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[duggs]

Stoopidly I decided to give my car a bit of a run this morning.

Clock reading 110mph I noticed a camera van of some sort about quarter mile ahead, needless to say I slowed down rather quickly and guess I was around 70-80 by the time I got close...BUT I noticed the van didn't appear to have any camera's on view, UNLESS they work from behind glass as the shutters at the back were closed. Equally, I drove round the block and was back to him within 5 mins. and he'd gone.

Should I start looking to buy a bike or does such a vehicle normally have a camera on view if it was speed checking...could have been a tax vehicle of course.

[ferrari jason]

LOL if the shutters were down then youve prob just got away with it . They were prob just shutting up shop and heading off for a bacon butty . They do it round by me regulary only seem to come out at busy times i.e school times and people going and coming home from work . You`ll just have to wait to see if the dreaded envelope lands on your doormat

[duggs]

OOO...so am I right to assume that the shutters have to be open, that a camera doesn't work from behind glass

[Entwood]

The speed you are doing as you pass is irrelevant, they pick you up much earlier than that ..., by the time you spot them and react it is too late ... 

As said .. with any luck they might have finished for the session and you might just get away with it.... anxious 14 days now ... 

[Kiksomass]

Probably pointless in slowing down anyway! IF they were aiming the laser at you, you would be effectively banned before you even got your foot to the brake pedal. Better off just giving them the finger at a ton up and be done with it ;DMy guess is though that your lucky day chips have been used up and you're ok

[duggs]

Thank you chaps..feel a bit better now.

I would have thought that neither a laser or camera would work through a window/screen so am assuming it was my lucky day and that they had indeed packed up shop !

[duggs]

MAY have been a TAX car anyway but I know they have to operate with the shutters open.

Does the laser have to be operated manually, to point at your plate or is it automatic.

If thats the case and given that the shutters were down looks like I'm ok !

[joshwyatt]

What was the size of the van? This will not give a definitive answer, but may help.
Typically, 'Safety Camera Partnership' or other such similiar words are displayed on the van, here in TVP they are easily recognisable.
Typically, the larger vans such as the Renault Master, Transit, Sprinter or similiar are used for ANPR, with a few Vauxhall Vivaro's being used.
If it was a small van normally speed camers, larger van's typically ANPR, and if ANPR there will be marked and/or unmarked vehicles further down the road.
If a mobile speed detection unti is in operation, spped camers signs must also be displayed, temporary one's will be afixed to poles etc, did you notice any that are not usually there? Or is there a permanent speed camera sign around there?

[duggs]

As mentioned, I drove back to see what they were up to but he'd gone...literally no more than 5 mins thereafter.

From memory it was a small transit but as said, shutters were down, no camera/laser in view.

There were no signs displayed either. Opposite side of the road about a mile up there is a fixed one though.

[Lazydocker]

Around here they all tend to be the same size... Sounds like you may have been lucky :-/ :-/

Can I have your lotto numbers just in case please?

[duggs]

The bugger was sitting on the left JUST before the slip down to the seven hills round-a-bout.
The other thing in my favour IF he was watching out, is that I was stuck in the outside lane passing container lorries and didn't come in to view to him until I was slowing for the slip round anyway.

I think the worry is punishment enough !   Wonder if, in the event, they'll see it the same way ?

[Grrrrrr]

I reckon you might be interested in the following:

http://www.scdb.info/en/software-plugins/

If you're not safely behind bars, of course!

[duggs]

The git involved was a mobile camera...stuck in the back of a van with all windows closed and no visable lense's in site.

[PhilRich]

duggs, please don't take this the wrong way, and you appear to have got away with it this time, but 110mph is a bloody foolhardy & stupid speed to be doing anywhere on the highway! I hope this was a 'one off'.

[duggs]

Phil..won't take it the wrong way at all.....agreed.
3.0 on kickdown from 70 does tend to fly...a little too much so on this occasion.
The clock said 110...rather hoping it was 40mph in error !

Feel like a right dipstick !