M6RKK
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Registered: 21st Jan 06
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Stole from another forum......
Got this off a bike forum i use, it was always coming, it was just a matter of time. luckly they are forward facing Razz
It sounds like the speeder's nightmare. A speed camera accurate up to 150mph which can be concealed in a road stud as small as a cat's eye.
It's being trailed in Scotland
The camera is just 130mm in diameter, and can protrude from the surface by just 5mm; and it is linked to a computer that can read and decode number plates written in both italic and cursive scripts.
The idea is that you would use it in the approach to somewhere with a lower speed limit. The camera will look at each oncoming vehicle and measure its speed. Then you'll have illuminated road studs that will light up on the approach to a pedestrian crossing, say, and a sign that could light up with the number plate telling people to slow down.
The camera is a logical follow-on from Astucia's self-lighting road studs, now being trailed in Hampshire. These are intended to give motorists advance warning about traffic lights they might be unable to see due to fog or high-sided vehicles ahead. When the lights ahead were green, the studs would remain dark. But as the lights turned amber, so do the studs, flashing twice a second until the lights turn red. The studs marking the lanes would also flash.
Used in the US, the studs are claimed to have reduced accidents by 80 per cent. The tiny speed cameras would be the next step on the road to safety, and the Scottish Office is testing them in Motherwell.
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Hamish
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Registered: 4th Apr 05
Location: Ashtead, Surrey Drives: 100bhp Mint with Hole
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SAL
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Registered: 19th Dec 05
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easy to whak with a hammer though 
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M6RKK
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Registered: 21st Jan 06
Location: Glasgow
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wee bit of paint too..
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Fro
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Registered: 20th Jun 06
Location: Rainham, Essex Drives: A3 2.0TDi Sport
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Read about that last year or year before still havent heard of them being used in general.
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nova_gteuk
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Registered: 15th May 02
Location: South Wales Drives: The Bandwagon
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keep licence plate on dash and when u wanna boot it just move it :O
my plate was on my dash for 6 months be4 i could be arsed to put it on my bumper,with no problems.
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SportBoy
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Registered: 5th Oct 01
Location: Retford, Nottinghamshire
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small cameras .. to me thats just proof there trying to cheat people out of money and not slow them down
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Fro
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quote:
Originally posted by SportyBoy
small cameras .. to me thats just proof there trying to cheat people out of money and not slow them down
Agreed, i can't see how that can act as a visual detterrent if you can barely see it when driving along.
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
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How are they planning on keeping the glass clean with traffic running over the top of them and salt etc. in the winter?!
There will be a major uproar if these come into force across the country.
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wilson_sri
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Registered: 31st Aug 04
Location: Dunfermline Drives: Technics 1210s
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Mini wiper blades? Tbh il just put paint over all the ones on my best roads.
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Fro
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Knowing this country they'll have cameras to watch the cameras 
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valverguy
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Registered: 9th May 06
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to be honest i dont really care so long as they dont put em on B roads and motorways. then i would be PISD big time
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
Location: Basildon, Essex
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Originally posted by fro-dizzle
Knowing this country they'll have cameras to watch the cameras
People will just have to fuk over two cameras insted 
Drives supercharged Tec with torque  
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Hursty10
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Registered: 11th May 07
Location: Guildford
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thats madnes.. but isnt it the law that the cameras are visable ??
ben.
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andy1868
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Registered: 22nd Jun 06
Location: Burscough, Lancashire
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accurate to 150mph, you know what that means 
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SportBoy
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Registered: 5th Oct 01
Location: Retford, Nottinghamshire
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means il be ok 
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PaulW
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Location: Atherton, Greater Manchester
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quote:
Originally posted by Hursty10
thats madnes.. but isnt it the law that the cameras are visable ??
ben.
not any more...
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TomWilly
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Originally posted by SportyBoy
means il be ok
and il be fucked!
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Timbaland
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How can he measure this without lines on the road and how would that possible stand in court that we've just to take there word for it that the camera knows what its doing and is calibrated.
For years they've tried different methods but the reality is we'll always have our big grey friends at the side of the road.
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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this is old news tbh, been talked about for ages, wont ever happen
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CorsAsh
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Registered: 19th Apr 02
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Yay, glad I'm moving away if these do show up.
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nickyboy01
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
Location: Oxford-ish
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Err those arent cameras, they light up as you approach them to guide round dangerous corners.
We've had them round us for the past few years.
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RS6
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Registered: 5th Nov 03
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so basically no more taking it out of 2nd gear ever, what a joke.....
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
Location: Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire
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Im sure you could turf them up with a well planted handbrake or wheelspin  !
But they are old news,won't happen, was thrown out by some1 i think?
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antscorsa
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Registered: 11th Aug 02
Location: london
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quote:
Originally posted by Matty G
How are they planning on keeping the glass clean with traffic running over the top of them and salt etc. in the winter?!
There will be a major uproar if these come into force across the country.
a major uproar how exactly, no1 in britiain will suddenly stop driving because of them in protest, were do what we always do , pay road tax, get shafted and live with it!!!
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