well can you? not impossible to spot but the begger is well located to be hard to see...
Spot the speed camera.....
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Ah yes, spotted him now - not first time mind you... 
No idea lol
I was looking out for the lines on the road but saw a few sets of them..
Was it static or mobile?
I was looking out for the lines on the road but saw a few sets of them..
Was it static or mobile?
would that be the bike on the right at about 18 seconds right up against the wall ?
what time was it on?
as you say what goes up must come down
as you say what goes up must come down
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That is what I believed it to be.
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Thats the one... Now yes its outside a school at long gone home time... But when they first started doing the mobile cameras they Put signs up on the roads they operated on recently they have been using them everywhere...... Yes ok so speeding is illegal but they played big time on the "we are not trying to catch you out" and had big vans with chevron reflective back doors and bolted signs to almost every lamp post......
Ok the bike is a marked police bike but its parked on private property (school/ council) way back off the highway it had the biggest camera lense i have ever seen and a laptop on the box under a rain cover
Rather than just stood there looking for easy money why dont they cover all bases and do insurance etc the copper was in no position to chase anyone or stop them as he would have to put half of Jessops and PC world back in his luggage boxes..
Ok the bike is a marked police bike but its parked on private property (school/ council) way back off the highway it had the biggest camera lense i have ever seen and a laptop on the box under a rain cover
Rather than just stood there looking for easy money why dont they cover all bases and do insurance etc the copper was in no position to chase anyone or stop them as he would have to put half of Jessops and PC world back in his luggage boxes..
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These bikes don't need to chase they just carry the equipment which allows them to produce and post to you home address a nice fine for you to pay.
they are no better than a mobile gatso.
they look like the pic bellow for anyone who's not seen them, thats my niece sitting on the bike btw
the only Points i ever had on my driving license were thanks to one of these bikes. similar thing camped outside a school on a bank holiday i was doing 40 in a 30 but i was about half a mile away when he clocked me. i had slowed down long before i'd got anywhere near him
they are no better than a mobile gatso.
they look like the pic bellow for anyone who's not seen them, thats my niece sitting on the bike btw
the only Points i ever had on my driving license were thanks to one of these bikes. similar thing camped outside a school on a bank holiday i was doing 40 in a 30 but i was about half a mile away when he clocked me. i had slowed down long before i'd got anywhere near him
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Are you sure that it is speed checks rather than ANPR? And they have more up the road to pull any over?
I've seen some coppers on bikes doing speed checks, and they take seconds to put away.
That said, with handheld devices, I can hide in a bush, war paint and camo clothing on if I wanted to.
Edit - Just seen the post above...never seen one of them before!
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looking at the set up it takes them five mins to assemble and take down they sometimes use it near our house.....
That and they have a silver x-trail what they run a shoe box size camera on a mini tripod across the grass verge to the road side draping a cable across the pavement/ cycle path with a separate flash gun which they recently replaced with an Infa red one which is sad as it was a good laugh playing will he or wont "he" get flashed with the family in the front room (it lit the room up) ........
That and they have a silver x-trail what they run a shoe box size camera on a mini tripod across the grass verge to the road side draping a cable across the pavement/ cycle path with a separate flash gun which they recently replaced with an Infa red one which is sad as it was a good laugh playing will he or wont "he" get flashed with the family in the front room (it lit the room up) ........
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Nope, I didn't spot him, I wasn't even looking in the right direction
Down here, this is what we have to avoid:
Now they have an IR flash unit, so you don't even know you have been pinged.
Down here, this is what we have to avoid:
Now they have an IR flash unit, so you don't even know you have been pinged.
Was thinking this the other day but why do people moan about speed cameras....if you dont speed then you have nothing to worry about. Some say its sneaky (police hide on slip roads around here) and its a way of making money...but if you stick to the speed limit then it wont cost you anything, if you get caught its your own fault after all you broke the law so why try and blame someone/something else
i cant see it, wipers too slow too much water on screen
Even if they are a pain, they have very nice looking bikes!
bludvl_x19, my father saw a hidden "static car" camera over here a few months back... His work van/landy (limited to 56 and powerless) when passed it on the corner of a wide dual carriage way bend couldnt speed even if it tried, but as he got round the corner there were half a dozen police cars in a lorry lay-by cashing in on tons of speeding motorists!
bludvl_x19, my father saw a hidden "static car" camera over here a few months back... His work van/landy (limited to 56 and powerless) when passed it on the corner of a wide dual carriage way bend couldnt speed even if it tried, but as he got round the corner there were half a dozen police cars in a lorry lay-by cashing in on tons of speeding motorists!
Was thinking this the other day but why do people moan about speed cameras....if you dont speed then you have nothing to worry about. Some say its sneaky (police hide on slip roads around here) and its a way of making money...but if you stick to the speed limit then it wont cost you anything, if you get caught its your own fault after all you broke the law so why try and blame someone/something else
I totally agree i got caught once it was my own fault for not paying attention to the speedo and I payed up. there was nothing in my case sneaky about it and even if the copper was disguised as a post box it would have made no difference i was still speeding at the moment so you have to except the punishment?
I don't believe the police use speed cameras to generate money, because a huge chunk of it goes to the government, what i do believe is that motorists are often an easy target, when it cost so much to secure a conviction for burglary or drug dealing, gathering evidence witnesses etc going to court for days on end.
Its so much easier to up your conviction rate with some well placed speed cameras.
the problems arise when we see normally law abiding citizens being hauled up for speeding time and time again (because they are so easy to catch) and the drug dealing thieves go free because they don't have enough evidence to secure a conviction.
so my solution is this, if you think PC plod should be out catching real criminals then don't speed. Then PC plod has no excuse to not go and catch some real criminals
that way the police have more money and resource to get some of the scum bags off the street.
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That was probably not a speed camera but an ANPR (numberplate reading van)
I have no issue with police enforcing speed but when i started driving this was done by Traffic officers who would pull you over and deal with you at the road side there and then if you was a couple of mph over they would tell you to take more care and let you on your way... More often than not they would talk to you as a human being.. Along with a quick car check (tyre tread ect ) rather than taking a photograph and sending you an "invoice" in the post if your speeding as you go past one where in the incentive to slow down knowing you have been caught.....
I cant remember when i last saw a traffic car in town and the local road policing unit is based about 2-3 miles away :bang:
Me too. Ive even heard that the film in the cameras is expensive and that sometimes they dont even put film in them... and yet they still make you slow down
What does a ANPR do then?
catch wanted criminals and people with no tax, mot, insurance.
i don't think cameras use film
i don't think cameras use film
Its only what I've heard, because i know someone that sped past a camera, flash and all, and got no ticket!
Top gear proved you have to do like 200-300mph+ to set it off and not be in the picture, but i dont think a "my life" punto is capable of such speed
