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Mobile speed camera
dominqueobs
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in Motoring
Hi,
I drove past a mobile speed camera unit like this before but both hatches were closed, can it still clock you? I think I was doing about 34mph approaching but slowed down :mad: Yes, I know I should have been doing 30mph but just wanted to ask if anyone knows what it means when both hatches were closed. The van had been there an hour.
I drove past a mobile speed camera unit like this before but both hatches were closed, can it still clock you? I think I was doing about 34mph approaching but slowed down :mad: Yes, I know I should have been doing 30mph but just wanted to ask if anyone knows what it means when both hatches were closed. The van had been there an hour.
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dominqueobs wrote: »Hi,
I drove past a mobile speed camera unit like this before but both hatches were closed, can it still clock you? I think I was doing about 34mph approaching but slowed down :mad: Yes, I know I should have been doing 30mph but just wanted to ask if anyone knows what it means when both hatches were closed. The van had been there an hour.
It means they’re not open.0 -
AndyMc..... wrote: »It means they’re not open.0
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How did you know it had been there an hour? If you did, why did you approach it at speed?0
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Caught or not, it seems to have done the trick.0
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dominqueobs wrote: »Hi,
I drove past a mobile speed camera unit like this before but both hatches were closed, can it still clock you?
No! They don't operate through glass.Always try to be at least half the person your dog thinks you are!0 -
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If you were doing an indicated 34 mph then your real speed would likely have been 31 or 32. At that speed you're unlikely to get tagged.0
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They were on donut break
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I drove past a van, it was 100% my fault for not watching the speedo constantly but I did think it was a bit of a snide place to put it - at the bottom of a steep hill leaving a village that was in a 30. I had the car in 3rd and was braking but must have been a bit distracted as I was showing 35 on the speedo when I was braking and noticed the van. Fortunately they didn't tag me. I think mine is over by about 3mph as the machines that show your speed typically show me at 27-28 when my car shows 30/31
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