What sort of technology is used to identify number plates in the dark? The mobile speed cameras utilise infrared flash technology and Optical Character Recognition software. Given the presence of mobile cameras at night, how are the vans utilised? Do you work them in shifts? As part of the ACT road safety program, the mobile speed-camera vans are utilised in shifts to cover day and night patrols.
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Great for making easy cash, not really doing much to stop drug drivers, defective cars 1 headlight etc and road deaths, which go on and on and on…. Take them away and watch the other stats rise. Just because a balance has been achieved does not reduce the impact of the community service. It is not revenue raising, by speeding you are breaking the law. Would you prefer to go to gaol rather than pay a fine.
Apparently ACT licenses are the easiest to obtain in the nation and it shows! If vans were a serious part of road safety why not have 50 instead of 8, even if there are only 8 functioning, setup another 40 dummy ones on the side of the road so you never know which ones are active… if I saw them every day in different places there is no way I would risk it anymore!!!
If you obey the road rules and speed limits you have nothing to worry about. Why is this or did I not just see them? With the technology we have today. This system calculates your speed from point A to point B. If all Vehicles were fitted with this device. Then know-one would be speeding.. Your vehicle will an ID signature with your wifi which is registered to department of transport.
This technology will Identify your speeding and the speeding ticket will be sent to your mail address. Reason 1 know-one will speed!
Reason 2 no revenue. Reason 3 because this is revenue raising. W ith minimum enforcement hours of 7, hours per month, speed vans are something most motorists will come across on a regular basis. We spoke to Darren McGrath, operations manager for GoSafe, about the most frequently asked questions about speed cameras.
Roads around Ireland are divided into a number of zones and sites, which determine where the vans will park. If the compliance is high, we don't need to be there as regularly. Enter email address This field is required Sign Up. Can this be possible? Answer: We've never heard that one before!! Question: Are there any legal reasons why a Community Group supported by their Parish Council cannot use a hand held radar gun to measure speeds of traffic through a village?
I understand the accuracy limitations but we want to get some raw data just to see the size of the problem. We don't run, install or operate any speed camera — we just list where they are and information about them. I would recommend you put your question to the Police authority who Police the road where you intend to use a handheld mobile speed camera. Operating practices will differ from force to force. Question: I was driving along a 30mph road behind another car when I noticed up ahead a speed camera van.
I checked my speed and slowed down to 30mph I didn't think because I was behind another car that I wouldn't have got a fine but I did.. Answer: The laser beam emitted by a mobile speed camera when it hits your vehicle can be as small as 10cm in diameter. Clearly the 20metre gap between you and the vehicle in front was enough to successfully target and record your vehicles speed.
Question: If you are slightly over the speed limit heading towards a mobile speed camera but slow down do you still get prosecuted? Mobile cameras have a knack of seeing you before you see them. The typical range on a straight section of road is 2 miles! They can't record around bends or over brows of hills etc though. Question: I was just wondering if you could clarify something for me! There was a mobile speed camera along a road which is quite short but has 3 different speed changes.
Going from 60 to 40 then to Will the camera be able to operate all 3 at once or will it target one specific one? I believe I went from the 60 into the 40 letting my car slow down itself so probably doing about 45mph a thing the time. Just wanted some help to see if I was at fault and if the camera got me. Answer: The mobile speed camera operative will be targeting vehicles in full knowledge of the road speed limit. In fact as a laser gun only takes seconds to produce a speed read out, the operative could be target vehicles as they pass through each speed limit.
Question: Some time ago I was driving on a country road with 50 limit, and came a cross an ANPR cam on a little tripod and approx. Answer: SpeedCamerasUK. We don't run, install or operate any speed camera - we just list where they are and information about them. Having said that, it could well have been a new type of speed camera. Equally though it may have been used for tax disc checking via vehicle number plates. Question: Do you know if there is a minimum distance requirement from the camera van position?
I saw the van in what I thought was plenty of time, only to have been sent a penalty notice 40mph in a 30mph zone. I found it difficult to understand that a camera could take a picture immediately as you entered the 30mph zone.
Surely there must be say yards to enable adjustment from say to 60mph area to a 30mph area. Answer: The speed changes at the exact point of a speed limit sign e. There is no grace period. When entering from a previous higher speed limit e.
