What is this camera on the A3?

[someotherguy]

This is a camera on the A3, heading North-East into London. It's on West Hill, just before the junction with Portinscale Road.

Google Maps link

What is it? Is it a red light camera? Or a speed camera? Or both?

I see people speed through it and jumping the lights all the time, but it never flashes.

Any ideas? This could shave several seconds off my commute

https://i.imgur.com/HArSDzX.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/6CBKfIg.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/JKG5Pas.jpg

[bikertomm]

Red light camera at a guess, I don't see any of these on my commutes!
____________________
07' Honda Hornet now full powaah! My guide on performing an oil change!

[Ste]

Speed camera.

[J.M.]

If there are dashes on the ground, it will do you for speeding.
____________________
2004 R1 & 2018 XSR900

[Islander]

The road markings are used to calculate speed.

[M.C]

I believe its both, I got caught by one towards the end of last year. They're going up everywhere now, so when you accelerate to get through the amber light (or if you're me just accelerate on green cos your an idiot) they get you, and obviously if you don't accelerate they get you jumping a red.

I think the safest thing to do is an emergency stop and get rear ended

[ZX-7R]

Some are just a visible deterrant,while some flash but have no recording equipment.

Seems its a cheap way of deterring people from what i have read.
____________________
Current Bike - 2000 ZX-7R

[someotherguy]

This NEVER seems to flash. I've been doing a solid 30 and been passed by people on sportsbikes absolutely caning it through it, and I'm 99% sure I must have jumped the odd red light there before. Never a single flash.

Perhaps it's just a decoy. I'm not risking it though

I just wasn't sure whether it could do speed and red lights, or just one of the two. And it seemed oddly placed to me

[Ste]

Those ones don't necessarily flash in day light hours.

[andyscooter]

Rear facing normally means gatso

Lines on road normally speed camera

Round here red lightcams aareon the lights tthemselves
____________________
gilera runner vxr200 (chavped)
if its spelt wrong its my fat fingers and daft auto correct on my tablet

[Rogerborg]

That's a SpeedCurb camera.

It can do speed and/or red lights, but is supposed to have road markings for speed purposes, so those are probably just operating as red light cameras.

It's fully digital, uses road sensors rather than radar or laser, and can work without flashing in daylight. Folk blowing through the red just probably haven't been done for it yet.
____________________
Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike

[andym]

There's 1 on Edinburgh Road in Glasgow, going back a good few months ago I was making progress at the same time a Golf gti was doing the same.... I'd totally forgot about the camera and went through around 40mph (Golf didn't bother to slow down though).... no flash and never heard anything about it.

A few weeks ago an ambulance went through it with its blue lights on (was getting dark by this time), and it done the double flash

[Vracktal]

Like others have said, they're speed and red light combined cameras. There's plenty of them in London and they're becoming more common.

However, supposedly only 2/3 of London's speed cameras are actually active at any one time so it comes down to how lucky you're feeling. A few months back I set off one of the dodgy cameras in the Limehouse link (three flashes, doing an indicated 32mph!) and never received anything. I've seen a lot of cyclists setting off the red light function on them as well.

YMMV of course.
____________________
2007 BMW R1200R: On road
2009 BMW G650X Challenge: On road
1975 Norton Commando 850: Off road, awaiting recommissioning

[someotherguy]

4am Velcro numberplate test?

[Rogerborg]

[owl10]

At that relatively low height, round this way it wouldn't last long...
____________________
DanceLikeAMonkey says: "An infinte amount of web pages available
Yet I still end up reading crap like that"

[MCN]

I understood the check Mark's are corroboration for the film/images. The two pictures and clock will do you and the check Mark's corroborate the camera. Evidence of distance over time.
Weight of evidence.

I don't understand why folk speed though.
____________________
Disclaimer: The comments above may be predicted text and not necessarily the opinion of MCN.

[Chuffin Nora]