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  • Offline madmax

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Re:Speed Cameras
Reply #15 on: April 13, 2006, 16:54:37 PM
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Have you heard about the new cameras? Something my dad was talking about, they dont flash, they take your picture without needing to flash or something.  no idea what they are or what they are called.


Theyre bringing out new digital ones whichll apparently process your speeding ticket within half an hour and have it on your doorstep the following morning  :shock:


The ones without flash are those forwards facing infrared ones, been out ages.


Oh worst ones gonna be if they force GPS units onto each vehicle,
theyll track how far youve gone, what speed and if they transmit data back then theres potentially nothin stoping them monitoring where the car is or where its been  :shock:  :shock:  :shock:
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  • Offline Dec

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Re:Speed Cameras
Reply #16 on: April 13, 2006, 18:57:15 PM
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Oh worst ones gonna be if they force GPS units onto each vehicle,
theyll track how far youve gone, what speed and if they transmit data back then theres potentially nothin stoping them monitoring where the car is or where its been  :shock:  :shock:  :shock:


Then everyone just coveres it with tinfoil etc and carys on as normal. Theres noway thell even try and pull that one of in my opinion, way to expensive and easy to get round... Tho insurance brokers might start heavily discounting people if they have such black boxs or force under 21s to have them or something but in less there hardwired into the workings of the car it wont work. and todo that would cost loads...

Dec

p.s. Is that the excuse u gave ur perents this time jaimz? ;)
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Speed Cameras
Reply #17 on: April 14, 2006, 01:19:42 AM
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IIRC the camera result is inadmissable if the photo has more than one car in the shot.


How is it inadmissable? There are always false readings occuring with GATSOs , hence some contries have/are banning them.

For example, one gatso on a three lane road, if a car was to drive at exactly the same speed in each lane the camera would record three completely different speeds, some times upto 10mph apart from closest to->furthest away.
Whicj could effectivly clock some one doing 70mph (actual speed) as a reading of 80mph, therefore incring 3points!
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Re:Speed Cameras
Reply #18 on: April 14, 2006, 01:34:37 AM
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Theyre bringing out new digital ones whichll apparently process your speeding ticket within half an hour and have it on your doorstep the following morning  :shock:


yep, plus there the ones that measure your speed over a set distance :(

the only defence I can think of is the "we dont know who was driving" one

which is why im insured for any driver ;)

"we dont know who it was, it could have been any of these 10 people" .... "oh and they all work at the same place so can only come into court one at a time"  ;)  ;)
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  • Offline Dec

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Re:Speed Cameras
Reply #19 on: April 14, 2006, 11:46:28 AM
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the only defence I can think of is the "we dont know who was driving" one

which is why im insured for any driver ;)
 


That use to work but the laws changed, that loop holes been closed a year or more now... Its now the owner of the vehicle who is responsable to inform the police who was driving and NOT the police to prove who was driving. Else the owner gets the fine, open and shut case :P

Dec

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