I hate scamera vans!

[ed]

[BiggestNizzy]

Me too not that keen on static camera's either

[GregR]

what exactly is the point in that van being there? I take it that's down south too..

[scott_e]

grrrr

i heard that down south scamera vans are third party compaines that get paid based on fines. could this be true ?

[ed]

I guess its to stop people slowing for the cameras. Yeah those truvelo things are only down south thankgoodness!

[Rory]

On the subject of cameras....does anyone know what those cameras on the English part of the A68 (Jed to Newcastle) are?

I noticed them on my way to and from Croft at the start of June, and hadn't seen them before on trips to Croft.

They looked like small CCTV cameras. It wasn't until I had gone past a few of them that I had a horrible feeling they might be average speed cameras....but nothing through the post so guess not.....

[Rich H]

Yellow ones on a gantry over the carriage way arer average cameras, little green ones are traffic master (Or some such) blatt through......

If your numberplate was removed by "Theiving pikey ninja badgers" then clearly your safe form the froont facing scameras...

[GilesM]

grrrr

i heard that down south scamera vans are third party compaines that get paid based on fines. could this be true ?

Kind of, but not really private companies, the "Safety Camera Partnerships" are effectively public bodies who were financed via the fines, however this has recently changed and are now financed from central government to "improve road safety" and the money from the fines goes to central government, hence the reason why you may have recently noticed that there are lots of flashing speed limit signs everywhere, they cost less than cameras, and if you have to give the money away, why bother spending money on collecting it. Englandshire, Wales and Scotland are all the same in the way that this is financed.

I think the pic above can only mean that they are getting cars as they speed up after the fixed camera, or the fixed cameras are not real, just dummy boxes.

Have fun

Giles

[tut]

Heard a few days ago on the news that there is going to be a change in the law that means Gatsos no longer have to be dayglowed, but can revert to grey again.

Anybody else see it?

tut

[simon]

I think the pic above can only mean that they are getting cars as they speed up after the fixed camera, or the fixed cameras are not real, just dummy boxes.

Probably more likely that they know people slow down for the camera so have the van pointed as far up the road as possible and get people before they slow down.

Also, are they actually speed cameras? Do Truvelo ones not need road markings to prove the speed or are they different from Gatsos?

[Rich H]

Back home they are all sort of black and charred. Midlands police admitted that they only had 3 camera for the whole are a couple of years ago

[GilesM]

Simon

They are Turevelos, read all about them here.

http://www.speedcamerasuk.com/Truvelo.htm

Tut, The CC of South Yorkshire who is the head of road Policing for ACPO has been on about hidden cameras etc., nothing fixed yet and hopefully nothing will come of it, but who knows.

Good news is that someone has given the Gatso on the A1 heading West at the Tranent junction a Soweto Necklace, it's currently got an interesting cover on it, with "Out of Service", some people are so irresponsible.

Giles

[tenkfeet]

There was two camera vans outside Ingilsiton show ground last week. One more week to wait

[ExigeKen]

The M6 in the South Lakes had a camera on every Northbound lane last week how kind of them.