Tuvelo Speed cameras
 

Does anyone have the info on these Tuvelo spped camerias, the ones with the two different sized lenses ?
If you are travelling towards it , on a bike, then if you do not have a front no. plate
they cannot identify you. Do they flash at night, or am I being optimistically naive and there's some fiendishly clever part that catches you, come what may.
In a car , how do you know if you have been Tuveloed ?
Answers please from them that know.

Truvelo is used 24/7 just like the Gatso.
The two "lenses" are actually one camera lens & a flash with a filter to allow the use of Infra Red sensitive film to pick you up day or night.
At night, you will se a purple flash, in the day light it can depend how sunny it is as to whether you see the flash or not.
They do not use radar, being triggered by piezo detector strips in the road so can't be easily detected except by GPS based units or the Mk I eyeball.
They also can be mounted to allow them to photograph the rear plate.
Hope this helps........

[Edited on 26-4-2004 by Rushjob]

As Rushjob says, if it's facing you, you're safe on a bike, and they work off the strips buried in the road.

Most of the ones local to me only have the strips across half the carriageway approaching the camera, and again on the other carriageway after passing the camera for when the camera is pointed the other way. Based on this, it's possible to avoid the piezo strips altogether.. not so easy in a car though, and I think the newer ones have the detector strips right across the road as well now

have read this somewhere before but surely a bike too light to activate the strips they put in and on the road ??

[Edited on 26-4-2004 by Nigel C]

You still got to be careful with these even though they can't read your plate from the front shot.
My buddy in Hants const. says they look out for the same bike appearing in their photo album and if the see lots of pretty pictures of the same bike then they'll look out for you riding round, and even bring prosecution if they think they can identify you.

Just save it for the track!

Sneaky?
 

Can even mount a camera a few yards back down the road to get a rear-on piccie of all you crims on bikes who think you can get away without a front number plate! :biaggi:

They will pick up a pushbike going over the piezo strips, never mind a motorcycle......

Does anyone know how far back from the camera the sensors are? Near me, there are three lines on the carriageway two or three yards from the camera.

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Yellow - there are 3 white lines just back from the camera. Just before them, there are group of strips embedded in the tarmac, that have been tarred over the top and are visible as black strips buried in the road. The whole thing is over and done with in the space of 10 yards or so.

And as others have said... I don't trust them one little bit. I've often thought that if a yellow Ducati kept appearing in photos every Sunday morning then it wouldn't take long before they come and wait.

Er.. you could always plan ahead and obey the limits? :devil:

..............and has anyone considered why they are there in the first place?

I know of one place where they are used..........on the A1...........residential but dual carriageway with national speed limit application either side. Also, couple of nasty bends, tight and with Armco very close to the road................

.........one place where cameras have been sensibly located.

andyb, have to agree - most of the Northampton ones seem to be in sensible locations to me - close to nasty junctions - hell, there's even one outside the school in Roade!

What a waste of space!
 

You call that humour?

Paul, don't encourage him, by replying to any of the usual garbage ...

Methinks you doth protest too much and and you are always posting too much about being 'happy' - are you hoping to meet a 'special friend' on the site??

PS I agree with you about there being some real *** on the site!

[Edited on 27-4-2004 by Moderator]

Nop doubt about it
 

Anybody reading your posts VM would wholeheartedly agree that you really are doing a good job of putting people off.

Yes, there are some good and genuine people on here, shame you cant follow their lead and act like a grown up instead of looking to get a reaction wherever you go. If you are the true face of popular opinion then heaven help the rest of this world. We all have rules and standards we live by, some are set by the "powers that be", other standards, like the way we behave towards others, are set by ourselves. You're obviously incapable of setting realistic controls over your own behaviour, your replies above confirm that, so explain why we shouldnt stop you from behaving in a way that hurts others for your own gratification?

[Edited on 27-4-2004 by Moderator]

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Heh, you're so wide of the mark it's almost funny!

:o Someone pass me my valium:o


Chris:roll:

Hey Rushjob, what do you do for a living, you know a lot about Truvelo systems!;)

After my attempted started post about Foggy I was wondering when the moderator would kick in on this thread .. I guess they have day jobs too.....

Come on guys, you know better ... you know what I'm talking about ...

TP

At the risk of getting "moderated" I'd like to make a comment based on the original theme of this thread.

Having visited the offices of the Northants camera team I can confirm that people on bikes persistently going through the forward facing Truvelo cameras will be waited for down the road and the error of their ways explained to them.

I'm not convinced that they add to safety, one in particular near me is sited on a relatively new slip road which joins the A43 dual carriageway. It's there to slow people down at what is a very poorly designed junction, this newish section of dual carriageway has several very dangerous and unneccesary junctions where it is possible for drivers and riders to cross the oncoming traffic. It would have made far more sense to route them via the next roundabout. So there are (as usual) more than one way of looking at the value of these things, I for one don't believe that all cameras are put in place for safety reasons. How often are you travelling at the limit for the road when some pratt in front doing the same speed sees the camera at the last minute and jumps on the brakes leaving a trail of smoking rubber !!.