Mobile Camera Vans

[HJR848]

I was travelling along a dual carriageway earlier today and spotted a camera van of the other side of carriageway and it got me thinking is it possible for them to catch you speeding if your travelling away from them on the other side of the road or are they just pointing at the traffic coming towards them?

Also do the vans have lasers out the front to catch people accelerating away once people have gone past the van?

Cheers

[SS2.]

HJR848 said:

I was travelling along a dual carriageway earlier today and spotted a camera van of the other side of carriageway and it got me thinking is it possible for them to catch you speeding if your travelling away from them on the other side of the road or are they just pointing at the traffic coming towards them?

Assuming they have clear line of sight, both.

HJR848 said:

Also do the vans have lasers out the front to catch people accelerating away once people have gone past the van?

No - they tend to be rear (or side) gunners only.

[HJR848]

SS2. said:

HJR848 said:

I was travelling along a dual carriageway earlier today and spotted a camera van of the other side of carriageway and it got me thinking is it possible for them to catch you speeding if your travelling away from them on the other side of the road or are they just pointing at the traffic coming towards them?

Assuming they have clear line of sight, both.

I presume it would depend whether the armco is blocking the reg or not.

[SS2.]

They could always have a video camera permanently recording approaching vehicles after they had passed the van - among other things, it would be useful for obtaining the VRMs of motorcycles.

[GoneAnon]

I always thought the wee front-facing camera in the windscreen was to catch anyone else who thought it would be funny to steal the camera van's front plate and then drive past at speed repeatedly.


http://www.tickld.com/x/boys-steal-speed-van-licen...


And before you say, I know it's a joke!) But I still think it is funny.
http://www.snopes.com/autos/law/snaptrap.asp

[FurryExocet]

I'm sure this came up last week? The answer is, they can get you either way. The speed will have a negative sign next to it, to indicate it is moving away from them.

[tapereel]

Either way and some police areas now have mobile vans that have enforcement equipment capability from the front, sides and rear of the van.

[Seesure]

tapereel said:

Either way and some police areas now have mobile vans that have enforcement equipment capability from the front, sides and rear of the van.

Either way as above,

Over the central medium on a dual carriageway and through a small gap in the flora....only visible to oncoming traffic and therefore "not highly visible" for receding traffic...

[tapereel]

Seesure said:

tapereel said:

Either way and some police areas now have mobile vans that have enforcement equipment capability from the front, sides and rear of the van.

Either way as above,

Over the central medium on a dual carriageway and through a small gap in the flora....only visible to oncoming traffic and therefore "not highly visible" for receding traffic...

...exactly what the laser speedmeter was designed to do and does vey well, as your image attests.

It matters not whether they are visible to any traffic if they are not a hazard, can't quite work out your point there.

[Trax]

tapereel said:

...exactly what the laser speedmeter was designed to do and does vey well, as your image attests.

It matters not whether they are visible to any traffic if they are not a hazard, can't quite work out your point there.

It did matter at one time, when they at least tried to argue they were safety cameras. They are speed cameras catching law breakers, safety was never really a concern, so why have them visible?

What we need is some sort of safety partnerships set up, to try and reduce casualties on our roads.

[Seesure]

tapereel said:

...exactly what the laser speedmeter was designed to do and does vey well, as your image attests.

It matters not whether they are visible to any traffic if they are not a hazard, can't quite work out your point there.

Under the government guidelines they are supposed to be visible for 100m.....

[horsemeatscandal]

This happened to me last month, posted a similar question on here.

Basically speeding towards the front of the van on the other side of the DC road, slowed down before I got past it. There were a few things that I believed wouldn't have given the front of the van a good view of my car for image capturing or speed reading (central divider, bridge, road height difference). I later spotted the van parked at the station and saw it had the camera area above the windscreen for capturing vehicles heading towards the van's front, so got a bit more worried.

Been almost a month now and no ticket, phew.

[Landshark]

Seesure said:

tapereel said:

...exactly what the laser speedmeter was designed to do and does vey well, as your image attests.

It matters not whether they are visible to any traffic if they are not a hazard, can't quite work out your point there.

Under the government guidelines they are supposed to be visible for 100m.....

GUIDELINES