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Originally Posted by Undertoad
First thing I notice is that this is not a fixed CCTV camera. Someone's operating it, zooming, tracking the action. There must be a team that monitors the motorway cameras and waits for something unusual to go down, so they can capture anything that happens in detail.
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The Highways Agency is responsible for the motorway cameras which are operated from a number of control centres.
They are primarily used in connection with traffic accidents, breakdowns and congestion management.
I did try to copy and paste the relevant paragraph from the Agency website but, for some unknown reason, random asterisks appeared in the middle of most of the words.
LINK.
Public access to the cameras is permitted, but you have to create an account.
LINK.
ETA It is possible to see still images from the HA cameras on the travel section of the
BBC website.
Not perfect, but it will give you an idea. Click the traffic camera symbol as it's disabled by default.