police speed vans

[Emm]

can anyone answer this question?...
Them police speed catcher vans, which way do they face to catch you speeding?
Does the rear of the van have to face the on coming traffic?

 

[Captain Mike]

can anyone answer this question?...
Them police speed catcher vans, which way do they face to catch you speeding?
Does the rear of the van have to face the on coming traffic?

they have guns facing out the back and a camera on the front IIRC.

so track speed at the back of it.

then get number plate at the front

 

[Dogspods]

can anyone answer this question?...
Them police speed catcher vans, which way do they face to catch you speeding?
Does the rear of the van have to face the on coming traffic?

Almost 99% certain this is true.

Plus also believe that 'they' cant tag every car that goes past, only those they 'think' are speeding - but I'm sure someone will prove me wrong on this fact.

 

[jug]

depends on the van. some can do both sides of the road at once. some even have cameras on both sides and the rear all at once (i got banned by one of those)

 

[Emm]

Almost 99% certain this is true.

Plus also believe that 'they' cant tag every car that goes past, only those they 'think' are speeding - but I'm sure someone will prove me wrong on this fact.

yeah i remember that-not catching every car, from a police open day thing i went too

 

[FDF]

The vans take the pic of the front, it also means they can see who the driver is should it go to court.
They must cause a lot of accidents because everyone slams on the brakes when they see one.
Cameras located either side and at the rear, I wouldn't be surprised if some of them have ANPR cameras at the front as well.

 

[bulldog5046]

doesnt matter which way, they did me twice in 2 minutes going each way up then back down the dual carriage way

 

[coyle]

the ones on motorway bridges are in the side. i got done by one of these...
doing 101

 

[swansea2007]

doesnt matter which way, they did me twice in 2 minutes going each way up then back down the dual carriage way

Hmm Why would u drive past the same van speeding Twice??

 

[bulldog5046]

Hmm Why would u drive past the same van speeding Twice??

it seemed fun at the time

seriously, they were on the opposite side of the dual carriageway which has a 6/7ft concrete divide which further up changes to a crash barrier so i never saw them on the first pass.

 

[jug]

Hmm Why would u drive past the same van speeding Twice??

thats how i got banned! its easier than you'd think. the second time we were all waving at them. in hindsight i dont know what planet i was on that day, i deserved a ban.

 

[swansea2007]

it seemed fun at the time

seriously, they were on the opposite side of the dual carriageway which has a 6/7ft concrete divide which further up changes to a crash barrier so i never saw them on the first pass.

thats how i got banned! its easier than you'd think. the second time we were all waving at them. in hindsight i dont know what planet i was on that day, i deserved a ban.

LOL you 2 got issues

 

[The Beard]

In the majority of cases, the camera is mounted in the rear as the camera is usually on a tripod to be operated by someone standing upright, hence the fact that most camera vans are high roof Vauxhall Movano type vehicles. I can see the time in the not too distant future when they just park the van up
and the camera does all the work like a gatso, in which case they can have them anywhere on the vehicle including the roof. With that in mind, I seem to remember a story, possibly apochryphal, of a Copper checking vehicle speeds,
possibly in Scotland, who being bored, pointed his radar gun at a low flying Tornado attack aircraft which was heading out over the North Sea to carry out a live firing exercise to see if it would show the plane's speed. The R.A.F. later informed his Inspector that the aircraft's electronic suite had armed the Paveway 1000 lbs. bomb and was giving the pilot the co-ordinates to attack the threat. That's one way to get rid of speed cameras.

 

[swansea2007]

In the majority of cases, the camera is mounted in the rear as the camera is usually on a tripod to be operated by someone standing upright, hence the fact that most camera vans are high roof Vauxhall Movano type vehicles. I can see the time in the not too distant future when they just park the van up
and the camera does all the work like a gatso, in which case they can have them anywhere on the vehicle including the roof. With that in mind, I seem to remember a story, possibly apochryphal, of a Copper checking vehicle speeds,
possibly in Scotland, who being bored, pointed his radar gun at a low flying Tornado attack aircraft which was heading out over the North Sea to carry out a live firing exercise to see if it would show the plane's speed. The R.A.F. later informed his Inspector that the aircraft's electronic suite had armed the Paveway 1000 lbs. bomb and was giving the pilot the co-ordinates to attack the threat. That's one way to get rid of speed cameras.

Two British traffic patrol officers from North Berwick were involved in an unusual incident while checking for speeding motorists on the A-1 Great North Road . One of the officers used a hand-held radar device to check the speed of a vehicle approaching over the crest of a hill, and was surprised when the speed was recorded at over 300 mph. Their radar suddenly stopped working and the officers were not able to reset it.

Just then a deafening roar over the treetops revealed that the radar had in fact latched on to a NATO Tornado fighter jet which was engaged in a low-flying exercise over the Border district, approaching from the North Sea .

Back at police headquarters the chief constable fired off a stiff complaint to the RAF Liaison office. Back came the reply in true laconic RAF style:

"Thank you for your communication, which allows us to complete the file on this incident. You may be interested to know that the tactical computer in the Tornado had detected the presence of, and subsequently locked onto, your hostile radar equipment and automatically sent a jamming signal back to it. Furthermore, an air-to-ground missile aboard the fully-armed aircraft had also automatically locked onto your equipment.

Fortunately the pilot flying the Tornado recognized the situation for what it was, quickly responded to the missile systems alert status, and was able to override the automated defence system before the missile was launched and your hostile radar installation was destroyed. Good Day..."

 

[sledge]

Sorry to pi** on the barbeque boys but that story has more holes in it than a welders t-shirt.

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/techno/radar.asp