Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > Speed camera question for anyone in tunbridge wells.

[Redsps]

I need some assistance with a speed camera question peeps.
There is a fix camera on the pembry road going into tunbridge wells. My question being this, I understand that this camera has a habbit of taking shots of oncoming traffic aswell as the rear of traffic passing it.
Can a photo of an oncoming car taken by a rear facing cam still be used against a driver.
Also if another car was passing the cam at the same time, how are the two cars viewed, if you get my drift.

cheers
R

[andyb]

pass it at the regulated speed and ....hey presto, no picture! ;=)

[Redsps]

yes, passing it within the set limit, no pic.
But if it flashes at you on your approach and one is not speeding whats the format for that.
Surely fixed cameras set for rear images and speeding, but take pics of oncoming traffic before they get to the cam are incorrect.
can you clarify.

cheers

[chris.p]

Originally Posted by andyb

pass it at the regulated speed and ....hey presto, no picture! ;=)

Aarh, but what if the oncoming car is going faster ( ie faster than the recomended speed for that stretch of road) & the other one is abiding the recomended speed for that stretch of the road????, then what happens if both are on the same picture???


Chris

[Redsps]

exactly, if I was in a pic of two cars both taken by the same camera at the same time going in differnt directions,and I was'nt speeding ,whats the format.
how can one be proved to be speeding over the other.

[Sharpy G]

check this:

http://www.ukspeedtraps.co.uk/rept2005.pdf

got me off a 3 pointer ! for 35 in a 30, non pedestrianised industrial area at 5am ! handheld STI 2020 with cam attachment

tho' would be surprised if cam on opposite side of road can get you coming head on

[Loz]

What about that speed gun test reported by Bike magazine a while back? It clocked a stationary brick wall at 58 mph!

Sorry, off topic, I'll get me coat.

[Carbon749]

thought they used the white marks on the road as a second check on speed etc. I thought they took 2 pic's and measured the change in vehicle position using the lines. That way then can also calculate your speed, knowing the distance covered in a set time between the 2 pic's being taken.

[ath748]

Originally Posted by Carbon749

thought they used the white marks on the road as a second check on speed etc. I thought they took 2 pic's and measured the change in vehicle position using the lines. That way then can also calculate your speed, knowing the distance covered in a set time between the 2 pic's being taken.

Yep that's what i thought. Those white lines are so handy.

[lizzie]

I think Carbon749 is right.

As far as the one on the Pembury Road is concerned, I think the white lines are marked on both sides of the road so I've always worked on the basis that you could be 'got' in either direction. The camera certainly flashes if someone is speeding towards it and there are no other vehicles around.

I have heard stories of local bikers travelling towards it setting it off deliberately to use up the film.... how naughty!