We’d like to remind Forumites to please avoid political debate on the Forum.

This is to keep it a safe and useful space for MoneySaving discussions. Threads that are – or become – political in nature may be removed in line with the Forum’s rules. Thank you for your understanding.

📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!

New Speed Camera

aardvaak
aardvaak Posts: 5,836 Forumite
Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
in Motoring
I was out in Silver End in Essex the other day and saw this speed camera set back in an entrance to a new housing estate focused on the start of the 30mph limit I have never seen these before are the new?



https://i1028.photobucket.com/albums/y346/aardvaak1/100_0382_zpsnzppoxcw.jpg

https://i1028.photobucket.com/albums/y346/aardvaak1/100_0379_zpszfgtfbap.jpg
«1

Comments

  • SHAFT
    SHAFT Posts: 565 Forumite
    What makes you think it's a speed camera?
  • aardvaak
    aardvaak Posts: 5,836 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    SHAFT wrote: »
    What makes you think it's a speed camera?


    By the Police type markings on it
  • Johno100
    Johno100 Posts: 5,259 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Not a speed camera, zooming in it looks like it has got a speaker grill towards the bottom. I wonder if it is some sort of entry control system for when they were building the development (probably now redundant).
  • Car_54
    Car_54 Posts: 8,950 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Apart from anything else, the police are unlikely to leave a speed camera sitting about on a tripod waiting to be stolen.
  • AdrianC
    AdrianC Posts: 42,189 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    aardvaak wrote: »
    I was out in Silver End in Essex the other day and saw this speed camera set back in an entrance to a new housing estate focused on the start of the 30mph limit I have never seen these before are the new?

    100_0382_zpsnzppoxcw.jpg

    100_0379_zpszfgtfbap.jpg

    Far more likely to be security CCTV, perhaps with ANPR, for the building site.

    It'd be an utterly pointless place to put a speed camera, if nothing else, and it certainly won't be police, because it's private land.
  • moneyhelpuser5
    moneyhelpuser5 Posts: 31 Forumite
    This is mobile motion detection CCTV. It is not a speed camera. :)
  • daveyjp
    daveyjp Posts: 13,758 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Looks like the blue and yellow checker board pattern has worked in convincing at least one person it is a police installation.

    Thats the whole point.
  • aardvaak
    aardvaak Posts: 5,836 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    daveyjp wrote: »
    Looks like the blue and yellow checker board pattern has worked in convincing at least one person it is a police installation.

    Thats the whole point.


    I did'nt say I was convinced by it
  • AdrianC
    AdrianC Posts: 42,189 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    aardvaak wrote: »
    I did'nt say I was convinced by it
    ...and yet...
    aardvaak wrote: »
    SHAFT wrote: »
    What makes you think it's a speed camera?
    By the Police type markings on it
  • SHAFT
    SHAFT Posts: 565 Forumite
    aardvaak wrote: »
    I did'nt say I was convinced by it


    Convinced enough it was a police speed camera to start a thread.
This discussion has been closed.
★ ★ ★ Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 352.2K Banking & Borrowing
  • 253.6K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 454.3K Spending & Discounts
  • 245.3K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 601K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 177.5K Life & Family
  • 259.1K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.7K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.
Update Your Picture