Mobile camera warning systems
Discussion
I'd like to assist the Road Safety Partnership by fitting my vehicle with a warning device if I'm entering 'accident' blackspots of the sort inhabited at the time by mobile speed camera vans conducting survellance of the general public. i.e. some sort of RADAR (or whatever they use) detection system. I'm not particularly interested in the fixed cameras since I can see them. Is this legal? What should I fit? Where do I get one?
Mr Freefall said:
Timsta said:
You are now no longer allowed to "detect" accident black-spots (AKA a RADAR Detector) and now have to rely on a system that checks your location against a list of possible accident black-spots. (AKA a GPS system)
Since when?well if road angels website is current:
http://www.roadangel.co.uk/products/roadangel_PLUS...
They still sell them with a note about possible law changes.
Its all worth noting that your local constabulary should list where all their permanent cameras are and where their mobile units will be that week, some websites are better than others.
http://www.roadangel.co.uk/products/roadangel_PLUS...
They still sell them with a note about possible law changes.
Its all worth noting that your local constabulary should list where all their permanent cameras are and where their mobile units will be that week, some websites are better than others.
Thanks Threesixty, I'll talk to them about selling me something suitable and take my chances on future improvements to the law that is applied to the general public later. Presumably this is the sort of kit the French Police go mental about, so I'll remember to remove it before any travel through France.
If I'm ever elected to the Houses of Parliament or join the Police I shouldn't think I'd need to worry about such 'guilt projection / transference' laws any more, although a Sunday papers exposure will probably make my career in public service short lived.
If I'm ever elected to the Houses of Parliament or join the Police I shouldn't think I'd need to worry about such 'guilt projection / transference' laws any more, although a Sunday papers exposure will probably make my career in public service short lived.
Bloody Hell! I've just noticed I've become one of the ton-up boys posting on 100 threads in a mere 17 months! I'll soon be catching up with the OCD crowd with four-figure-postings to their names. Err, in 153 months time. Then I'll start every reply with: "so you're new around here... etc."
bite-me said:
There both not ilegal
7-4-05
It has been announced that the new Road Safety Bill will be dropped.
5-12-04
Within a year radar and laser detectors could be illegal. Here's the government's own wording:
Ooohhhh, cool. I best get shopping while I still can.7-4-05
It has been announced that the new Road Safety Bill will be dropped.
5-12-04
Within a year radar and laser detectors could be illegal. Here's the government's own wording:
Timsta said:
My bad, Laser detectors aren't banned yet. Just Radar, AFAIK
bite-me said:
There both not ilegal
7-4-05
It has been announced that the new Road Safety Bill will be dropped.
5-12-04
Within a year radar and laser detectors could be illegal. Here's the government's own wording:
The Road Safety bill is no more.7-4-05
It has been announced that the new Road Safety Bill will be dropped.
5-12-04
Within a year radar and laser detectors could be illegal. Here's the government's own wording:
Timsta said:
My bad, Laser detectors aren't banned yet. Just Radar, AFAIK
The Road Safet Act received Royal Assent on 8th November 2006.
Under Section 18 they will be outlawed.
That hasn't happened yet, but will when the Secretary of State announces commencement via Statutory instrument.
Timsta said:
You are now no longer allowed to "detect" accident black-spots (AKA a RADAR Detector) and now have to rely on a system that checks your location against a list of possible accident black-spots. (AKA a GPS system)
I thought that radar detector ban had not passed into law yet.threesixty said:
well if road angels website is current:
http://www.roadangel.co.uk/products/roadangel_PLUS...
They still sell them with a note about possible law changes.
Its all worth noting that your local constabulary should list where all their permanent cameras are and where their mobile units will be that week, some websites are better than others.
Arrive Alive in Wales say they will no longer be telling the public where to expect them. Oddly, I often found their published list of locations were not always adhered to. They said they may have to "change the daily locations for operational reasons"http://www.roadangel.co.uk/products/roadangel_PLUS...
They still sell them with a note about possible law changes.
Its all worth noting that your local constabulary should list where all their permanent cameras are and where their mobile units will be that week, some websites are better than others.
What reasons could they be?
Tafia said:
threesixty said:
well if road angels website is current:
http://www.roadangel.co.uk/products/roadangel_PLUS...
They still sell them with a note about possible law changes.
Its all worth noting that your local constabulary should list where all their permanent cameras are and where their mobile units will be that week, some websites are better than others.
Arrive Alive in Wales say they will no longer be telling the public where to expect them. Oddly, I often found their published list of locations were not always adhered to. They said they may have to "change the daily locations for operational reasons"http://www.roadangel.co.uk/products/roadangel_PLUS...
They still sell them with a note about possible law changes.
Its all worth noting that your local constabulary should list where all their permanent cameras are and where their mobile units will be that week, some websites are better than others.
What reasons could they be?
The idea that all locations are published is just another attempt to find favour with the public. I don't know anybody who finds favour with the scammers.
Scam vans are creatures of habit - their greed is their own undoing in many ways. For this thread, their greed dictates that they will always circulate amongst the highest earning spots - not the highest accident spots.
Hence we, the general public, learn where they are, and subscribe to GPS POI lists and update them - and win
Hence we, the general public, learn where they are, and subscribe to GPS POI lists and update them - and win
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