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[waspy]

Folks,

Yesterday I was invited into a Speed Camera Van which was located next to where I was working on the highway.  Really nice guys doing a honest days work in my opinion, I was privy to a full demonstration of the recording systems, the use of the laser etc...  It IS fair, I've got to say!  The operator displayed that the camera / laser cannot be tricked, the orientation is monitored every 3/10 ths of a second, therefore if the kit is knocked very slightly or a truck passed and shakes the van it shows up as an error..

I witnessed a white van really moving towards us, the laser trained on the flat surface of his number plate, he spotted the van and coincidently braked heavy at the time that the operator pulled the trigger, the front of the van dipped, thus throwing up an error.

They previously did an Audi A8 for 46mph in a 30mph...  "Was it you JIM?"  They were well visible yet he still chose to blast on through, Oh Well!


Incidently, if any of you have laser detectors, they'll only detect laser when he pulls the trigger...  by then, you've got a ticket!!!!!

Just to end this post, though I know that most of us like to get the hammer down, it's appears unfair when we get a ticket, BUT, what I've seen, it's a fair system...

Moral:  Don't speed, or pay the price!!!!!!!

DC

Sorry i just couldn't help my self  

[Taxi_Driver]

Interesting.

Not a lot of frontal area on a Westfield. Maybe I should remove the windscreen as well. SWMBO will freak but I reckon that'd make it tricky to get a return.

Kevin

Tilt the plate too!

Ive read that a loose number plate can give an incorrect reading (tho vibration).......when i was renting my merc out......its rear number plate was soo loose.....it actually failed its mot for it.....but when it was loose.....the driver got a ticket.....36 in a 30.......and pic of the offence was taken from the rear......so assume they pointed the laser at the rear.......i told him to contest the ticket......on those grounds....dont think he did tho.......

[zirk]

These are fair as long as they play by the rules also:- Not parked on double yellows, bus stops, too far away from the road they are fixed on, cross hatchings, the list is endless as to where iv'e seen them parked. The fact is, if you get a ticket & the van or whatever is parked illegal then you can contest it.
The equipment also has to be calibrated & have a cert to say so.
These things iv'e learned from particular sites on the web.
 

Not True, if in London, I recently did some contract work in a building in Victoria, cant say too much but there are 3 floors just dedicated to replaying Camera Videos from VHS back up tapes, I was really surprised how many high building cameras there are covering London, say for example only, about 12 per set of traffic lights!

I couldn't belive the Camera quality, and the ability to zoom into a Number Plate with such high definition, from a VHS tape (taken from the main Matrix Server).

So, if the laser didn't get you, or the Number reconition white Van, believe me these Guy's will, there main concern is backing up so called 'it wasn't me claims' and of course other threats!.

I was quite impressed with the abillity that already exists!