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Speed cameras

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rockypostie
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Speed cameras

Post by rockypostie »

Does anybody know if you are driving towards a speed camera and it's facing you and flashes does it mean you have got done? Seems to say on net that the ones what face oncoming traffic shouldn't flash at you.
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Re: Speed cameras

Post by doorstepped »

what kind of speed camera was it?

where there any markings on the road?

Gatso's flash you as you pass the camera and work out your speed via the white lines.

if it was a forward facing camera a trevello, it will still flash but a very low flash through the red lens, this will pick up the driver as well as the reg plate etc.

it may be that you were flashed by a camera on the other side of the road which was catching another driver.
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Re: Speed cameras

Post by Royal_Fail »

Sure you were on the right side of the road? :hmmmm
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Re: Speed cameras

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If you weren't speeding then there's nothing to worry about :nana
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Re: Speed cameras

Post by halfull »

dont rush just bring it back :nana :nana :Very Happy
Mikey456
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Re: Speed cameras

Post by Mikey456 »

If it's just one of them normal cameras then no, it's not allowed to if your coming towards it.
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Re: Speed cameras

Post by DGP1 »

halfull wrote:dont rush just bring it back :nana :nana :Very Happy
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andy2007
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Re: Speed cameras

Post by andy2007 »

Your best bet for the future, is to use one of the many devices designed to prevent you being caught by speed cameras. There's loads on the market, depending on how much you want to spend. Although personally, I use the best (and cheapest) one on the market. It comes FREE with every car sold in the last 100 years! It's called A SPEEDOMETER! If you keep your speed at, or below the speed limit, you're GUARANTEED to never be caught by a speed camera. And more importantly, you'll greatly reduce the danger you're currently putting other road users in. Particularly pedestrians. :hmmmm
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Eric Cantona
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Re: Speed cameras

Post by Eric Cantona »

rockypostie wrote:Does anybody know if you are driving towards a speed camera and it's facing you and flashes does it mean you have got done? Seems to say on net that the ones what face oncoming traffic shouldn't flash at you.
It always catches the back of you, I reckon as you were going towards it some idiot got caught on the other side so you seen it flash at that point..
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Re: Speed cameras

Post by krussel »

As others have said the gatso's need the lines to work out your speed so if your driving towards them you are ok but you should keep the speed down anyway.

Its quite easy to slip a couple of miles over so i bought a static detector with my 20 year award money :dance Lives 24/7 in the Jag and has saved me a few times now esp on strange roads :wink:
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Re: Speed cameras

Post by TeeferTiger »

krussel wrote:As others have said the gatso's need the lines to work out your speed so if your driving towards them you are ok but you should keep the speed down anyway.

Its quite easy to slip a couple of miles over so i bought a static detector with my 20 year award money :dance Lives 24/7 in the Jag and has saved me a few times now esp on strange roads :wink:
Stop going out to dodgy car parks in the middle of the night then! :shock:
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youwot!!!!!
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Re: Speed cameras

Post by youwot!!!!! »

Aprilaydee wrote:
krussel wrote:As others have said the gatso's need the lines to work out your speed so if your driving towards them you are ok but you should keep the speed down anyway.

Its quite easy to slip a couple of miles over so i bought a static detector with my 20 year award money :dance Lives 24/7 in the Jag and has saved me a few times now esp on strange roads :wink:
Stop going out to dodgy car parks in the middle of the night then! :shock:

still judging others by your standards april???????????????? :Very Happy
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Re: Speed cameras

Post by TeeferTiger »

youwot!!!!! wrote:
Aprilaydee wrote:
krussel wrote:As others have said the gatso's need the lines to work out your speed so if your driving towards them you are ok but you should keep the speed down anyway.

Its quite easy to slip a couple of miles over so i bought a static detector with my 20 year award money :dance Lives 24/7 in the Jag and has saved me a few times now esp on strange roads :wink:
Stop going out to dodgy car parks in the middle of the night then! :shock:

still judging others by your standards april???????????????? :Very Happy
Unless I'm sleep driving, which is quite a possibility, it's unlikely to be me :sad: So drugged up to the eyeballs these days, I'm sleep driving during the day... Besides, I haven't been to Pensarn beach in years :chuckle
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arnold cheshire
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Re: Speed cameras

Post by arnold cheshire »

rockypostie wrote:Does anybody know if you are driving towards a speed camera and it's facing you and flashes does it mean you have got done? Seems to say on net that the ones what face oncoming traffic shouldn't flash at you.
if your driving away from it the camera takes two photos and measures your speed between the white marker lines therefore they have proof if your coming towards a fixed camera wheres the proof ?
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Re: Speed cameras

Post by andy2007 »

Because the newer cameras (which take a photo of the driver), uses the same technology as the handheld speed traps (and the speed signs that have been appearing over the last few years), and therefore provide an accurate measurement of your speed. This technology was too expensive, when the Gatso cameras were introduced. They also use the same technology for the average speed traps.
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