shrews corsa
Member
Registered: 16th Mar 01
Location: Shrewsbury, Shropshire
User status: Offline
|
Can speed cameras catch you if there are no lines on the road?
i was doing dead on 30 tonight and think i got flashed by one from the back, the cameras have only recently been installed and there are no lines on the road!
reckon i will be done?
even tho i was doing dead on 30?
|
Bonzai
Member
Registered: 25th Mar 03
Location: Cardiff, Wales Drives: 205 GTi 1.9
User status: Offline
|
how can u be done for speeding if you were doing dead on 30?
|
kev_corsa
Member
Registered: 7th Nov 02
Location: Newport, Uni in Bristol
User status: Offline
|
dont think u can mate, cuz they measure the time taken and the distance (using the lines) and calculate the speed. not sure tho
|
LukeGSi
Member
Registered: 9th Dec 03
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by kev_corsa
dont think u can mate, cuz they measure the time taken and the distance (using the lines) and calculate the speed. not sure tho
thats what i was thinking but im not 100% sure either
|
vibrio
Banned
Registered: 28th Feb 01
Location: POAH
User status: Offline
|
no lines mean no proof that you were speeding.
|
shrews corsa
Member
Registered: 16th Mar 01
Location: Shrewsbury, Shropshire
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by shrews corsa
reckon i will be done?
even tho i was doing dead on 30?
quote:
Originally posted by lordbonzai
how can u be done for speeding if you were doing dead on 30?
thats why i'm asking and my speedo might be out
|
shrews corsa
Member
Registered: 16th Mar 01
Location: Shrewsbury, Shropshire
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by vibrio
no lines mean no proof that you were speeding.
thank you!
|
nickyboy01
Member
Registered: 10th Sep 03
Location: Oxford-ish
User status: Offline
|
You can still be done for it, the lines are used in court if the charge is disputed. If you get a summons about it demand to see the pics and they shouldnt be able to prove anything without the lines to measure from.
|
Dom
Member
Registered: 13th Sep 03
User status: Offline
|
i know alot of them use the lines, since they work out how long it took ya to get from the 1st to the 2nd then from the 2nd to the first, maiking it more accurate etc etc however, i thought they had newer ones which didnt need lines??  otherwise you would just look out for the white lines, slow down etc 
|
Bonzai
Member
Registered: 25th Mar 03
Location: Cardiff, Wales Drives: 205 GTi 1.9
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by vibrio
no lines mean no proof that you were speeding.
they dont need lines on the road for mobile cameras... not to shit u up m8!
quote:
Originally posted by shrews corsa
thats why i'm asking and my speedo might be out
its never ever gonna be out by that much! dunno what its like by you but in south wales the minimum speed you will be caught speedin in a 30 is 41...
|
shrews corsa
Member
Registered: 16th Mar 01
Location: Shrewsbury, Shropshire
User status: Offline
|
well i wasnt 100% sure it actually flashed so i think i just gotta wait see but thanks all 
|
IntaCepta
Member
Registered: 25th Mar 02
Location: Mill Hill East, Greater London
User status: Offline
|
same thin happened to me 2 weeks back.
drove about 35ish passed a new camera. it flashed, drove back and it had no lines and no camera warning signs.
So if i get a NIP thru the post (should have come by now) i know what i will be saying..
there is no way they can prove i was speeding, so i'm not worryign about it!
|
Je11ybubb1es
Member
Registered: 11th Jun 02
Location: Milton Keynes
User status: Offline
|
they have infrared cameras now that some of them dont even flash. got a mate who went on a course for a week had to go through the dartford tunnel, went speeding through it every day got four tickets by the end of the course, he didnt even realise he'd gone through a camera
|
nickyboy01
Member
Registered: 10th Sep 03
Location: Oxford-ish
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by VisibleMan
i know alot of them use the lines, since they work out how long it took ya to get from the 1st to the 2nd then from the 2nd to the first, maiking it more accurate etc etc however, i thought they had newer ones which didnt need lines?? otherwise you would just look out for the white lines, slow down etc
They dont actually use the lines to measure your speed, this is done by the radar in the camera. The lines are only used for disputes over the charge in case the radar has misread the speed then the distance is measured,
|
Fad
Member
Registered: 1st Feb 01
Location: Dartford Kent Drives: 330cd
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by Je11ybubb1es
they have infrared cameras now that some of them dont even flash. got a mate who went on a course for a week had to go through the dartford tunnel, went speeding through it every day got four tickets by the end of the course, he didnt even realise he'd gone through a camera
holy fuck  that cant be right, i do that tunnel bout four to five times a week and hammer it through the tunnel 
hmmmm 
|