Mobile speed cameras as you've found can and do target vehicles just as they drive from one speed limit to another. For future driving you might like to consider buying a speed camera detector, for more information please see Speed Camera Detector Buyer's Guide. Question: I was driving up the A1 on Tuesday towards Newcastle and there was a highways maintenance van that was parked in the lay by of the A road, with a few cones behind the van and a few cones in front.
It wasn't a conventional speed camera van - but as approaching the van I saw a tiny speed camera sign Or was it a van saying they were maintaining the speed cameras? I'm sick with worry!!! I haven't come across this type of speed camera before. Question: Am I correct are all safety camera vans are in direct contact with the police whilst parked on the side of the road?
Are the police, who ride bicycles, who enforce the speed limit, are they using fixed locations which are on database, or can they use any location? Would my TomTom sat nav give the same info as the detectors being sold? Answer: The vast majority of mobile speed cameras are managed by local Police forces, this also includes the Safety Camera Partnerships.
Mobile speed cameras should be sited in accident blackspot locations, places where there are history of road traffic incidents over a three year or more. While sat navs like the TomTom can alert to both fixed and mobile speed camera location via subscription of a GPS database.
Radar and laser detector enables you to detect live 'in-use' mobile speed camera locations. For more information relating to dedicated speed camera detectors please see Speed Camera Detector Buyer's Guide. Question: Can a speed enforcement camera only catch people parked up? Or can the van be driving and still catch people? I think it was a white small van with road safety written on the side.
Answer: Normally, a mobile speed camera is parked up to catch speeding motorists. However, it is also possible to catch motorists from a moving vehicle. Question: I was driving in darkness and what appeared to be a red dot appeared on my dash could I have been checked for speeding from an unmarked police car. I was on the motorway. This got me thinking.
Do they automatically pull you over if you are speeding. How visible do Mobile speed cameras; i. Do they need to be lit up? Answer: Mobile cameras can be operated from the front of the van, back of the van and even side windows and unlike fixed cameras there is NO visible flash.
They can also catch speeding motorist on-coming and heading away from their position and also from the other side of the road or an elevated position e.
They can operate at day, at night and the van need not be sign written. In fact, mobile speed cameras are sometimes operated from unmarked Police cars and Police motorbikes. There may be several operators in a single van or at a single location. They need not stop you at the roadside, instead issuing an NIP in the post. You might like to consider buying a speed camera detector, for more information please see Speed Camera Detector Buyer's Guide.
Question: I would if acceptable like to suggest a location for a mobile speed camera. That location would be a lay by in Sywell Northampton at the southern most end towards the Overstone Road, the lay by is situated in an area where a national speed limit single carriageway meets a 30mph speed limit. Vehicles frequently travel in excess of the 30mph in both directions along this section of road. I feel a mobile camera would encourage drivers not to exceed the 30mph limit.
I would suggest you contact the Police force where the layby and proposed mobile speed camera site would be for their guidance and assistance. Question: Can an unmarked police car check your speed with follow check camera and issue an NIP later or do they need to stop you to issue a NIP? They need not pull you over if they have all the evidence they require of the speeding offence.
Question: Do speed camera vans have to let the public know what areas they will be operating on,via the Internet and weeks commencing? Answer: Some Police forces do publish lists on their website, some don't. It is not a legal requirement. Question: I recently am observing a smallish marked van with what appears to be a camera on the roof front facing travelling along the A Is this some sort of moving speed trap? Answer: We don't run, install or operate any UK speed camera.
We therefore don't know whether what you have spotted is or isn't a mobile speed camera van. Question: Can a mobile camera detect your speed on the opposite side of the road going towards it even though traffic is constantly breaking its line of sight? Answer: Yes, it only takes a matter of seconds to target a vehicle with a laser gun to take a accurate reading of the vehicles exact speed. Question: You haven't mentioned the LTI I have been fined for speeding 36mph on the A but was not aware of any signs to say it was a speed camera area also no road signs to state the mph speed limit.
I thought the law was to prevent speeding, so should set in place speed humps or rumble strips etc. Not hidden cameras or a multitude of cameras to catch motorists. Question: I saw a motorbike police officer hiding round a corner trying to catch speeding drivers with his bike hidden round the corner too only visible after driving past the officer , there were no signs up of speed cameras in operation either and was wondering if this was allowed and if there are any rules regarding such situations?
Question: If the police are using by the side of the road is it legal for them to use a speed camera in an unmarked car and no visible uniform? Answer: Many mobile speed cameras operate from unmarked Police vehicles and safety camera vans.
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