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mr jamez
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PostPosted: 17:21 - 20 Apr 2009    Post subject: Speed camera question Reply with quote
I was on the M4 yesterday 'making progress', saw a camera van on a bridge a little too late. Was doing 70mph as I went under the bridge and past it.

Can they swivel round easily? or do they have another camera facing backwards?

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PostPosted: 17:28 - 20 Apr 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
I think they let you off with a caution if you're not breaking the speed limit..........
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PostPosted: 20:16 - 20 Apr 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
yen_powell wrote:
I think they let you off with a caution if you're not breaking the speed limit..........


Eh, you mean every vehicle that is not speeding is stopped and given a caution? Rolling Eyes

Anyway, its not easy to spin a camera round which is why most have a camera looking out of the front of them but it he was parked on a bridge I would imagine he was sideways anyway?

Wait 14 days and see if you receive a "this is not a circular" letter
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PostPosted: 20:45 - 20 Apr 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
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this is not a circular

I'v seen this on some of my post, I'm always wonder what it means
do you know?
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PostPosted: 20:47 - 20 Apr 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
Around Swindon by any chance?
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T0MMY
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PostPosted: 21:00 - 20 Apr 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
mr-inteligent wrote:
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this is not a circular

I'v seen this on some of my post, I'm always wonder what it means
do you know?


Given your nickname, is this a joke? And the spelling of intelligent too? Laughing
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PostPosted: 21:34 - 20 Apr 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
They are forward facing.


Also remember the normal limit is speed + 10% + 2mph,
so 79 in a 70.

But then also remember your bike's speedo will be out by a few % also. (On my bike doing 80, my Tom Tom shows up as 73).
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PostPosted: 23:11 - 20 Apr 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
kawakid wrote:

Also remember the normal limit is speed + 10% + 2mph,
so 79 in a 70.


Not true. The guidelines for fucking you up the arse are as you posted, but if they could measure accurately enough they /could/ do you for 70.00001 in theory.

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mr jamez
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PostPosted: 18:57 - 21 Apr 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
sickpup wrote:
Around Swindon by any chance?


It could well have been yes, heading westbound from Reading not long after the big stretch with specs cameras. Annoying thing was I didn't take the piss through there!

I had 110mph on the clocks when I spotted it so Its not a case of worrying about speedo innacuracy. Thinking back the motorway was pretty empty, I could have stopped under the bridge on the hard shoulder and covered the plate up with the bits on my luggage rack?!

I was hoping they couldn't swivel very easily, I guess its going to be a nervous few weeks. I was getting overtaken by cars at the time so its not as if I was the only thing on the road doing that speed and all he had to concentrate on.

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