Help...gatso info needed

[philly99]

Could anyone please tel me the facts on gatsos......i was flashed by a gatso this mornin doin 55 in a 30 in the works van....i was headin towards the camera and it only flashed once will i get done ???????

[raf dug]

No you need to be going away from the camera and it has to flash twice.

[deltaf]

Nope youre safe as houses. They need at least 2 flashes to get 2 pics.
And in any case you were going towards it, not away;ie; from the rear.
Relax.

[chris watton]

deltaf said:

Nope youre safe as houses. They need at least 2 flashes to get 2 pics. And in any case you were going towards it, not away;ie; from the rear. Relax.

But you were naughty Phill

[Witchfinder]

Are you certain it was a Gatso, and not a different scamera type?

[Slicko]

if it was a Truvelo you only need to get flashed once and they get you from the front.....

[slinky]

silly question..

If the calibration lines are painted on both sides of the road, but the camera is facing towards you, and you just so happen to be travelling above the speed limit when you pass through @ exactly the same time as another car triggers the camera....

Could anything be done?

slinky

[-DeaDLocK-]

Slicko said:

if it was a Truvelo you only need to get flashed once and they get you from the front.....

Correct me if I'm wrong but the Truvelo has an IR flash and you can't see it - so if he saw a flash, then it could only have been a Gatso, right?

I did read somewhere that Gatsos can be adapted to take shots with the vehicle heading towards it, but it's expensive and a hassle to do, so most scamera forces don't bother. But it still *can* be done.

Anyway, if you saw a flash, and if there was only one, you're off scott free I expect.

D

[towman]

philly99 said:

i was flashed by a gatso this mornin doin 55 in a 30 in the works van

Babykilling madman!

[towman]

Basically:

Gatso = distance markings on the road = two flashes

Truvelo = two lines close together across road - no flash.

Always worth checking which way a gatso is facing, but beware, some are double sided!

Steve

[Deester]

Was it an industrial estate or built up area?

[supraman2954]

raf dug said:

No you need to be going away from the camera and it has to flash twice.

deltaf said:

Nope youre safe as houses. They need at least 2 flashes to get 2 pics. And in any case you were going towards it, not away;ie; from the rear. Relax.

NOT TRUE I'm afraid, the new Truvelos flash once AND can work from in front and behind (depending on how they are setup).

The Flash from the Truevelos in Portsmouth are clearly visible (I've seen them go off many times).

[telecat]

Just being thru Derbyshire from the A628/A57 to Buxton. Absolute nightmare! Looks like the GATSO's have been replaced by Truvelos (Truvelo heads but Lines on road AFTER camera). Bet that was expensive!

[Streetcop]

You can see Truvelos flash out of the corner of your eye, just as you are passing them....

I've been 'flashed' several times in a 'firm's car'...thank goodness I was on an emergency run...(licence still clean... )

Street

[supraman2954]

telecat said:

Just being thru Derbyshire from the A628/A57 to Buxton. Absolute nightmare! Looks like the GATSO's have been replaced by Truvelos (Truvelo heads but Lines on road AFTER camera). Bet that was expensive!

hehe, 1 speed camera for the price of two.....

You know why they are replacing them dont you? the truevelos don't emit anything, hence a radar detector can't detect them!