Scamera van - did it get me?

[Snorty]

On the way home... doing ~30 all the way, but on the last stretch I opened the throttle a bit uphill.

Saw a camera van facing me (cameras sticking out of the top - it was like the camper-van type). Looked, I was maybe doing about 37/38 on speedo - might not have been speeding at all.

As I passed it, I spun my head around to look at the rear of the van which had two squares which I imagine is where the rear cameras come out of, but they were shut, like image below

https://www.northyorkshire.police.uk/media/image/o/1/safety_cam_van_new_1.jpg

They were parked on a downhill part, only 10s of yards into the road, so I'm guessing they were trying to catch people going downhill (hence the cameras only being on the front).
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[Minty]

They target oncoming vehicles. As in oncoming to the camera.
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[Minty]

I assume you were doing 30 as you passed it?
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[Snorty]

Yeah, but probably 36/37 on the speedo as I spotted it.

It was an obvious ploy to catch people going down the hill (set of c***. clutchless would have you breaking the speed limit on this particular bit).

I was coming up the hill.
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[Minty]

Yous safe bruv.
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[G]

Some of the big ones will do people out of the front too.

However, generally the bigger ones are more checking tax etc from what I've seen.

14 days of worry, I'm afraid.

[Snorty]

I'm starting to struggle to enjoy riding my bike as every time I return from a ride I just prang about being caught speeding. This particular road is notorious for speed camera vans, so I was doing 30 most of the way (especially through the urban bit). It then opens up and *that* is where they put the camera?

Whenever I'm doing 30mph I struggle to keep my concentration as I'm so bored and used to going faster where I feel the need to concentrate.

Safety camera my arse.
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[Davenaylor]

Where was this? Pretty sure we live near each other, Yeadon near the airport? Don't want it getting me.

[Snorty]

[Rogerborg]

[Snorty]

This is why I always cheer when I see a speed camera has been given the necklace treatment. Didn't take them long to get it replaced though.

Aren't most people opposed to speed cameras? Don't they work for *us*? Aren't they using our money?

Little Timmy dies because he wasn't taught how to cross the road properly, but mummy needs another reason to live, so starts a campaign to get speed cameras everywhere.
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[nelmo]

I hate cameras as well BUT the facts are these:

About 1,800 people a year are killed on our roads, about 350 are bikers (2012 stats).

If EVERYONE drove at 30mph EVERYWHERE, those numbers would drop dramatically. Boring as it sounds, speed does kill. That's what the cameras are for - doesn't matter where they are - they want to persuade you to go slower all the time.

Yes, they collect a lot of money in fines but how much does it cost to man those vans? To install those fixed cameras? I bet the net 'profit' isn't actually that much.

However, the deeper question could be, is it worth the boredom of doing 30mph to save a few hundred lives on an already over-crowded planet? Obviously, if a friend was one of those saved, maybe it is a good thing?

As someone with 9 points on their licence, you can guess what my answer is...

[Snorty]

I think it's part of a wider plot to get everybody off the road and onto the public transport network so we can be a controlled drone workforce, making less money for ourselves and more for our overlords.
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[Kris]

[TT_Man]

[Conzar]

[MuffinMenace]

What about vans on bridges? They can clock your speed coming towards, then look out through the other side as you go past?

How hard is it to read a legal plate over a two lane bridge? Any takers?
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[Rogerborg]

[Conzar]

[Snorty]

The van had no cameras facing my number plate (the ones at the back were not set up).

So either:

1) They somehow clocked my plate in the mirrors. Got an illegal plate - not by choice, came with the bike.
2) There was a camera at the back (not a speed-judging one, but a CCTV type one).
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[Vracktal]

[Snorty]

A modern day hero of the people.
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[dydey90]

[Conzar]

It was 120mph.
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