a1oku

at the risk of being well boring...i know this has been aired a lot but i need to know.Sat. night i was flashed by a camera on other side of the road.It was definately me cause it was 2 am and nothing else around.it was a well bright double flash.Can they do you from other side of road???

andy97

iTrader: (1)

Was it a Gatso or Truvelo

Flingstam

If it was a Gatso, I also need to know this info. Truvelo can of course catch you in either direction...

davedipster

Gatsos can't if their are no road markings on your side of the road.

Flingstam

Well, that is a relief. I suspected as much, but I was still a tad concerned.

Cheers,

f

davedipster

Take a slow drive past and have a look at the road

bartmanuk

if it was face on then no it cannot be used,gatso's can only be used to get you from behind...no matter wot markings are on the road

BM

GC8

Truvellos can be set for oncoming violations from either side of the road; GATSOs can be set for oncoming violations but they dont have Home Office approval so unless the Camera Partnership is particulalry enterprising, you shouldnt be prosecuted. Youll know which type it was Im sure as a GATSO flashes twice whereas a Truvello device flashes once and there is a strong pink tinge to the flash.

Hope this helps.

Simon

bartmanuk

they can now dave,they super impose the markings on to the photo now.

BM

Flingstam

I think I may have set off an oncoming Gatso on Friday evening. It freaked me out a bit, but not half as much as the Scooby Wagon owner who was about to pass it in the opposite direction. I think he/she braked a little excessively when the road in front was suddenly lit up, and there was no one there...

Roojai

They are not supposed to photo you from the front - the flash could cause night-blindness and a crash. Only the IR Truvelo can.

davedipster

Dipster

davedipster

Maybe I trust my snooper GPS too much, it gives no warning of forward facing Gatso cameras with no markings on my side.

Dipster

a1oku

you tell me wot one it was...it was yellow one with seemed like 2 lenses.dont know bout colour of flash...all i know is it was well bright...blinded me and it was on other side of road...the A3 just south of chessington where the 70mph kicks in.it faces north and i was goin south!!!

bartmanuk

when you say forward facing do you mean one that gets a picture of your rear??

BM

a1oku

no.this thing flashed at me,from the other side of the road as i drew towards it.it flashed in my face.how long is it before the fine comes through??days or weeks??ta

damian666

Its a gatso.

A very profitable gatso from what I hear! However, if you are past the hook 'underpass' section before the flashes started then you are OK - don't forget there is one pointing south at Hook!

bartmanuk

this was actually a question for davedipster,

but as you ask,if this camera flashed twice then it is definatly a gatso,gatsos CANNOT be used to get you from the front,the home office has not approved it therefore no partnership can use them this way.

if it only flashed once then it was a truvelo,these can only be used to get you from the front,and NOT from the rear.

BM