New speed camera type?

bigadaj

Silver-Surfer wrote: »

Have you just made this up?

No, and they've forgotten about the ones that point straight up and catch planes.

shaun_from_Africa

I've seen many cameras that can be turned 180 degrees so they can be used irrespective of the direction of traffic flow but I've only ever seen these where the camera is positioned in the centre of the carriageway.


As to the overtaking use.
I would have thought that there could be a couple of problems with this.
For a start, the car being overtaken could easily block the line of sight to the speeding vehicle and unless the flash in use was subdued or infra-red, it could easily blind or startle the driver of a car heading towards the camera.

Silver-Surfer_2

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

I've seen many cameras that can be turned 180 degrees so they can be used irrespective of the direction of traffic flow but I've only ever seen these where the camera is positioned in the centre of the carriageway.


As to the overtaking use.
I would have thought that there could be a couple of problems with this.
For a start, the car being overtaken could easily block the line of sight to the speeding vehicle and unless the flash in use was subdued or infra-red, it could easily blind or startle the driver of a car heading towards the camera.

Who has probably just has a head on with the overtaking vehicle.


On a serious note, it would be the same if you were travelling towards a camera when someone on the other side of the road set one off.

shaun_from_Africa

Silver-Surfer wrote: »

On a serious note, it would be the same if you were travelling towards a camera when someone on the other side of the road set one off.

It is for this reason that the cameras that have visible flash usually have a shield fitted to them so that the light only illuminates the back of the car that is speeding.
You can still see some of the flash from the opposite lane but it's greatly reduced.

Silver-Surfer_2

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

It is for this reason that the cameras that have visible flash usually have a shield fitted to them so that the light only illuminates the back of the car that is speeding.
You can still see some of the flash from the opposite lane but it's greatly reduced.

So your point about it dazzling an oncoming vehicle if used for overtaking detection is what?

stator

Silver-Surfer wrote: »

Have you just made this up?

Which part are you having trouble believing?

shaun_from_Africa

Silver-Surfer wrote: »

So your point about it dazzling an oncoming vehicle if used for overtaking detection is what?

But I stated that I didn't think it would be used for overtaking speeding detection due to the possibility of cars being blocked from view and the flash blinding the drivers heading towards the camera.
If the camera isn't being used for this purpose, the shield is fitted to stop the flash going directly into the opposite lane.

Silver-Surfer_2

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

But I stated that I didn't think it would be used for overtaking speeding detection due to the possibility of cars being blocked from view and the flash blinding the drivers heading towards the camera.
If the camera isn't being used for this purpose, the shield is fitted to stop the flash going directly into the opposite lane.

So for what other reason we're there markers on both sides of one lane single carriageway roads fitted with gatso cameras?

shaun_from_Africa

Silver-Surfer wrote: »

So for what other reason we're there markers on both sides of one lane single carriageway roads fitted with gatso cameras?

Well, for a start, the OP didn't say it was a Gatso and neither did they say what type of flash was fitted.
There may well have been extra lines painted to allow for future positioning of a camera.
Do you honestly believe that it would be allowable to have a visible flash firing directly into the front of a vehicle?

shaun_from_Africa

I know that it's not an official site but:

http://www.speedcamerasuk.com/gatso.htm

Can Gatsos catch you speeding on the opposite side of the road?

The Gatso meter speed camera is a rear facing camera and as such can only succesfully obtain a vehicles speed when driving past the Gatso. In other words if a Gatso speed camera is on the opposite side of the road and is pointing towards you it cannot record or catch you speeding. However be sure you're driving towards a Gatso and not the forward facing Truvelo camera as these are designed to work as a motorist drives towards them! It's also worth noting that Gatso's which are installation on a central reservation of traffic island can be turned periodically to target motorists traveling in either direction

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Or this one:
http://www.nopenaltypoints.co.uk/what-are-rules-regarding-gatso-camera.html

Gatso Speed Cameras
The most common Type of Speed Camera used in the UK, traditionally rear facing, so that the flash set off when the camera captures a vehicle image does not blind approaching motorists. It is common for authorities to position Gatso cameras so that they can be turned around to check both sides of the road, but they can only do this in one direction at a time.