bugger, think i had my picture taken by a yellow camera..

[mvb12]

dunno, just advising on the billys around that area.

[nezquick]

  may sound stupid but whats the billys?

[Weston]

Where I live the police website details all the camera locations, and confirms they are all inactive. Only mobile cameras are in use. Can't see the same sort of stuff for your area but it'd be worth a look 

[mvb12]

billys - police

[nezquick]

Ill try and check their site to see and maybe phone them tommuro to enquire. 14 days seems likw an age now.

Mvb theres not many police and i think iv only ever seen one soeed trap. its the fixed cameras but theyre so blatent you can always see them im more angry that its so blank and cloudy that i cant remember!

[nezquick]

Edit: there are police, just not many that sit with speed guns.

[Tamiyoman]

Average speed cameras is what cruise control was invented for  

I remember almost 7 years ago on holiday with the ex and I was chatting to a chap in our chalet who fitted those Specs cameras, he told me a few things about them which was interesting.

A. They dont work at night
B. If you pass one in lane A move over to lane B until you pass the next then move back to A and repeat, apparently they could not distinguish between lanes back then, he said there was a software update but that it was 18 months away so I could have worry free motoring for that time  :ashamed

Pretty sure those loopholes are fixed now tho, I just stick cruise control on too!

Its not the Specs and Fixed site you gotta watch out for, its the little laybys just after a sweeping bed!!, or laybys hidden by trees until the last possible second, you can usually rely on people the other way flashing headlights tho, I think the police call that "perverting the course of justice" I think lawyers call it "highlighting an accident blackspot area to other road users" 

[mvb12]

they have 14 days to send you the notice but i bet there already rubbing there hands together and preparing to send it out Monday, if infact you have been snapped.

[Tamiyoman]

they have 14 days to send you the notice but i bet there already rubbing there hands together and preparing to send it out Monday, if infact you have been snapped.

I would not worry too much in any case, no point stressing over it, you can always ask for the driver awareness course then no points on license.

[Horatio]

go to www.whatdotheyknow.com and ask your local council a freedom of information request regarding the traffic regulation order for the speed camera that caught you speeding. you never know it may have expired, or might not have one.
 
Is this the right location??
http://www.lscp.org.uk/cameras1.php?cameraID=576

The 14 day rule is a myth. Its not a technical ''get-out''. The police still have 6 months to prosecute.

[nezquick]

they have 14 days to send you the notice but i bet there already rubbing there hands together and preparing to send it out Monday, if infact you have been snapped.

I would not worry too much in any case, no point stressing over it, you can always ask for the driver awareness course then no points on license.

I think Ill do that but I thought you had to be over a certain speed to be able to apply to it? I wasn't going stupid, probably only just enough to set it off if anything.

go to www.whatdotheyknow.com and ask your local council a freedom of information request regarding the traffic regulation order for the speed camera that caught you speeding. you never know it may have expired, or might not have one.
 
Is this the right location??
http://www.lscp.org.uk/cameras1.php?cameraID=576

The 14 day rule is a myth. Its not a technical ''get-out''. The police still have 6 months to prosecute.

I think so it sounds similar, but the map isn't showing.

its just after here http://www.citikey.co.uk/display/shell-service-station-DE4NQ so its on the A306

[h4rdy]

If it was a normal Gatso they have to flash twice as thats how they calculate the speed with the marking on the road, I believe?

If it flashed once its not loaded, I believe?

I read an article about a guy who knew he was doing 30 when it went off and went to court. He then proved that the camera was set up incorrectly as the camera never lies so to speak and the distance he had travelled was less than if he had been speeding, double edged sword.

[Ifti]

Do they actually take 2 pics then, and then calculate the speed travelled by the time taken between the distance travelled in both shots - hence the reason for lane markings etc?
Just wondering, as if the person mentioned aove went to court, how else would you prove the distance travelled and time taken?

[nezquick]

"Speed is Distance / Time, hence miles per hour. You can measure this in two ways.

1) Time how long it takes a vehicle to travel a known distance.
2) Measure how far a vehicle travels in a known timeframe.

Speed cameras do the second of the two, but to do this and provide the evidence that the Police need, they have to take two pictures. These are always taken at a known time interval, so all that needs to be done to calculate the speed is for the Police to measure how far the vehicle has travelled between the first picture and the second."

[Tamiyoman]

So what your saying is that if someone went round at 3am painting all those lines with white paint to make them solid they cannot calc speed and its null