andrewdelvard

Yep, mate of my girl got the same. Camera near Camp Hill.

[Edited by andrewdelvard - 8/2/2003 2:16:49 PM]

Ray_li

Driving from a 60mph zone down to a 30mph zone and got caught doing 35mph by a camera in a van.
I know Im in the wrong and breaking the law but 35 mph is taking the p1ss.
Anybody got any ideas.

Ray

Puff The Magic Wagon!

iTrader: (2)

Brake earlier?

Harry_Boy

Don't sign the NIP.... ;-)

Ray_li

worst thing about it, is that iv just started a new job 3 weeks ago and i need to drive through that area. Oh yeah and im designing speed cameras .
B4 people start taking the p1ss and going mad. we design them we DO NOT put them up and pocket the money from people speeding.

Ray. well got to look at the funny side. I cant

Ray_li

Still on my probation with the company iv just started work for and I think I was told to keep my licence clean aswel.

Ray

skiddus_markus

Can't you design them not to work?

David Lock

Tell them you have just discovered a design fault in the cameras

mark.coleman

I was in Wales the other week and I did not see one speed camera or camera van, even though there were plenty of signs for them. I did incidentially see a camera van on a dead M50, which seemed a bit of a joke.

Anyway, to the point. In many on the villages I passed through on my travels, I noticed they had warning signs advising you were approaching a 30 limit, basically these were black and white, as apposed to red and white signs.

This seemed to me a more sensible way of warning people, rather than the sudden speed restrictions.

Mark

carla_wrx

I got caught doing 35 in 30 limit i was offered the speed awareness course. You pay £75 rather than the £60 fine and go on a half day course, but you don't receive the points.It depends if they do this in your area.

David Lock

Anyone know which areas do these courses? Just got NIP for 41 in 30 in Horsham area (West Sussex). Happy to pay extra if it avoids points. Thanks D

catalunya199

i got speeding the other day and got away with it but thats another story.when talking to a copper in the station he told me all about the speed limits everyone knows you get 10% of the limit but he also said add 2mph cause its all to do with your speedo and there speed guns so you should argue your case cause that come from a copper.

wakeboardar

who came up for the design of a square grey box then

Ray_li

I dont know who came up with the grey boxes. They are so boring. Iv been told its a german company.

fitzscoob

thats so bad that sucks

greasemonkey

Tee hee. Sorry Ray, but you can't help but laugh at the irony of a speed camera designer being hoist on his own petard.

Anyway, that out of the way, you're right, 35mph is taking the pee, and, AFAIAA, it's beneath the ACPO policy for camera prosecutions, which is, again AFAIAA, 10% of the speed limit +3mph - in other words 36 in a 30.

In addition to the previously mentioned tricks regarding not signing the NIP and getting someone else to fill it in, you should the police to produce the calibration certificate for the camera concerned on the day of the alleged offence, and also ask for a copy of the video footage for independent analysis.

It's so close to the bone, that you may also find it worthwhile to ask for the camera to be examined by an expert. If the Feds can't produce the calibration certificate or the video, you're off the hook, and if you make enough of a fuss of verifying it, you may find they'd prefer to just drop it.

SiDHEaD

Ray: where was this?? I know you're pretty local!

Andy

Ray_li

spoke to my dad and it turns out he was driving the car that day and time. If you know what i mean

I got done driving through Blakedown. they IT guy at work got done there not long ago to.