Ah, this sounds quite hopeful then. The other bloke and I did not block the junction as a stream of cars, large artics and a Nottingham City Transport bus were able to pass by our front ends without hindrance or swerving. We most probably were not on the box junction, and as the previous responder noted, enforcement of box junctions is almost unknown except in London.
Ironic as it seems, I can see the point of the cameras on this junction (apparently the most prolific in the entire country) every time I am stuck in a snarl up at the junction near home, which is camera free. After coming north up the M1 from Nottingham, I go up the slip to the island and I am heading for a B road, the second exit. The first exit is the A38. Now if there has been a smash on the M1 just North of this junction (which means in practice every Friday night...), the traffic from the A38 queues on the island and getting stuck is commonplace. The truckers in particular do not seem to give a monkeys about red lights or blocking the boxes, especially the B road that I want. I have seen fisticuffs almost break out when they do not respond to honking of horns and hand gestures, and one likely lad getting out his car and clambering up to a lorry cab to express his opinion. Now that is an island that could do with cameras.
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