speed camera question??

bargepole

Hintza wrote: »

A couple of points:-

I haven't ever seen Truvelo camera in Scotland (not sure if we have them)

Secondly can some explain to me why cameras do this random flashing for cars going in the wrong direction. It does make you wonder if they really are accurate!!

I checked the location map for the A1/A68 in that area, and it would seem that they are all Gatsos.

The Gatso works by sending a radar beam back towards the traffic, then if it registers a speed above the threshold, it takes 2 photos of the vehicle as it crosses the grid lines the other side of the camera. Due to the scatter of the radar beam, vehicles travelling the other way can hit it, and cause the camera to flash.

Accurate? One of these recently clocked a bus doing 89mph. The actual speed of the bus was later proven to be 23. But ACPO and SCPs will spend £000s of public money on court cases to maintain the myth that their cameras are infallible, and it's all about road safety.

Staciep88

If it flashes twice then yeah - its got you. And they can get you from the other side yes. You are allowed to be over by 10% so in a 60mph you can do 66mph. So you may well get a ticket. soz - just wait it out

Hintza

Staciep88 wrote: »

If it flashes twice then yeah - its got you. And they can get you from the other side yes. You are allowed to be over by 10% so in a 60mph you can do 66mph. So you may well get a ticket. soz - just wait it out

Nonsense; a Gatso can't get you on the other side of the road ie travelling in the opposite direction.

Indout96

Staciep88 wrote: »

If it flashes twice then yeah - its got you. And they can get you from the other side yes. You are allowed to be over by 10% so in a 60mph you can do 66mph. So you may well get a ticket. soz - just wait it out

Rubbish - if it flashed twice as they were traveling towards it the machine would register a negative speed as it would be closer on the second reading than the first.
Do not worry you will not be lining Gordons greasy little hands this time. :beer:

Quentin

1-0totheArsenal wrote: »

the markings were on all 3 lanes 2 one way and 1 the other. i think the camera was a gatso? and thought they could only do you from behind is that right?

They put the markings on all lanes to catch (or stop) "clever" speeding motorists passing speed cameras (at speed) on the "wrong" side of the road.

If you were driving towards this gatso camera you can forget about it taking your photo. You won't hear anything further about it.

1-0totheArsenal

cheers to most of you. i thought it was odd to be flashed head on from the other side. up there again this week and try to get exact location - at a slower speed this time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

bargepole

1-0totheArsenal wrote: »

... up there again this week ...

Just curious - assuming that, as a gooner, you live in or near North London, why take the A1 / M1 route back from Edinburgh?

I've found it much quicker going M40/M42/M6/A74/M74/A702 the join the Ring Road (A720) to get to where you need. It also means as you go through Biggar, you can stop at the butcher's shop that sells the best meat pies in Britain!

angel_shopper

[ i was doing about 68 in a 60 area so was wrong. can i be done for this. ]

you could always try sticking to the speed limit!!!

goldspanners

angel_shopper wrote: »

[ i was doing about 68 in a 60 area so was wrong. can i be done for this. ]

you could always try sticking to the speed limit!!!

away and polish your halo

1-0totheArsenal

angel_shopper wrote: »

[ i was doing about 68 in a 60 area so was wrong. can i be done for this. ]

you could always try sticking to the speed limit!!!

here we go theres always 1 :A i take it you have NEVER done wrong or are you just a hypocrite . i admitted i was wrong and not afraid to admit it. will you admit you are not perfect or do we have a first?

Just curious - assuming that, as a gooner, you live in or near North London

a gooner yes but not from north london sadly