Speed cameras with another camera directly ahead
Discussion
Went to the Goodwood breakfast club yesterday and was driving up the A259 from Bognor. Just before you get out of the town there is a speed camera pointing into town. At the moment they are doing resurfacing so there are no markings on the road and the camera flashed me in my face. I am not concerned about this as its a traditional Gatso and so must have been an error. However, what I did notice that I hadn't seen before was there is now another camera about 10 feet in front of the Gatso at about the same height which looks like a CCTV camera and is grey on a pole. The only picture i could find online (because google maps was done before the new installation) is this one from the states and the setup is very similar. What is the other camera?
aw51 121565 said:
That's exactly what it looks like but they are closer together. craigjm said:
Dairymilk said:
It isn't a camera, its a flash.
Really? why would they add a second flash? when the camera flashed me it was the Gatso that flashed as normal.http://www.drivesafe.org.uk/index.php/home/camera-...
Dairymilk said:
There is also a secondary pole that comes with the new digital software. It sits approximately ten metres in front of the camera and its sole purpose is to direct the flash onto a certain part of the road so that when the pictures are received back at the office they are at a high standard of viewing quality.Excellent every day is a school day as they say thanks
First of all "Dairy milk " is a sort of cow, he belongs to the Cashcow club of SCP folks.
Hey PMB/Charliebangbang ( also known on SS as Green something, possibly nasty) ,you had your chance to show your colours long time ago on SS when this flash came to light. You reverted to your usual state, going beneath the waves and gurgling. I did a FOI to local SCP and came up with an answer- the Gatso flash is not good enough for digital photography, so the additional Triffid is needed to get a quality photo. I never got an accurate reply to the use of the short aerial on the flash unit though.
Hey PMB/Charliebangbang ( also known on SS as Green something, possibly nasty) ,you had your chance to show your colours long time ago on SS when this flash came to light. You reverted to your usual state, going beneath the waves and gurgling. I did a FOI to local SCP and came up with an answer- the Gatso flash is not good enough for digital photography, so the additional Triffid is needed to get a quality photo. I never got an accurate reply to the use of the short aerial on the flash unit though.
Biker 1 said:
Yep, there's one exactly like this on A22, Southbound at High Street, Nutley. Flashes you in error in opposite direction sometimes also....
oh, DM will moo on about how this does not happen, but I've only one suggestion. Phone it in as a complaint to police-"Gatso flashing drivers in face, as against type approval". Tech is sent out on emergency , so other cameras that don't work don't get fixed. I've done it once, and detected a panic response. I'd suggest that if the budding Mr Loopholes hear about this, cameras might start to get a bad press. What's less safe than a "safety" camera flashing a bright light in oncoming drivers faces, and blinding them . Could cause an accident- so we could then call them "not so safe ,safety cameras". [quote=Who me ?]
Gatsometers often flash oncoming drivers. For some reason when in dummy radar mode the operators set them to operate in both directions. There is no rule they may not be set as such.Biker 1 said:
Yep, there's one exactly like this on A22, Southbound at High Street, Nutley. Flashes you in error in opposite direction sometimes also....
oh, DM will moo on about how this does not happen, but I've only one suggestion. Phone it in as a complaint to police-"Gatso flashing drivers in face, as against type approval". Tech is sent out on emergency , so other cameras that don't work don't get fixed. I've done it once, and detected a panic response. I'd suggest that if the budding Mr Loopholes hear about this, cameras might start to get a bad press. What's less safe than a "safety" camera flashing a bright light in oncoming drivers faces, and blinding them . Could cause an accident- so we could then call them "not so safe ,safety cameras". If you call to say that they are doing this there is hardly going to be a panic as this will have been done purposely.
Dairymilk said:
Gatsometers often flash oncoming drivers. For some reason when in dummy radar mode the operators set them to operate in both directions. There is no rule they may not be set as such.
If you call to say that they are doing this there is hardly going to be a panic as this will have been done purposely.
So the operators are either incompetent or deliberately endangering the public as, what, some form of unofficial punishment?If you call to say that they are doing this there is hardly going to be a panic as this will have been done purposely.
Dairymilk said:
Gatsometers often flash oncoming drivers. For some reason when in dummy radar mode the operators set them to operate in both directions. There is no rule they may not be set as such.
If you call to say that they are doing this there is hardly going to be a panic as this will have been done purposely.
out of the mouths of fools/babes and SCP so caled experts, comes some semblance of truth- perhaps Dairymilk AKA PMB/ Cap Pugwash might regret that statement, as I might just ask my county councillor ( and ex MP0 to look at that statement locally ,and I can assure the milky bar kid, this bloke has some very high level contacts. But a Gatso flashing drivers driving toward it at night. If there's a nasty crash caused by this - I'd be looking at punitive damages - have YOU never considered this. If you call to say that they are doing this there is hardly going to be a panic as this will have been done purposely.
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