Speed camera question

[Parrot of Doom]

When the policeman is stood, leaning over the roof of the car, with a hand-held device - is that likely to be recorded onto videotape, or will he just chase after people?

I may have been doing about 48 in a 40 (indicated), dual carriageway, through Trafford Park. Thing is that for most of it I couldn't see him as there was an articulated lorry between us, I reckon he would have had about 2-3 seconds to 'nab' me before I passed him. I think he was focussed on the lorry.

Worth worrying about? Here is the road in question:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=park

[justinp1]

If the device is hand held, I think he would usually 'chase' after you. Thats what happened to me anyway! It may be the case that he could also use his 'prior opinion of speed' and his dodgyscope reading to produce a statement. You would have to get in within 14 days though.

[IaHa]

Parrot of Doom said:

When the policeman is stood, leaning over the roof of the car, with a hand-held device - is that likely to be recorded onto videotape, or will he just chase after people? I may have been doing about 48 in a 40 (indicated), dual carriageway, through Trafford Park. Thing is that for most of it I couldn't see him as there was an articulated lorry between us, I reckon he would have had about 2-3 seconds to 'nab' me before I passed him. I think he was focussed on the lorry. Worth worrying about? Here is the road in question: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=park

Hopefully, if you thought it was completely safe at that speed wrt conditions etc, then trafpol would have felt the same and exercised discretion.

Justin is correct, he's much more likely to stop and ticket, but it's not unfeasible that he was recording speed and reg details.

[Parrot of Doom]

What puzzles me is that I haven't ever heard of a serious accident at that point. I'd say that you could do about 60mph coming up the road (heading south, its a hill).

Yet just around the corner is the roundabout at J10 M60, which is notorious for motorists running the traffic lights on every single red phase. Pedestrians cross at these lights He could also sit between the Asda and The Trafford Centre, which despite the presence of a pedestrian crossing has numerous pedestrians (mostly children tbh) running for their lives across a busy 40mph SCL.

[sjtscott]

justinp1 said:

If the device is hand held, I think he would usually 'chase' after you. Thats what happened to me anyway! It may be the case that he could also use his 'prior opinion of speed' and his dodgyscope reading to produce a statement. You would have to get in within 14 days though.

Hmm I got hairdriered back in the mid 90s by Hampshire police and got a NIP through the post, I wasn't stopped.

[IaHa]

Parrot of Doom said:

What puzzles me is that I haven't ever heard of a serious accident at that point. I'd say that you could do about 60mph coming up the road (heading south, its a hill). Yet just around the corner is the roundabout at J10 M60, which is notorious for motorists running the traffic lights on every single red phase. Pedestrians cross at these lights He could also sit between the Asda and The Trafford Centre, which despite the presence of a pedestrian crossing has numerous pedestrians (mostly children tbh) running for their lives across a busy 40mph SCL.

Mmmm..

Says a lot about the influence of bad policy over recent years IMO. Should we conduct effective unintrusive prevention, or easy but ineffective 'process'?

Having said that, there could be an issue with occasional 'excessive' speed on that stretch, eg 40 or 50 mph over, and complaints have been received.