Speed Camera Van

[col72]

Can a speed camera van get you from the front

[Buenchico]

Yes. The one's around here are routinely set up so that their cameras face oncoming traffic.

[Peaspeculiars]

Yes, got caught by one in a 30 zone a few years ago whilst going downhill, he was hiding round the corner, and clocked me doing 32. His van was parked on the other side of the road with it's front facing me.

[heathfield]

Hope you just got a ticking off, Peaspec. Some interesting info here...

http://www.speedlimit.org.uk/faq.html

[mushroom25]

yep, been there, done that, got the 3 points.

of course if you're riding a bike, you can just put 2 fingers up as you speed past...... :-)

[Peaspeculiars]

Yes, I did get a ticking off. I knew the policeman (I had helped him out before in the gym where I worked) so after explaining that I was indeed braking whilst going downhill to stay at 30, it was quite a steep hill, he let me off.
Even so, it has had a positive effect on my driving, as I don't speed now - even if I have an idiot up my bumper, I just ignore them and tootle on at my own pace just slightly under the limit.

[Peaspeculiars]

I may or may not have batted my eyelashes a bit too

[Peaspeculiars]

Interesting link Heathfield, I always though it was just 10% above the limit for a FPN

[Old_Geezer]

To be bothered by such a small overlimit at all indicates a real jobsworth. One can easily drift there and any normal person would not be bothered. It is a terrible world some are creating.

[paddywak]

As I've posted many times when I did a speed awareness course the guy in charge told us,in answer to a question, that just as camera sites must be marked the position of the mobiles cameras must be in the public domain.The authorities don't have to tell you were to look but the info must be available.This is where it's posted in Notts and I' sure a bit of searching will find other sites if anybody is interested.Also the course must have worked as I very rarely exceed the speed limit these days
http://www.nottspeed.com/camera_locations.php

[Baldric]

Did he get out of the van and stop you then Peas, if you are done by a camera the FPN normally arrives in the Post, or so I've been told.

[Peaspeculiars]

Yep, as soon as I spotted the van, he was already waving me to pull over through the window. He was quite a young bobby at the time, so was perhaps a bit jobs-worth-esque.

[Twenty20]

I thought most speedometers ran about 10% fast anyway? That seems to be borne out by those signs which tell you your speed.