Strange Camera's
15 May 2003, 07:17 PM
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Did anybody see all the camera's placed on bridges around cumbernauld today, big heavy duty ones and small hand held ones on tripods on the back road at the sewage works ?????, i'm thinking traffic volume monitoring but could it be somethin else ???.
15 May 2003, 08:01 PM
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yeh - they have been there the last two days, facing a different direction yesterday....dont think they are speed related....but then again you can never be sure.....dont see any traffic police about though...
15 May 2003, 08:28 PM
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Methinks they are surveying traffic levels re: M80 / Auchenkilns Interchange work.
---john---
(Though I did see one flash this morning Chris, just as you passed it
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---john---
(Though I did see one flash this morning Chris, just as you passed it
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15 May 2003, 11:18 PM
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Saw something like this on Wednesday around 6pm near the start of the M73, looking down off the gartcosh/muirhead overpass. (1st bridge you come to from the A80 from heading for carlisle)
I came off at that junction and was quite shocked to be honest as it looked like a serious bit of kit - 2 to 3 cameras on tripods pointing down at the road off the bridge.
I just thought it was some sort of speed trap type thing as they had a White unmarked Van with one bloke standing by the cameras and a white unmarked ford puma with 2 blokes sitting inside.
[Edited by Hos - 5/15/2003 11:21:15 PM]
I came off at that junction and was quite shocked to be honest as it looked like a serious bit of kit - 2 to 3 cameras on tripods pointing down at the road off the bridge.
I just thought it was some sort of speed trap type thing as they had a White unmarked Van with one bloke standing by the cameras and a white unmarked ford puma with 2 blokes sitting inside.
[Edited by Hos - 5/15/2003 11:21:15 PM]
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16 May 2003, 02:10 AM
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This looks like more than a coincidence.
Travelling westbound into Glasgow on the M8 near Easterhouse, about 11:30 yesterday (Thursday), there was an orange cased device on a pedestrian overbridge. I assumed at the time it was survey work for the large groundworks being done on the North side of the road. Now I'm not so sure.
Travelling westbound into Glasgow on the M8 near Easterhouse, about 11:30 yesterday (Thursday), there was an orange cased device on a pedestrian overbridge. I assumed at the time it was survey work for the large groundworks being done on the North side of the road. Now I'm not so sure.
16 May 2003, 12:44 PM
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I noticed these heading from Glasgow from the auchenkillens (sp) roundabout last night about 6, near filled my pants when i clocked them, both lanes 
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Then further up the road they appeared on another bridge, could be wrong but they looked suspiciously like speed cameras to me. Like the ones using constant recording to gain average speed but as said earlier could (read - hope!
) be monitoring traffic volume
!Then further up the road they appeared on another bridge, could be wrong but they looked suspiciously like speed cameras to me. Like the ones using constant recording to gain average speed but as said earlier could (read - hope!
) be monitoring traffic volume
16 May 2003, 02:37 PM
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If they are recording video nasty's then a certain Mr Trance could be in trouble for a certain undertaking manouver yesterday evening which was in perfect timing of the cameras. You will have to learn to drive sensibly like me gregg.
P.s. liked your pufferfish impression trying to get up on the board on the park yesterday, hows the ribs ....
John, ave you been tweekin your suspension, car looked quite low down yesterday.
Chris
P.s. liked your pufferfish impression trying to get up on the board on the park yesterday, hows the ribs ....
John, ave you been tweekin your suspension, car looked quite low down yesterday.
Chris
19 May 2003, 12:38 PM
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If the police are montioring the site, then maybe they can let us know what's going on on our roads, these extra cameras of unknown origin are a danger, as many motorists do emergency slow downs when they see them.
I noticed these cameras on the A79/8 last week, both in Prestwick and near Troon.
I was lucky to notice the driver in front of me, slowing down from sillyfast speed to sillyslow speed, just in time for me to avoid rear ending him.
Like I say, unmarked cameras are a danger, it's bad enough with the marked ones.
I noticed these cameras on the A79/8 last week, both in Prestwick and near Troon.
I was lucky to notice the driver in front of me, slowing down from sillyfast speed to sillyslow speed, just in time for me to avoid rear ending him.
Like I say, unmarked cameras are a danger, it's bad enough with the marked ones.
19 May 2003, 01:06 PM
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A bit off topic here, but I agree with the cameras cause accidents statement, I was driving up the A90 last night sticking to 70mph as I always do on that road when I started to gain on a HGV, unfortunately somebody was closing on me in the outside lane so I let off the power until the other car past, just as I started to pull out the 4rse spotted the camera and slammed on their brakes I almost ended up in the back of this idiot thankfully I wasn't too far out so I could pull back into the inside lane and avoid him.
I support cameras in the correct areas eg towns outside schools and where speed limits change from 60's to 30's and stuff like that but most are just cash generators
I support cameras in the correct areas eg towns outside schools and where speed limits change from 60's to 30's and stuff like that but most are just cash generators
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