Did you catch me!?
Discussion
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.
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.
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.
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.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.
EFAJust 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.
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?
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I see your point, am I right in thinking the police speeding van operatives arent actually police?</devils-advocate>
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