lee green impreza

can the above camara catch you speeding going towards it? there were no painted lines on my side of the road, this was at 3 am this morning whilest driving the work van,

Lee

wez_sti

no mate, your fine

lee green impreza

why would it flash twice then mate??

roguck

2 flashes need to be taken so the speed may be calculated from the number of lines covered. It is an auto trigger, but they are not supposed to be reliable from the front.

Fixel

Gatsos aren't supposed to flash when you're heading towards them, but I've seen them flash oncoming traffic on a duel carrigeway before! Less chance of you getting done though, especially with no lines on your side of the road, but I'm not entirely sure.

911

Beware!
are you SURE it was a Gatso/ The Truvelo camera is very similar, smaller in general, grey etc, BUT snaps from the front.
No white lines is the give away, i think you are ok. Most cameras flash with or without film, just to put the Sh*ts up everyone.
Bas*ard things, Bast*ard policy, makes more money than Glaxo!
911

wez_sti

they do still flash if you go past them at certain speeds which trigger them, i think certain speeds fool it into thinking your travelling the other way.

i knew a copper and he said that they arent allowed to prosecute if the car is coming towards the camera, unless its the newer sort specifically designed to do this.

i speed up for the one near me, been flashed probaly 5+ times, never heard a thing.

rb5037

Let people know the road and someone might be able to tell you what camera and you chances.

Truvelo camera that gets you from the front


The normal camera the catches you from behind

Myk

If your sure it was a gatso then you are fine.

The police need two pictures as stated above to prosecute. The first picture taken would have a shot of you and your car, the second picture would be of an empty road.

Mike

PS I speed up through the local cameras when going through the wrong way just to waste the film (Obviously if conditions allow!)

corradoboy

Truvelo's don't flash IIRC. With them being forward facing it would be distracting to drivers, and the roads are dangerous enough with all these speeding drivers

Fixel

I got busted by one a month ago and it did flash. It wasn't dazzling at all, so I'm wondering if it was Infra Red or something. To my eyes, there was a definate flash though.

alcazar

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I'm waiting for the first court case where someone following a speeding driver loses control because of being blinded.

As stated before: b@stard things, b@stard policy, b@stard government!

Alcazar

Chris L

TruVelo's use an infrared flash gun with infrared sensitive film, but as the human eye can't see infrared, I'm not sure you would actually see anything.

Chris

Harry_Boy

Correct Chris. The Truvelo flash is supposed to be invisible to the naked eye.

Fixel

I saw a flash from the camera and I got a ticket! It was definately a forward-facing Truvelo camera. It was dark and the camera was non-reflective grey, so it was a case of "oh ****, there's a... *******!".

Chris L

Perhaps there is some compensation for low light levels at night, which might explain a 'flash', but generally speaking, you won't see a flash from a TruVelo - that's the whole point - it is meant to be non-intrusive and non-distracting to a driver.

Chris

Fixel

Even though it flashed in my face, it was pretty much non-intrusive and non-distracting - it wasn't dazzling at all, which I found odd. Then confusion turned to anger...

haynesaj

I have had a similar issue with Gatso's on the opposite side of the road flashing me when approaching. Its something to do with the angle of the beams it produces going over onto the opposite carriageway. You have triggered it but it has take a picture of the opposite side of the road....which is empty....or may have a pic of someone elses motor. It hasn't got you.

Truvelos are forward firing but do not flash as already stated for safety reasons

Abdabz

I heard they had started putting tiny people inside gatso's now - the benefits are two fold:

1 - Constant maintenance and security - the tiny chap on hand to ask people not to petrol bomb his tiny metal home.

2 - When the film runs out he orders more and in the meantime plays practical jokes on drivers by using his digital camera flash to make people think they have been caught for speeding when in fact they havent...

These little dudes are mischevious blighters - beware!!

P

tinhead

I thought Gatsos only flash once when travelling towards them. My nearest camera is on a 30 limit but but when facing the camera the limit is 60 so I take great pleasure in triggering it when some poor sod is going past it dead on the 30 limit. Its surprising how many people still slam on when travelling towards a camera, most people obviously don't know how they work.
While we are on the subject of Truvelo, how do they get away with discriminating against car drivers because bikers cannot be identified. I thought all laws had to apply to everybody equally?

buzz_lightyear

If they use infra-red light, wonder what would happen if you made a metal number plate and heated it up?
Where I live the buggers have a SPECS system that reads average speed over 2 miles. I used to drive an Alfa 156 (number plate was offset to near side) and the game was to either tuck in behind another car as you passed the camera or run alongside the left hand kerb. Got away with it and never got caught!

Cheers