Was it a speed camera?

[slumpybookworm]

Hi,
Saw a man in hi vis on m69 motorway bridge with a tripod with a camera that looked like a generic cctv one. Was it a speed camera?

Cheers

[BertBert]

No

[Ham_and_Jam]

slumpybookworm said:

Hi,
Saw a man in hi vis on m69 motorway bridge with a tripod with a camera that looked like a generic cctv one. Was it a speed camera?

Cheers

He would have been measuring distance rather than speed

[GolfDragon]

Ham_and_Jam said:

He would have been measuring distance rather than speed

Ahh but was he measuring distance over time? That’s the big question? (And the question the OP poses)

[The Pistonsdead]

Ham_and_Jam said:

slumpybookworm said:

Hi,
Saw a man in hi vis on m69 motorway bridge with a tripod with a camera that looked like a generic cctv one. Was it a speed camera?

Cheers

He would have been measuring distance rather than speed

Agreed

[GSA_fattie]

slumpybookworm said:

Hi,
Saw a man in hi vis on m69 motorway bridge with a tripod with a camera that looked like a generic cctv one. Was it a speed camera?

Cheers

it will just be someone photographing lorries etc
fair enough not for me but lots of people get something out it judging by the numbers I see travelling up and down the UK motorway system, no different to me being on 24 flight radar waiting for A380 to pass over

[sonnenschein3000]

slumpybookworm said:

Hi,
Saw a man in hi vis on m69 motorway bridge with a tripod with a camera that looked like a generic cctv one. Was it a speed camera?

Cheers

I saw this very recently as well. I wonder what it is.

[AlexMRA]

slumpybookworm said:

Hi,
Saw a man in hi vis on m69 motorway bridge with a tripod with a camera that looked like a generic cctv one. Was it a speed camera?

Cheers

Yes, I was convinced it wasn't until I received a NIP (M69, April). I've seen them a few times since, police car hidden out of sight, plod on a bridge in a high-vis with camera on a tripod.

Edited by AlexMRA on Tuesday 27th May 00:28

[R0G]

My thought when I saw the title of this thread was - does it matter?

[E-bmw]

slumpybookworm said:

Hi,
Saw a man in hi vis on m69 motorway bridge with a tripod with a camera that looked like a generic cctv one. Was it a speed camera?

Cheers

Could it have been? Yes it could.

But, it only really matters if you were speeding & if you were you will know soon enough, then you can update us all.

[s p a c e m a n]

Was it blue?

The police car down the road is normally to chase bikes/drivers taking the proper piss.



https://www.fleetpoint.org/law-and-legislation/pol...

[sonnenschein3000]

s p a c e m a n said:

Was it blue?

The police car down the road is normally to chase bikes/drivers taking the proper piss.



https://www.fleetpoint.org/law-and-legislation/pol...

When I saw it, the whole camera and set up looked black to me, but it was on a bridge and its hard to tell dark colours from black from a distance.

[rdjohn]

DVLA, VNPR looking for untaxed cars, perhaps.

Surveying from a gantry would not work as they shake a lot when a pantechnicon passes below, plus there would need to be second person with a beacon on a live motorway.