Speeding ticket or not??

[Cagiva Mito]

Hi all,

Riding down a dual carriageway today and the speed limit was 50 and I was going about 60 - 65mph, when suddenly I spot a mobile speed camera. I dont think I managed to break in time but I thought well I dont have plates on the front so they cant get me. But then someone mentioned he could of spun the camera round and got me from the back. Has anyone ever heard of this.

Ok I shouldnt of been speeding (hands up) but I am really worried now!!

Cheers

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The camera to take pictures is just to prove who the driver is technically I believe. The word of a policeman that the radar gun said that should be enough.

However whether they would bother is another matter.

Was it a handheld or in a van?

[numark1]

If its a van facing you then you are ok. I was speeding infront of one and never got a NIP. Radar gun i did get caught.

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[Chriss]

I got flashed by a gatso today. Though, it's facing the front of the bike. In theory, they can't get me, but I await two weeks Friday to be sure.

There's two speed cameras, within 50 meters of each other.

Anyone tell me that it's not possible to be done whilst going towards a gatso?
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[VTR SP1]

It is not possible to be done by a gatso when it flashes you from the front. It means the camers is not loaded with film.

SP1

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[Chriss]

I'm sure it's called a Gatso. The TruVelo is a slightly smaller one, taller, with two circle holes, and one of them's red right? And if I remember correctly, they don't flash.

https://images.google.co.uk/images?q=tbn:Dvb19f6KBWIJ:www.nationalsafetycameras.co.uk/nscl/hints/fixed_cameras/gatso%2520camera%2520b.jpg
Gato, right? Wouldn't the first time I've learn something to discover it's wrong.

Anyway, I could see the face of the camera, and it was on the opposite side of the road (the right side), but still markings on my side (left side)?
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Try hitting a gatso at speed when it's on the oppisite carrageway facing you. If it flashes it has not got a camera/film inside it and if it don't flash it's live.
It's a good way to find out if your gonna get done after youve been flashed from behind. Just turn round and hit it at speed.

SP1

[G]

That is a Gatso.

As far as I know a Gatso can only 'do' you if you go past on the side of the road it is based. In the same manner they are not allowed to take radar reading from a mobile unit accross lanes; I believe because traffic coming the other way that could be inbetween can 'confuse' it.

[XS1954]

If it was a van, the chances of spinning a camera round and pointing it through the front windscreen is very unlikely but it still possible.

Gatso's can now face forward for better driver identity and round here some cameras are double facing.

As stated above the only thing to do it wait 14 days.
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[BIKELESS STEVE]

The lines on the opposite side of the road are to catch you if you overtake someone or try driving on the other side of the road to avoid detection

There are forward facing cameras, these are truvelos, they do not flash as they produce an infra red beam.

https://www.ukspeedcameras.co.uk/truvelocamera.jpg

[Black Knight]

Gatso are the fixed boxes that take a picture from behind you. If 'live' it will flash twice in quick succesion. When developed, the operator then measures how many lines you have crossed inbetween the two pictures being taken. It is is more than a certain distance you should recieve a NIP within 14 days.

Truvelo is the forward facing camera system. Im not so hot on these but I do understand they do not need to flash to take a picture.

The third and most inaccurate system is the radar gun. this is operated by an officer. They simply point and click. If the radar shows you are speeding, the officer will write down your registration and the make and model of your vehicle. Again an NIP should be sent.


Rick.
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[feef]

truvelo use infrared instead of a flash, but the IR only to take the picture as they use sensing equipment embedded in the road to measure your speed, not a radar or other radio-wave based technology so do-not require two photos being taken. (you can see the marks where the road has been modified) For this only one photo is required, as it's a physical measurement.. not a radar based one that can be disputed. They do have to be calibrated tho.

Gatso uses radar to sense the speed, and takes two photographs to demonstrate it, as the distance between the known markers can be measured to calculate speed.

English law does not require two sources of corroborating evidence, so you can be done on a single picture or the say-so of a single bobby. IN scotland, you require two pieces of mutually supporting evidence.

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OMG you were speeding!!
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