Police speed camera vans

[dydey90]

I may or may not have been observed by a pig-inna-van doing around 50 in a 40 zone. No kittens were killed as a consequence of this maverick behaviour.

Does anybody know what sort of range their speed guns have? I must have been at least 250 yards away when I spotted them and deployed the anchors, as I've seen them there before.

No points or convictions so id only have to do the speed awareness course, I'd just rather not.
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

They use lasers. If you're line of sight, they can get you.

You might be lucky. 49 indicated = more like 44-45 actual = not prosecuted in forces that folllow the ACPO guidelines (10% over +2mph)
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[swampy]

[CHR15]

thats great, bar the fact the police keep a record of it.

how long before thats for sale to the highest bidder.


your fucked if you do and fucked if you dont.


and seeing as that insurance companies are allowed to make it up as they go along, and you've got section 1b of;

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/6/section/4

which i'm sure they could do to you retrospectively 5 years down the line.
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[Vracktal]

If you got lucky, they might have missed your numberplate as you went past, or been aiming at a different vehicle. Usually they aim for cars preferentially since they get a reading off their front plate and get the reg at the same time, but with motorbikes they either have to swivel around to get your plate or correlate the speed gun footage with their dashcam footage to see you from behind.
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[Raffles]

I did a course last week and was advised by one of the instructors to tell the insurance company f'ck all.
Chris could, though, have a point about plod selling details in the future.
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[Rogerborg]

Details were only previously held by local forces, so ACPO Plc holding them is already a slippery slope.

[jeddy11]

There is no pigs in those vans !! there usually staffed by police staff (non officers)
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[dydey90]

[-Matt-]

Always wondered, with these vans if you're on a bike coming towards it speeding and you're obviously in their sights, but then slow down as you go past [the point at which they can read your plate], unless you're pulled shortly after by a car etc, are you essentially off the hook. Or do they take a picture of the rear of passing bikes that were speeding, and its enough evidence to get a conviction if they have front-video of the speeding

[Kickstart]

Hi

They used to just turn around and read the plate as you went past. No doubt they got it wrong much of the time but it would still be accepted by court without other proof.

Now I think most have a small video camera pointing in the other direction (small dome, like a shop cctv camera).

All the best

Keith
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[Joncrete Cungle]

If you spot them from a distance away slow down and hope for a turning you can escape down before you reach the paedo in the 'safety' van as more and more of them have a small camera that will get your plate as you pass. Or if on a dual carriageway try and position yourself next to a HGV / LWB van etc as you pass the scamera van then overtake the HGV / LWB van etc and pull in front of it and use it to shield your number plate from the camera.

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[ScaredyCat]

[krarkol]

This works excellently when commuting and you have a bag

Just pull over and strap it under your seat, then when passed the van, pull over and remove it

https://cdn.bikechatforums.com/files/1451995_10202298809892827_1804216744_n.jpg
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[Raffles]

One of these could come in handy in such situations. Don't get caught with one fitted though.
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[ninja_butler]

I heard that in America they point real guns out of the vans.

I made that up.. but thinking about it, it could be true.

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