Can a Forward Facing Speed Camera SEE in the dark?
Can a Forward Facing Speed Camera SEE in the dark?
14 February 2009, 09:13 PM
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http://www.speedcamerasuk.com/speed-...eed-camera.jpg
Just read that they take a picture with no flash ........
Just read that they take a picture with no flash ........
14 February 2009, 09:15 PM
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http://www.speedcamerasuk.com/speed-...eed-camera.jpg
Just read that they take a picture with no flash ........
Just read that they take a picture with no flash ........
14 February 2009, 09:20 PM
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Well, coming back from the South Coast this evening ...... 50 MPH limit - goes into a 40 for what appears to be about about 100 yards - then back to 50MPH.
I stayed at 50 all the way through ..... I genuinely missed the 40 ...... passed the camera, thought I was OK at 50 ..... then I passed a Big 50 Sign (with 40 on the rear of it!) BOLLOX!! maybe I was doing 48?
I have a 2 week wait, haven't I?
I stayed at 50 all the way through ..... I genuinely missed the 40 ...... passed the camera, thought I was OK at 50 ..... then I passed a Big 50 Sign (with 40 on the rear of it!) BOLLOX!! maybe I was doing 48?
I have a 2 week wait, haven't I?
14 February 2009, 09:22 PM
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I reckon I got hit by one today in a fárty little village en route to Market Harborough!! Almost straight bit of road, albeit a village but after a long NSL stretch, with about 20 houses!!
I'd naturally slowed down and would never had thought such a place would have a camera but when I looked at my speedo it indicated 34. Now ordinarily that should be fine but who knows.
We wait.
I'd naturally slowed down and would never had thought such a place would have a camera but when I looked at my speedo it indicated 34. Now ordinarily that should be fine but who knows.
We wait.
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14 February 2009, 11:00 PM
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check to see if you have been 'flashed'....
UK Speed Camera Database. Check to see if you have been caught speeding
UK Speed Camera Database. Check to see if you have been caught speeding
14 February 2009, 11:15 PM
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Check the signs 
This does not comply with the RTA definition of a change of limit sign, and as such the previous limit is still in force
This does not comply with the RTA definition of a change of limit sign, and as such the previous limit is still in force
15 February 2009, 09:44 AM
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These cameras are made by Truvelo. They are forward facing and are triggered by piezo sensors in the road. There will be 3 painted lines on the road surface. the camera flash is a normal white flash but has a magenta filter to take the edge of the intensity.
Unless you saw a bright blinding flash in your face, then the camera is inactive
Unless you saw a bright blinding flash in your face, then the camera is inactive
15 February 2009, 11:32 AM
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I sympathise, I spent two weeks last year really regretting a blast across Anglessey, my transgression was more than 10 mph over (a lot more) but luckily I got away with it and dont want to repeat the 14 days of panic when the post comes.
15 February 2009, 11:39 AM
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check to see if you have been 'flashed'....
UK Speed Camera Database. Check to see if you have been caught speeding
UK Speed Camera Database. Check to see if you have been caught speeding
Had me going then
15 February 2009, 01:07 PM
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These cameras are made by Truvelo. They are forward facing and are triggered by piezo sensors in the road. There will be 3 painted lines on the road surface. the camera flash is a normal white flash but has a magenta filter to take the edge of the intensity.
Unless you saw a bright blinding flash in your face, then the camera is inactive
Unless you saw a bright blinding flash in your face, then the camera is inactive
Just checked and the ones I encountered appear to be PEEK traffic cameras and from what I just read are rear facing and will flash. I got a brief look of the camera and it wasn't your normal Gatso or Truvelo.
That means I'm safe.
15 February 2009, 03:09 PM
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They had a trial on the A12 last year where the forward facing cameras would display your number plate telling you to slow on an electronic board if you were going too fast.
The distance they worked at was quite surprising, even in the dark.
The distance they worked at was quite surprising, even in the dark.
15 February 2009, 04:15 PM
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I have seen several Truvelo cameras being triggered by other vehicles, the flash is not limited to the infra spectrum only, The flash is bright enough to be in the visible light spectrum. Photos on Pepipoo of Truvelo images show a pink tint to them.
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