabs so we know what we are looking for.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 26, 2018 11:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Kremmen wrote:
Ideally some dashcam screengrabs so we know what we are looking for.


A normal specs camera (usual pole and arm with a 'bird' in the corner) but grey instead yellow.

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 26, 2018 2:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm trying to picture the bird.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 26, 2018 2:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've always thought they look a bit like a Batarang.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 26, 2018 3:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Kremmen wrote:
I'm trying to picture the bird.
It's what the rest of us call 'the batman sign' in the support bracket. HERE
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 26, 2018 4:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's the one :D
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 26, 2018 5:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ah right, never noticed Embarassed

Must check some of my footage tomorrow.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 27, 2018 10:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just checked my saved footage.

All the Specs I have saved, with the 'bird', are temporary Specs for roadworks.

All the permanent Specs have no support of any kind for the horizontal section that holds the cameras.
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