Gatsos with black 'X' sprayed on them?

[wiggy001]

Noticed recently that every gatso along the A20 appears to have a black X sprayed on the back of it... any ideas why? I'm hoping it's a code to show the lens has received the same treatment...

Just curious, that's all...

[rodney59]

Er, maybe.
The one at Ruxley corner, (last one on A20 heading Coastbound/M25 junction) did.
I saw that, from the front, it was subjected to a fire, and that from the back it looked ok, apart from a black X.
For weeks I saw that this camera was fire damaged. Then last Thursday very late at night, I went pass, just a little to fast (about 59/60 I reckon) and the F**King thing FLASHED!
Next morning I saw that the black X had gone and clearly its been refitted out
I wait for letter in the post

[falcemob]

The one near Crittals corner is the only one that seems to be OK. All the others have a black X on the back and the lens covers sprayed out. There is one coastbound near Fiveways that was torched a few weeks back but it still flashes (got me at 47 mph at 4am )but on closer inspection both glass covers are almost opaque so it should be OK.

[rodney59]

So I wait for the letter in the post then....



>> Edited by rodney59 on Monday 14th November 20:22

[grahamw48]

The same hooligan has been targetting the backends of racing cars.

[wiggy001]

Cheers guys. I honestly did not know the lens had been sprayed too when speculating in my original post, but I'm glad to see I was right

[rodney59]

Lots of time gone past, and no NIP!

[victormeldrew]

I forsee sneaky scamera operators "forgetting" to remove the black X when the camera is fixed. If you speed past one and get nicked you won't really have anyone else to blame but yourself.

[purpleheadedcerb]

grahamw48 said:

The same hooligan has been targetting the backends of racing cars.

LOL. Wally cross!