Can a scamera van get you in the 'other direction'?
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Overtaking a line of traffic on an A road having sat patiently in line for miles round a series of bends...all very safe etc at the start of a long straight and absolutely nothing coming, but in a layby on the opposite side of the road (in fairness 'my side' since I was overtaking) was a white van - which I thought was just white-van-man stopped for a cuppa. As went past I noticed the camera logos on the side and in the mirror sure enough the fluorescent stripes, camera logo, and an open window 
No chance to slow down really as I was overtaking and hitting the brakes would have left be 'stranded'.
The guy would obviously be looking for cars coming the other way down the straight, but can they do a quick re-target and get folks heading away from them? I'd argue that in the 'normal' direction there's stripes on the van and the camera logo so pretty obvious - but heading the other way it's just a white van.
Grrrrr.
No chance to slow down really as I was overtaking and hitting the brakes would have left be 'stranded'.The guy would obviously be looking for cars coming the other way down the straight, but can they do a quick re-target and get folks heading away from them? I'd argue that in the 'normal' direction there's stripes on the van and the camera logo so pretty obvious - but heading the other way it's just a white van.
Grrrrr.
Ah well, I think I'm probably screwed. Unfortunately it was on the bike, and if I'd been approaching the trap the 'proper' way there wouldn't be a front plate to capture, and I'd have seen the marking on the van anyway. If I'd been quicker thinking (and prepared to cut-up the car I was passing) I guess I could have pulled in quick to the kerb side to hide the plate. But being a nice considerate rider even though I'd seen the van on the way by and gave the car space.
Jeez I'm annoyed....
Jeez I'm annoyed....
emmaT2014 said:
tvrolet said:
Well, some weeks on and nothing ominous has dropped through me letter box 
So we can't conclude scamera vans definitely cannot get you going in the 'other direction', but in this case at least they didn't.
You can't conclude that and if you did you would be wrong because they can and do. So we can't conclude scamera vans definitely cannot get you going in the 'other direction', but in this case at least they didn't.
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