Did you catch me!?

[JM3]

Evening,

Just wondering what the legality of asking a speed camera van "did you just catch me"?

In the city there's a 20 limit, and when I got to the end of the road there was a traffic officer with a speed camera, I was doing around 25. Decided to turn back and ask. To which he replied NO.

Just wondering, do they have to say yes or no? I'm not the type to drive past and be stressed about getting a letter through the door...

John.

[mybrainhurts]

They can do what they want. They enjoy exemptions. They keep telling us that....

[loskie]

around here they park up on the verge on a solid white line. I always thought that meant NO STOPPING. Maybe it one rule for us and one for them.

[Jasandjules]

loskie said:

around here they park up on the verge on a solid white line. I always thought that meant NO STOPPING. Maybe it one rule for us and one for them.

It is.

[mybrainhurts]

It's a bit like diplomatic immunity, except they can't kill you...

[JM3]

Yeah, some locations they use are annoying.


Was just wondering if they had a obligation to say yes or no.

[Riley Blue]

No.

[Motorrad]

JM3 said:

Yeah, some locations they use are annoying.

It's about revenue generation, not safety or obeying laws. Now pay up like a good little dog and don't ask fking questions.

[Jasandjules]

JM3 said:

Yeah, some locations they use are annoying.

Around here they park up in f***ng dangerous spots preventing you from seeing hazards. It's great and really improves safety.

[grimmac]

loskie said:

around here they park up on the verge on a solid white line. I always thought that meant NO STOPPING. Maybe it one rule for us and one for them.

Is this white solid line on the left side of the road?? If so, it don't mean no stopping.

[Hamster]

I once went past a Cumbria Van rather quickly on the A66. I did two u turns and went back to knock politly on the sliding door of the Van. Scammy answered and I asked if he'd nicked me to which he replied 'Its all automatic and he doesn't know who gets nicked or not. Its all on DVD'. I said to him, doesn't he have to form a prior opinion of speed and he smiled a sickly smile and closed the sliding door. I didn't get nicked.................... 78 on the GPS.

[wc98]

Hamster said:

I once went past a Cumbria Van rather quickly on the A66. I did two u turns and went back to knock politly on the sliding door of the Van. Scammy answered and I asked if he'd nicked me to which he replied 'Its all automatic and he doesn't know who gets nicked or not. Its all on DVD'. I said to him, doesn't he have to form a prior opinion of speed and he smiled a sickly smile and closed the sliding door. I didn't get nicked.................... 78 on the GPS.

i once pulled over into the layby one was in and gave the operator a mouth full for being on a straight bit of dual carriageway that had never seen an accident,asked what safety aspect was being enhanced by parking there. got a mumbled reply about just parking up where he was told to . i have no problems with them near schools,bad junctions etc,but sitting on dual carriageways regularly is taking the proverbial.

[Truffs]

Flash Mob!!

This has me thinking that whenever you see one of these vans everyone should pull over (where safe and legal) and knock on the door and demand to know if they have been caught.

There is probably a law against it though!

[loskie]

or if they are in a layby park a large vehicle at the back of them to block their sight.

[jmorgan]

Jasandjules said:

loskie said:

around here they park up on the verge on a solid white line. I always thought that meant NO STOPPING. Maybe it one rule for us and one for them.

It is.

I thought a solid white line is just an edge marker. The no stopping sign is the enforcer so to speak?

[Monkeylegend]

JM3 said:

Evening,

Just wondering what the legality of asking a speed camera van "did you just catch me"?

In the city there's a 20 limit, and when I got to the end of the road there was a traffic officer with a speed camera, I was doing around 25. Decided to turn back and ask. To which he replied " We did the second time Sir "



John.

EFA

[ols]

Just thinking out loud, but by knocking on the door of a van and asking if you have been caught, surely that could be construde as "admitting to speeding" or "admitting to driving without due care and attention" by not knowing the speed you were travelling?

</devils-advocate>

[L1OFF]

loskie said:

or if they are in a layby park a large vehicle at the back of them to block their sight.

PCOJ

[JM3]

Thanks for the EFA!

i don't have a problem with them, and if I'm speeding so be it. But if I wanted to know there and then I would like to think they could answer yes or no, and not be smug about it.

[JM3]

ols said:

Just thinking out loud, but by knocking on the door of a van and asking if you have been caught, surely that could be construde as "admitting to speeding" or "admitting to driving without due care and attention" by not knowing the speed you were travelling?

</devils-advocate>

I see your point, am I right in thinking the police speeding van operatives arent actually police?