Keigo

Last night, I was in 40 zone, doing a little over that (about 45-50), and the camera on the other side of the road flashed. I spoke to someone, and they said the police aren't allowed to prosecute you with it, as it's a Human right violation, for taking photo of your face on the road (???) Does anyone have an experience with it?

talizman

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The camera has detected that "something" has triggered it, however, you can only be prosecuted when you are driving on the same side of the road, past the camera. Also, due to the fact that when the second snap was taken you were probably already past the camera, or at the very least, outwith the calibrated road markings.

Blobster

GATSO's only snap you from behind (ie, once you've past it).
I think it's the TRUVELO ones that snap you as you approach and they are designed to picture the driver so you can't get away with claiming you're not the driver.

If you were snapped by a GATSO - no worries

If it was a TRUVELO - hard lines

Best of luck,
Blobster


Of course I could be talking out of my hat.....

Uldis

It happened to me as well with no consequences, bt I think because the Gatso was out of film.
There was a Gatso on the other side of the road facing me and it flashed once.
Either it was out of film or it got confused because of the direction.
I was concerned for a while, but never received a notification, so should be ok.

Uldis

Mega

Was it a quite area?
If you were to return say 3.30 in the morning
With the following items:-
Coke bottle of fuel
A coat hanger
an old tyre
a Match

Don't forget to blank your plate!
Cheers
Megae

Oatcake

I,ve actually seen gatso's flash for no apparent reason a couple of times, once i was parked up at the side of the road some way away from the gatso and it went off with no cars even on the road.

Ali Scott

I always set the gatso off coming up a hill towards it, with the camera on the other side of the road.. It can only record your speed if you go past it with it behind you. It will take 2 pictures (Flash twice) and they will work out your speed measuring the gap between flashes..

Dont worry fella, I'm sure you'll be alright!!!

[Edited by Ali Scott - 8/24/2003 9:15:31 PM]

talizman

iTrader: (1)

Digressing slightly here.....

During the quieter parts of the night shift, I would park up, out of sight, on a side road of a dual carriageway directly opposite a 50mph Gatso. When cars went past, the drivers usually half sleeping, I'd give the full beam a quick double flash. Brakes lights and confusion ensued.

How sad, but it was fun at the time!

Keigo

Thanks guys for the reassurance. It freightened the life out of me, that did!

rickydiver

Your safe if it was a GATSO (big grey box) I went through one at 100mph 2 months ago and have heard nothing. Thank F***

slasha

Gatso's that flash you on the opposite side of the road are indeed out of film so you've got no worries. An of the nice policemen that use this site would be able to confirm this, but will they???

Wurzel

iTrader: (1)

Do human rights not apply in Germany then considering ALL our speed cameras are front facing so they can get a picture of who was driving.

mentat

There's a camera near me that i can always set of going in the opposite direction, whether going faster than the speed limit or not.
They cannot prosecute you since the evidence is the speed at which you cover the little white lines on the road, and since you're going in the opposite direction, they can't show it.

As i understand it, there's no human rights issues to having your photo taken. Truvelo cameras take your photo from the front (infra red - so no flash to blind you) but they will only send the photo if you specifically ask for it, to prevent any embarrasment if you were driving with someone you didn't want to get caught with!

16vmarc

Do speed cameras have to be visible?

Mortywrx

yes they do have to be visible...all the ones around Leeds are now yellow boxes and a road sign saying approx between 50 - 300m away "speed camera"

There is a road in Leeds "Middleton" that have both facing and non-facing camera's with markings on the road and there is about 4 sets of these roughly 1 mile in a straight line.

16vmarc

In that case would i b right in sayin if your speedin on a highway and theres no cameras abt your ok? Unless of course theres a police car parked up.

cheeseboy

Not true Wurzel! There are new ones mounted on the base of the overhead signs now... Just before entering a tunnel near me I saw the car infront get flashed. As I passed I saw the lines on the road, and the camera and flash unit above. It is still there - and in all 3 lanes... before hand the speed is open then a 120 sign, then the 100 sign then the 80 sign with camera... then the tunnel. So be careful...

NC

A.N Other

Firstly stop being so lazy and using the 'text' speak, it makes your questions hard to understand, having to decipher that.

As for the comment about being OK to speed on a highway because there are no camera's is not the attitude! If you double your speed you quadruple your stopping distance. If you speed you run the risk of being caught, and when you get caught you will probably come on here moaning about it and how unfair the police are.

As for the points about the GATSO camera on the other side of the road that flashed, you would not be dealt with for that regardless, as the GATSO does not have type approval for forward facing photography.

talizman

iTrader: (1)

Listen to A.N.other, the person who doesn't speed!

Wish I was whiter than white too!

met

i used to love bombing down the a4 just outside osterely station & triggering the camera on the otherside of the road, what fun just to scare the motorists on the other side, it senses that something has enetered its laser field & flashes automatically, they cant get you though mate,

Paul .G

So they cant do you if you are travelling torwards the Gatso,
Round here they have got white lines on both sides of the carridgway to and from the Gatso.
Is this just scare tactics then ??

cw42

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check this one out guys uk speedtrap guide
chris.

Mr.Cookie

paul thats just sp they can turn them around/move them for different lanes, i was once told that if you get falshed by a gatso when your going the oposite way it means it's just a dummy one and cant tell traffic direction, but imho there is a great deal of urban myth about these things.

Si
Ps i speed from time to time rarely in 30's and 40's though if i get caught i'll shrug my shoulders and do my time but i won't whinge about it on here and see if i can get off it, and this isn't a dig at original poster

AlanS

Don't forget the "hidey holes" that are becoming more frequent in the more rural areas. These are induction loops buried in the road that the Police can plug into, then pull you further up the road.