laser/radar gun question

[boxster]

Hi - I'm new here - this site was recommended on the Audi TT forum as being a good place for the following query:

A friend of mine passed a couple of officers with a hand-held laser/radar gun today. He was well above the limit when he saw them but obviously slowed down and wasn't stopped. Does this mean he's safe or could he get a nasty suprise in the post?

[cortinaman]

if a nib comes through he should do what alot of other people are doing(i.e put his name down as the driver and send it back unsigned).it might have been a radar with a camera system as they dont have to stop you,just get a shot of you coming with your speed.

[boxster]

Thanks. But if there was not camera attached to the gun, do they have to pull you over there and then? Also, regardless of whatever they *have* to do, what is normal practice?

[deltaf]

If no camera's attached, then theyd have to pull you there and then...how else they gonna point out the "error of your ways"?.....
Usually a camera attached tho, and the little tinkers(for want of a better word) will then kindly send you a demand for whatever figure pops into their seive likes, and a nice 3 or more points depending on how they feel.......

[cortinaman]

normally with a standard radar gun they will signal you to pull up for either a warning or a ticket,if they got a reading but your mate was going too fast to stop then he would have been stopped by a traffic car as they are sometimes parked a little further down the road.

i wouldnt be suprised if your mate was caught by a radar camera,where did it happen?

[boxster]

No he was going very slowly by the time he got to them in order to have a good look what was going on!! It was a hand-held gun - do they have cameras fitted?

It was on the A40 leaving London, just after the elevated section.

[cortinaman]

seems a strange place to have a speed trap,as there is a camera between the elevated section and scrubbs lane(i think its near the bus stop,but its been a while since i last went to white city)

if they got a reading,it could have been from upto a mile away(on that section of the a40) so slowing down doesnt realy help much.

yes,they can be fitted with camera's but hopefully there was no camera on the gun.

>> Edited by cortinaman on Sunday 4th May 12:03

>> Edited by cortinaman on Sunday 4th May 12:03

[boxster]

Exactly. It was right next to the gatso!!

[cortinaman]

then im afraid all he can do is wait as im sure they would have had a clear shot at him for a reading as he came over the brow of the elevated section before he would have spotted them.

very sneaky move from plod.

maybe he should invest in a defusser and detector!

>> Edited by cortinaman on Sunday 4th May 12:52

[soulpatch]

bear in mind that it only takes 1/3rd of a second to get a reading and even in the "best of 3" terms it would take just 1 second to get a reading.

Its pretty usual that they would stop you if they didnt have a video van with them.

maybe Madcop can enlighten. its just from my experience that i post the above!

[Alan420]

I did a fly-by on one, very similar situation, not much above the limit when I passed, never heard anything more from them.

Good thing to as the sneaky git jumped out from behind a bush!