Is this something we should be scared of?
02 May 2001, 09:55 AM
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Just had this mail in from a mate.
Be aware of the new speed cameras which are being erected the
complete length of the A' and 'M Roads. They are recognised by a tall blue
coloured pole and a small aerial pole next to it. We may have a
possible stay of execution, due to the privacy law up-holding these units
from being switched on. At the moment it is being debated within
Parliament.
SPEEDCHECK SVVD or SPECS went on-line last week-end on the M1,netting 4,300
offenders in a single day. The system does not use instantaneous speed
like
the cameras we're all familiar with, instead measuring the average speed of
every vehicle over a distance of about a mile.
How?
By reading your license plates and matching them up camera-to-camera.
Kent and Leicestershire police are so impressed with it that systems
are being erected in their enforcement areas too. This is a new system
which has now entered service after successful trials on the M1 and
M20 in the UK.
>
SPEEDCHECK SVDD (Sureway Video Detection Device) is a system
similar in concept to the GATSO, but with a new twist. SVDD deploys
cameras at either end of a measured baseline, (up to 500 metres) to
monitor vehicles 24 hours a day. Using machine vision, vehicle number
plates are read, and the precise time of each observation recorded and
as a vehicle passes the second camera, the number plate records are
matched, and an average speed for the vehicle is calculated. If this
is above the trigger speed, then the vehicle's identification is recorded
along with it's speed.
>
It is also flashed up on a huge illuminated sign further down the
road to embarrass the driver into slowing down. When triggered, the
detection technology used in these cameras automatically records the date,
precise time, location and speed of the offending vehicle, along with a
detailed image of the front of the vehicle, which clearly records the
number plate,make, model, who is driving and colour of the vehicle.
>
There's five overriding reasons for the habitual speeder to be
afraid of this system.
1. It works 24 hours a day.
2. Needs no film!
3. Uses no flash!
4. Uses no radar!
5. It's been proven to be over 99% accurate in almost all weather
conditions. It doesn't do spot-speed checking. A GATSO can
only check the speed of a vehicle within a certain range,
so the tactic most drivers use now is to slow down for the
camera and then speed up again once past it.
>
SPEEDCHECK measures average speed over a known distance. So if you
do 60mph under each camera and then speed up to 80 mph in between,
your average speed is likely to be near 70mph - 10 over the limit
imposed, you're nicked.SVDD say this means that the system can impose a far
smoother flow of traffic eliminating slow-fast driving that the
GATSO cameras provoke.
>
Because it's automated, the system is entirely self-sufficient.
It's hooked up to the DVLA computers, and can automatically process the
fines and send out notices in the post.
>
Please pass this one on to as many people as you can. There are 60
new cameras that start operating on the M25 on Monday 14 June 2001.
These are between the A3 and M40. They are digital and linked direct to
computer, use no film or flashgun. They can deal with 60,000 tickets EVERY
HOUR.
...or is it a bunch of a**e?
Be aware of the new speed cameras which are being erected the
complete length of the A' and 'M Roads. They are recognised by a tall blue
coloured pole and a small aerial pole next to it. We may have a
possible stay of execution, due to the privacy law up-holding these units
from being switched on. At the moment it is being debated within
Parliament.
SPEEDCHECK SVVD or SPECS went on-line last week-end on the M1,netting 4,300
offenders in a single day. The system does not use instantaneous speed
like
the cameras we're all familiar with, instead measuring the average speed of
every vehicle over a distance of about a mile.
How?
By reading your license plates and matching them up camera-to-camera.
Kent and Leicestershire police are so impressed with it that systems
are being erected in their enforcement areas too. This is a new system
which has now entered service after successful trials on the M1 and
M20 in the UK.
>
SPEEDCHECK SVDD (Sureway Video Detection Device) is a system
similar in concept to the GATSO, but with a new twist. SVDD deploys
cameras at either end of a measured baseline, (up to 500 metres) to
monitor vehicles 24 hours a day. Using machine vision, vehicle number
plates are read, and the precise time of each observation recorded and
as a vehicle passes the second camera, the number plate records are
matched, and an average speed for the vehicle is calculated. If this
is above the trigger speed, then the vehicle's identification is recorded
along with it's speed.
>
It is also flashed up on a huge illuminated sign further down the
road to embarrass the driver into slowing down. When triggered, the
detection technology used in these cameras automatically records the date,
precise time, location and speed of the offending vehicle, along with a
detailed image of the front of the vehicle, which clearly records the
number plate,make, model, who is driving and colour of the vehicle.
>
There's five overriding reasons for the habitual speeder to be
afraid of this system.
1. It works 24 hours a day.
2. Needs no film!
3. Uses no flash!
4. Uses no radar!
5. It's been proven to be over 99% accurate in almost all weather
conditions. It doesn't do spot-speed checking. A GATSO can
only check the speed of a vehicle within a certain range,
so the tactic most drivers use now is to slow down for the
camera and then speed up again once past it.
>
SPEEDCHECK measures average speed over a known distance. So if you
do 60mph under each camera and then speed up to 80 mph in between,
your average speed is likely to be near 70mph - 10 over the limit
imposed, you're nicked.SVDD say this means that the system can impose a far
smoother flow of traffic eliminating slow-fast driving that the
GATSO cameras provoke.
>
Because it's automated, the system is entirely self-sufficient.
It's hooked up to the DVLA computers, and can automatically process the
fines and send out notices in the post.
>
Please pass this one on to as many people as you can. There are 60
new cameras that start operating on the M25 on Monday 14 June 2001.
These are between the A3 and M40. They are digital and linked direct to
computer, use no film or flashgun. They can deal with 60,000 tickets EVERY
HOUR.
...or is it a bunch of a**e?
02 May 2001, 10:52 AM
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ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH
Please, please, please, please, please....
Do a search or check back over the last couple of days of posts before sticking up bollocks like this.
How many times did that "don't pay all the speeding fine" message get posted? I can see this going the same way.
Chris.
Please, please, please, please, please....
Do a search or check back over the last couple of days of posts before sticking up bollocks like this.
How many times did that "don't pay all the speeding fine" message get posted? I can see this going the same way.
Chris.
02 May 2001, 11:13 AM
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by Dave T-S:
<B>Greg
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<B>Greg
Rest assured you are posting your quota of bollox from down under - get back to the Muppet forum where you belong
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