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Flashed twice by Gatso on opposite side of road !!
As above , No lines on my side, Noramlly on approaching the only flash once !! It was a fixed one not rotating...
I know it should not be a fine but you cannot but help womdering ??? Dean |
all the ones i have seen before flash twice - bee ntold it allows them to measure your distance in the time between the two??
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Don't worry about it mate, Gatsos can be triggered by cars in the opposite direction, but pictures can ONLY be used to prosecute when taken from behind!
BTW Was it your speed that set it off? ;-) Best |
Take the Max and Paddy approach ..... You wont get a ticket then no matter what :D
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same happened to me last week
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hell of a user name richie ........ can you fit anymore coma's in there???
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but pictures can ONLY be used to prosecute when taken from behind! I got gunned on Thursday by a plod with a hand held square fronted "radar/camera?" in a traffic car, I was doing 82ish. Camera? Or radar and no 'pull' because I was within the boundaries? Simon. BMW Rallying.com |
I think the laws are different for fixed gatso's,hand held and specs etc.
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Gatsos only have type approval for photos from behind.
TruVelo's can only be used for photos in front, but these have either no flash or a slight magenta flash. Radar and Laser work in either direction. As there was a flash, it was a gatso and you are safe. Odd that it went off though, I've overtaken people in the face of an oncoming gatso and it didn't go off. |
TruVelo's can only be used for photos in front, If so.:cry: Simon. BMW Rallying.com |
Originally Posted by Lum
Gatsos only have type approval for photos from behind.
As there was a flash, it was a gatso and you are safe. Odd that it went off though, I've overtaken people in the face of an oncoming gatso and it didn't go off. There was 2 lanes on the southbound carriageway (the direction I was travelling) and a single lane Northbound. All 3 lanes had the markings on the road though. The Gatso was on the Northbound carriageway. |
Originally Posted by M3 Compact
Does the front of these resemble 4 inch square TV screen with a 'cowl'?
If so.:cry: FWIW, there are two kinds of TruVelo, both kinds have inductive loops in the road used to measure your speed (noticeable by square patched sections of road) these aren't dangerous. The dangerous kind also has 3 very narrow, close together, white stripes across the road, and this is the kind that actually takes photographs and gets you done, the others are just use to flash "slow down" signs and so on. Gatsos have the long ruler-like marks down the centre or edge of the road, usually a good 4 metres or more. |
Originally Posted by theotherphil
There was 2 lanes on the southbound carriageway (the direction I was travelling) and a single lane Northbound. All 3 lanes had the markings on the road though. The Gatso was on the Northbound carriageway.
They usually do and it's a common scare tactic to make you think the gatso is monitoring all lanes. Have a look at motorway roadworks gatsos that actually monitor all the lanes. the lane 3 markings are much further ahead than the lane 1 markings. The device is a camera, it has a narrowish field of vision and points diagnolly across the carrigeway. In theory a camera partnership could try to do you with those images and scam you out of 60 quid, but if it went to court, you'd win because the home office type approval only covers the camera for vehicles travelling away, so the evidence is invalid. I dont know of anyone who has been hassled as a result of a forward-facing gatso photo. |
Originally Posted by Lum
They usually do and it's a common scare tactic to make you think the gatso is monitoring all lanes.
It's actually there so you don't just move into the other lane in an effort to not get caught :) |
Originally Posted by gljam
It's actually there so you don't just move into the other lane in an effort to not get caught
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Originally Posted by gljam
It's actually there so you don't just move into the other lane in an effort to not get caught
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could do, but i don't make the rules......
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I was also thinking the other day ( bit bored at work :rolleyes: ) if you were reversing at more than the speed limit and got flashed, could they do you??
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