Speed traps

esuhl

[simon] wrote: »

I feel it was unfair and targeted as they knew it would be busy after a hot day !

I know what you mean. I remember going to carnival last year -- it was a hot day and the supermarkets were packed with people buying booze.

There were lots of police patrolling the area, and they caught a shoplifter trying to run away with some drink. Just like your situation, it was unfair and targeted as they knew it would be busy after a hot day!

poppasmurf_bewdley

poppasmurf_bewdley wrote: »

I thought that where a speed trap was in use, there had to be at least one warning sign visible prior to the trap, either a permanent display or one placed there temporarily.

Or maybe, like your speedometer, you missed seeing it.

TadleyBaggie wrote: »

Nope, no warning signs are required.

AndyMc..... wrote: »

You thought wrong.

I thought I wasn't imagining things:

In 2001 the law was changed so that speed cameras had to be painted yellow to ensure visibility. Many other rules were also brought in regarding speed cameras.

"The regulations decree that:

speed camera housings must be coloured yellow
camera housings cannot be obscured, e.g. by trees, bushes or signs
cameras must be visible from 60m away in 40mph or less zones and 100m for all other speed limit zones
signs must only be placed in areas where camera housings are located or where mobile cameras are in operation
in order to make them visible, mobile speed camera operators must wearing fluorescent clothing, and their vehicles should be marked with reflective strips
camera sites are to be reviewed at least every six months in order to ensure that cameras are adequately visible and signed."

AndyMc.....

poppasmurf_bewdley wrote: »

I thought I wasn't imagining things:

In 2001 the law was changed so that speed cameras had to be painted yellow to ensure visibility. Many other rules were also brought in regarding speed cameras.

"The regulations decree that:

speed camera housings must be coloured yellow
camera housings cannot be obscured, e.g. by trees, bushes or signs
cameras must be visible from 60m away in 40mph or less zones and 100m for all other speed limit zones
signs must only be placed in areas where camera housings are located or where mobile cameras are in operation
in order to make them visible, mobile speed camera operators must wearing fluorescent clothing, and their vehicles should be marked with reflective strips
camera sites are to be reviewed at least every six months in order to ensure that cameras are adequately visible and signed."

But this isn't a speed camera.

poppasmurf_bewdley

AndyMc..... wrote: »

But this isn't a speed camera.

[simon] wrote: »

Was driving back from Whitby after a nice day and so where many others.

Loads of traffic flowing by.

All traveling steady 35 / 40 mph

Went around a bend a sign says 30 and straight after it a police van but the cop was holding a camera / speed gun I didn't have time to react it was so quick I didn't even know what he was doing at first until after I realised.

He must have pretty much caught thousands of cars as we where all together at a steady 35 / 40 .

I do t know the rules on speed traps . I guess they don't need to warm you.

I know I was doing 35 mph so just have to wait for letter now

Hope it's speed course or just a fine. Don't want points.

I feel it was unfair and targeted as they knew it would be busy after a hot day !

Not happy.

Maybe it was a hair dryer!;)

AndyMc.....

poppasmurf_bewdley wrote: »

Maybe it was a hair dryer!;)

Maybe but there's no need for a warning sign.

waamo

poppasmurf_bewdley wrote: »

I thought I wasn't imagining things:

In 2001 the law was changed so that speed cameras had to be painted yellow to ensure visibility. Many other rules were also brought in regarding speed cameras.

"The regulations decree that:

speed camera housings must be coloured yellow
camera housings cannot be obscured, e.g. by trees, bushes or signs
cameras must be visible from 60m away in 40mph or less zones and 100m for all other speed limit zones
signs must only be placed in areas where camera housings are located or where mobile cameras are in operation
in order to make them visible, mobile speed camera operators must wearing fluorescent clothing, and their vehicles should be marked with reflective strips
camera sites are to be reviewed at least every six months in order to ensure that cameras are adequately visible and signed."

What regulations are these ? Can we see the primary source please?

Hadecs 3 cameras are becoming common on motorways. They are grey and difficult to see.

poppasmurf_bewdley

waamo wrote: »

What regulations are these ? Can we see the primary source please?

Hadecs 3 cameras are becoming common on motorways. They are grey and difficult to see.

Google is your friend. Just like it's mine.

Car_54

poppasmurf_bewdley wrote: »

I thought I wasn't imagining things:

In 2001 the law was changed so that speed cameras had to be painted yellow to ensure visibility. Many other rules were also brought in regarding speed cameras.

"The regulations decree that:

speed camera housings must be coloured yellow
camera housings cannot be obscured, e.g. by trees, bushes or signs
cameras must be visible from 60m away in 40mph or less zones and 100m for all other speed limit zones
signs must only be placed in areas where camera housings are located or where mobile cameras are in operation
in order to make them visible, mobile speed camera operators must wearing fluorescent clothing, and their vehicles should be marked with reflective strips
camera sites are to be reviewed at least every six months in order to ensure that cameras are adequately visible and signed."

This may come as a shock, but not everything on the internet is true.

In this case, there never were such regulations. There were guidelines, long since superseded.

The government announced recently (2015?) that cameras would be painted yellow again, but AFAIK have done nothing about it.

AndyMc.....

poppasmurf_bewdley wrote: »

Google is your friend. Just like it's mine.

Your friend is wrong in this case.

DoaM

And how do these guidelines/regulations apply for hand-held speed guns?

I may well be wrong (and am happy to be corrected) but a hand-held speed gun is neither a fixed nor mobile speed camera.