Speed camera flashed me doing 41 on a 40

[Lacucuracha]

Hi all, I got flashed by a speed camera last night on a dual carriageway with a speed limit of 40. I was doing 41 (I know as I had an eye on the speedometer as I went through the speed camera markings).

Do you think I will get a fine / points? Or will they assess it and find it's in the tolerance limit?

Other context is there have been a few pedestrians killed on people turning into junctions from this dual carriage way.

Thank you for your comments in advance.

I have heard that there is a 10% margin of error on speed cameras so in theory you shouldn't get a ticket unless you were doing 44 mph. I have no evidence to back this up though it is purely anecdotal.

I'm surprised you were flashed. Whenever I go through a speed monitor my car says I'm going a couple of miles per hour faster than the speed the monitor records. So I'd have thought I'd your car speed indicator said 41, you'd actually have been going 39 or so.

I guess you'll just have to wait and see.

Are you sure it was a 40 zone not a 30?

10% margin of error is a myth.

You'll probably get points or attend speed awareness course (if never done before).

Thanks all. Definitely a 40, have lived here all my life.

I’m surprised I was flashed too.

If you’re flashed do you automatically get points? Or do they assess it first?

I think it’s at the local police force’s discretion. So sometimes they allow a small margin of error, sometimes they don’t. I’m also surprised you were flashed as speedometers show a couple of miles faster than you’re actually doing. You’ll just have to wait and see

Most car speedos over-read by 5-7% - so I wouldn’t worry.
It was likely a false trigger which does happen from time to time.

www.confused.com/car-insurance/guides/speed-camera-tolerances

Highly surprised if you were flashed at 41 in a 40, speedometers arnt 100% accurate.

Was it 30mph and you missed a sign? Could it have been flashing someone overtaking you or were there cameras also on the other side of the road? I know the +10% thing is a bit of a myth but I imagine people would be getting fined a lot more than you hear of if there was only a 1mph margin not to mention that speedos aren’t always accurate. There’s one of those signs that displays your speed with a happy or sad face in a 20 zone near me and it tells me that I’m doing 19 when my speedo says 22. In short I’d be very surprised if you got a fine for 41 in a 40.

Being flashed just means your speed has been recorded. They then review it and decide whether to give you a ticket or not. Honestly I'd be very surprised if you got a ticket,but that's just my opinion

It’s probably faulty

Which way was the camera facing? Towards you so capturing the front of your car, or to the rear so capturing the rear of your car?

Many front facing don't flash (Truvelo type). It could have been the standard type and capturing a car going the opposite way.

Whereabouts is the camera?

And as said a few times. Speedometers always over read your speed.

It depends and the 10% leeway isn’t true. It’s possible your speedometer is faulty and you were going faster than you think. You’ll just have to wait for the post and see if a fine or warning turns up.

I always thought it was speedometers that had the margin of error and could show you up to 10% over so 33 would be 30 actual speed. I’ve had a number of cars Volvo was always over by about 8%. Volkswagen was pretty much bang on. Toyota is 6% over. I work it out in Comparison to the sat nav.

@Lacucuracha They usually give you the option of points and a fine or taking a speed awareness course.
If you take the course, you won't have points on your licence.
It's unlikely that you will get a ticket though for being just 1mph over the limit.
My local force gives a 10% error margin.

I've had a ticket for 31 in a 30. Had to go on a speed awareness course 🙄 Mentioned it during a group discussion and the leader was like "Well yeah! It's over the limit!" and was AGHAST that I was in any way shocked or questioning it....

My husband did an online speed awareness course for doing 31 in a 30 - had to pay over £100 for the course.

Well he wasn't wrong?

Before any mention of pints or fines, you'll get a letter from the police asking to confirm who was driving the car at the time and date. You tell them then they send the appropriate form - someone who's already done the course in the last 2 years won't get the option to do it again.

Its an old type speed camera if it flashed, so a Gatsometer or a Peek. If it flashed as you were driving towards it then it cannot determine your speed, they can only register cars driving away from the unit, but if poorly aligned they can be triggered by cars going the other way, but the images taken are useless.
A good proportion of these older cameras still use 35mm film, this has often run out or is not loaded and the unit is just triggering and not taking any pictures.
Two photographs are taken, as you would have been over the 40 limit, that would trigger the unit to take the first photograph, a second photograph is taken as you pass the far measuring point, the unit imprints the time on the shots, this allows the speed to be calculated by comparing the time code on the near and far shots.

Thanks, it captured the rear of my car.

Very helpful, thank you.

Thanks, I always knew this day would come. But I didn't think it would come on a day where I was doing 41 on a 40!

Speed awareness course if you haven't done one in the last 3 years.

I know people who have been on more than one.

No, definitely not a 30mph. There was only one other car and they were going slower than me.

Interesting, those happy or sad face signs seem to show me doing 1 or 2 miles more than I'm actually doing. Or maybe that's just my perception.