Speed Camera - Can they get you???

[lukemk5gti]

So I'm minding my own business on the weekend. Not flooring it by any means but I have a 3 lane open stretch in front of me so I do a safe 80km/hr (Speed limit is 60km/hr).

I then look across the road, bearing in mind there are 3 lanes on each side of the road and I see a speed van.

Only this speed van is facing the opposite direction. He had pulled a U-Turn such that his camera was now facing oncoming cars in the opposite lane (my lane).

I have never seen this done before!

Do you think his camera was focused on my 3 lanes or maybe the back of the cars on the other 3 lanes?

Do you think he could have picked me up?

Here he is in the photo on the far right!

[Pikey Motorsports]

Unlikely

[DDM]

i'd guess he's watching the cars on his side bud.

[SRC]

The key question is why he's gone to the trouble of turning it round.  I suspect it's to catch motorbikes.  I hope I'm right, for your sake!

Let us know if you get a letter in the next couple of weeks.

[garrardrj]

The type of van in the photo can be adapted to cover vehicles coming towards and going away from them . Also the turning around is to hide the brightly covered rear and not totally within the guidelines . On your side of the road they could still clock your speed but would not generally do that as it would require the camera/detector to be moved which is not straight forward .

So the short answer is NO you would be very unlucky to get caught

[Tfsi_Mike]

They don't normally muck about getting the letter out so keep your fingers crossed for a couple of days.
Makes sense for him to have done it for motorbikes

[Pikey Motorsports]

Thought they had a camera on the front for bikes? To take a shot of the rear?

[doylebros]

Isn't that an offence by the van driver on that type of road since your showing white reflectors not red, even if it's broad day light?

[sootpig]

Is that a variable speed limit?
60km/h what's that, about 40mph?  Great use of so much tarmac.

Last time I saw so much free tarmac I was doing 120mph with an unmarked  BMW  5 series closing on my arse

[Frenzy]

Is that a variable speed limit?
60km/h what's that, about 40mph?  Great use of so much tarmac.

Last time I saw so much free tarmac I was doing 120mph with an unmarked  BMW  5 series closing on my arse

 

[th3_f15t]

As well, I thought the police had to be on the same side of the road as the targeted car in order to take a reading, otherwise you can argue the reading was invalid from not being conducted correctly?

[DamoP]

So I'm minding my own business on the weekend. Not flooring it by any means but I have a 3 lane open stretch in front of me so I do a safe 80km/hr (Speed limit is 60km/hr).

I then look across the road, bearing in mind there are 3 lanes on each side of the road and I see a speed van.

Only this speed van is facing the opposite direction. He had pulled a U-Turn such that his camera was now facing oncoming cars in the opposite lane (my lane).

I have never seen this done before!

Do you think his camera was focused on my 3 lanes or maybe the back of the cars on the other 3 lanes?

Do you think he could have picked me up?

Here he is in the photo on the far right!

that will be taking pics of vehicle pass on the other carriageway.

[DamoP]

The key question is why he's gone to the trouble of turning it round.  I suspect it's to catch motorbikes.  I hope I'm right, for your sake!

Let us know if you get a letter in the next couple of weeks.

they will go for ANY vehicle on that carriage way.

4 weeks would be a good milestone

[DamoP]

Isn't that an offence by the van driver on that type of road since your showing white reflectors not red, even if it's broad day light?

no as it liveried emergency services vehicle

[DamoP]

As well, I thought the police had to be on the same side of the road as the targeted car in order to take a reading, otherwise you can argue the reading was invalid from not being conducted correctly?

nope not true. the cameras are facing the correct way to catch motorist so they would stand up in a court