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

[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!

[Paul James]

Seem to be so many different types but we should all rejoice at the added safety they afford us :-)))

We have a great system operating here now that can check all kinds of info about the car just by looking at the number plate, saw it in action yesterday on the way back from the seaside. It can tell who owns the car, if it is taxed, if the driver is insured etc. (Andyb can probably confirm) so I guess we will see a reduction in other illegal motoring activities.

Bet they aren't allowed to set it up within 50 miles of a "travellers" site though ;-))))

[jeff st4s]

My mate worked in a police station (not one of the boys though).
He said that the standard yellow machines only get you from behind that is why they swivel around, the blue ones can get you front on.
It happened to me before I was going forwards towards a yellow camera in a car above the speed limit and it flashed at me, nothing arrived in the post.
He reckons it could simply be something small flew/blew in front of the lense and this set it off.
I was also told you sometimes see cameras double flash, this is them recalibrating themselves (a magistrate this time).

[Ray]

If you ever get an NIP for a GATSO using the lines on the road get the pictures so that you can calculate your speed yourself to check up on the calculations from the speed tax office if you think you have doubt over the speed.

There will be two pictures, hence two flashes. The time period between the two flashes is set/known. The distance travelled is known. Time period is known hence the speed can be calculated.

Ray

[andyb]

Film......er digital...............keeps going and going!