Speed traps the Fuzz ect

[retrofly]

Hi
Thought id just open up a descussion on the police and speed traps. I live quite near guildford amd i must be really lucky as i hardly ever see cameras and theres hardley a cop car in site. I hear lots of people complaining about speed traps ect especially in the mags, so give me your view and experiences

Luke
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[TiN]

I think that speed traps and cops do serve their purpose, and as much as I love to go fast, I have to admit that I would like to be given a reason to slow down now and again...

But the thing is - ok, so you see a trap/cop, so you slow down, but the moment you pass them your foot/hand is right back on the pedal/throttle (delete where appropriate - sorry for the references to driving, but I have only just started an interest in biking)...so it's all pretty pointless anyway!...

...what do people think about getting devices such as the Geodessey?...is it really worth it?

So the bottom line is: Nice idea and generally good for keeping people alert, but until more sophisticated and restricting technology is introduced, we are still gonna get away with speeding (which is a good thing!)

Just my opinion...

Tin

[Guest]

on the open roads there should be NO speed traps or feds around!!!


in town cameras are useful as they remind u to slow down!

[TJ NSR]

it was me tat posted tat btw

[TJ NSR]

y does it always log out afta a while???

[TJ NSR]

its well annoying

when do i move up a level?

[Kickstart]

[Marius jo]

I live in norway and had my lisence in 6 month.. alredy i have been puled aside 3 times.. i have paid 8000 norwegian krones.. about 1000 us $.. dont no how much it is in pund.. i no its my foult but its hard to drive
slow.. i love to drive fast in curves and so on..
ps. sorry for my bad eng..!

Marius Johansen

[Dan]

SI hate speed traps, been busted 3 times, got away with it twice, other tme i only had to pay £25 which ant to bad. but they still get in the way of a good ride.

[retrofly]

Hi
For some of you it sounds like a pain in the arse i think someone should go round spraypainting all the camera lenses at night.

Luke
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[Springbok_Tony]

I dont think it's too bad in Bromley, a while ago when i kept knicking my mates ped to go get macdonalds while i was in 6th form i learnt where all of them are so as long as u know it's cool. The thing is when going for an annonymous ride somewhere you have no idea!

Ne how, later...

Tony...

[Annabella]

The police in Shropshire have had a fantastic idea. One of my colleagues got caught by a new type of speed trap recently.

It basically involves a trigger cable which is laid across teh road (not unlike the ones used for simple traffic monitoring), this is linked to a device which looks like a small grey box (you can hardly tell they're there). When you go over the trigger, it starts a timer in the grey box, when you go past the grey box it's got a laser beam (or something, not quite sure what) which stops the timer when it's broken. The speed is displayed to the waiting policeman who promtly records the number plate. Very sly. Of course, because they have to be visible these days they make themselves perfectly obvious to traffic travelling in the opposite direction.

[Phil.S]

i am sure i read somewhere that they are going to be painting Gatso's
brite yellow, because the grey stealth color was causing MORE accidents
as people slam on their anchors when they notice them at the last minute.
i personally think in towns and populated area's camera's are a good thing.
But on open roads with no one around for miles, they shouldn't have any.
as for cops with speed guns i thought they couldn't do you if they get you
from the front as there isnt a number plate.?

[G]

IMHO if you don't see a police trap that *is obvious* then you probably deserve to get caught... that could've been a kid about to run into the road. Hidden speed traps are obviously more about revenue generation that accident prevention.

I was wondering about the legality of painting GASTOs day-glo colours, the police probably couldn't do much about it as they are *supposed* to be for accident prevention... If you wanted to be really cheeky you could try welding a sign onto it with a big arrow and 'gatso' written on it*


Phil
Some of the GATSOs along the M25 are yellow. I think all forces that get to keep money from GATSOs will have to paint them yellow. Saw a black-painted GATSO hidden behind a tree in Colchester, some of the ones around Reading are pretty bad a swell: hidden behind walls/in trees.

* obviously there's loads of other things that you can do that are 'the other side of the law'.

[Korn]

Somebody once painted...

Out!
Watch

Trap!
Speed

(read it bottom to top)

...across one of the lanes of a dual carrigeway, just off the A23 - a really nice stretch, where cars and bikes give it maxium beans all the way - which I though was kind. If it was a mobile speed trap it had buggered off by the time I got there, but still a nice thing to do.

[Annabella]

In my area Staffs/Shropshire the Police have made it their policy to put flourescent strips on all the speed cameras in the area. As a result when you're travelling at night it's virtually impossible to see any thing BUT the approaching speed camera.

I dont't know if riders ion your areas do the same, but if there are police about (especially the Bridgnorth-Wolverhamoton road - a fantastiv ride if youre ever in the area - but be warned it's got the highest fatality of bikers too) we slow down and wave our arms at any other bikers just as a warning.

[G]

[Viper]

I could be wrong, but i am sure there is like a "wave/thumbs-up" sort of sign that people use.

I remember my Dad using it once when i was an little kiddie.

I not too sure what it is though!?!?

[G]

I've allways understood thumbs up to be a warning... but it's pretty ambiquous and could mean a load of different things... would have thought thumbs down would be more appropriate

[Annabella]

OK, if you ever did your cycling proficiency test (years and years ago...) you'd've learnt to flap your right arm (like a bird! Whheee!) to indicate slowing down, that's what I've seen most people doing, but when you're in the car some people flash headlights and others do a thumbs up. I dunno..... Perhaps there should be a universal sign, though I'm sure it's actually illegal to warn people of an oncoming speed trap/police presance etc.

[Kickstart]

Hi

It is illegal, and if they get really nasty they could try and do you for attempting to pervert the course of justice. They dont like people hitting their profit margins

All the best

Keith

[craigT19]

yep it is very illegal, as for a universal sighn, in and around southampton (mostly new forest) the sighn ig rapidly flashing headlights.
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[Korn]

The most popular ones I've seen are waving your right arm up and down, or spin your finger above your helmet (like a rotating blue light). Also there's the one where you open and close your hand like a duck's bill twice (to indicate a gatso flash) but not many people use it because it's a bit hard to make out.