Speed camera tolerances vary county to county. Here’s everything you need to know -
As you may have noticed, there’s a network of nearly 3250 speed cameras in position on UK roads. While they all enforce the same speed limits, it’s worth remembering that different counties have different rules and tolerances when it comes to how those limits are enforced.
A large portion of the country’s cameras work to a tolerance of ten per cent of the speed limit plus 2mph, including the Metropolitan Police in London and its surrounding areas as of 2019. Previous to this, the Met Police worked to a more generous 3mph margin due to ‘traffic density’ across the London area.
It’s worth noting that you could still be fined and receive points on your licence for travelling even 1mph over the speed limit. What we’re talking about here are the speed camera tolerances that are employed by individual police forces. In addition, your car’s speedometer is not legally allowed to under-read, so you should never be travelling faster than your displayed speed.
Combined with a speeding camera’s built in tolerances, there’s still a wide margin for error on approach as, for example, a 40mph zone camera won’t book you unless you’re going over 46mph, not including the car’s built-in over-read of your actual speed.However, it is still critical to take note of new or revised posted speed limits as they continue to change across the country.
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