Speed vans and bikes...

[mx5tom]

Right, so I'm sure this has been done to death, but I keep finding conflicting info...

Let's assume someone was riding a bike down the motorway a bit too quickly and spotted a speed camera van parked on an upcoming bridge.

Am I right in thinking that all they need to prosecute is to write down the reg number after the bike has gone past?

[mx5tom]

GTIR said:

I doubt it.
They need an operator to point the camera in the right direction so unless they quickly spin round to grab the other camera it's highly unlikely. Also, where are they going to mount it?

They do have cameras on the outside but I think that's just CCTV to protect the operator from attacks.

God I hope you're right.

[mx5tom]

Mr Trophy said:

EDIT - In the van I was in, there was no camera in the middle of the van. OP, was the scam van sideways pointing down?

The van was parked on a motorway bridge, with the side of the van facing the carriageway. For them to have gotten the reg, they would have had to have had a camera on the opposite side of the van to get me after I'd gone under the bridge...

(Also, I had considered stopping on the hard shoulder under the bridge and waiting until they'd gone home... But figured it would cause more problems than it was worth.)

[mx5tom]

black-k1 said:

While IThe operator is going to have to “clock” the OP then get safely out of the van, leg it across the road and record the bikes number in that split second it’s readable before the bike is too far down the road.

So what you're saying is... Next time, don't slow down, speed up?