Speed Trap Query

[CW16]

The initial message was deleted from this topic on 30 January 2024 at 16:50

[DS129]

All sounds a bit odd.
Tell her to not worry about it but keep an eye out for official looking letters in the next 14 days

[Gav147]

Could be an surveyor from the like of ordnance survey

[CraigyMc]

CW16 said:

Question for you Re speed traps.. for my stepdaughter... I want to put her mind at rest...1 policeman seen holding a thin black pole about a metre long at the roadside that had a small dark object on top, (like a selfie stick) pointing at cars coming towards him. His car was parked over the road. 30mph limit. Is this a radar gun for speed monitoring only for data purposes or a camera for fines? Or could this be someone else, I.E Highways etc. No other copper around.

Validate that it was a policeman and not just someone in hi viz.

[CW16]

She doesn't know for sure. She just saw hi viz on the guy and a car parked over the road with the stripes on that could be Highways rather than a cop car. She was nervous looking at her speed to get a good look.

[CW16]

Ahhh..Ordnance survey.
Yes that may be what she saw! She said the device on the top though looked smaller and darker.. but yes it could have been!

[Jader1973]

Maybe she’ll stop speeding after the scare.

[CW16]

She wasn't.. but she has just passed her test and is still nervous.. but thank you for your feedback.

[Gary C]

So driver drove down road within the posted limit...

[CW16]

Correct. But she suffers with anxiety and is worried she was even 1 mph over... her black box is stating all good... but she's still worrying.. so I wanted to see if I could put her mind at ease with any of your helpful feedback.

[Tyrell Corp]

Gary C said:

So driver drove down road within the posted limit...

riveting stuff, next week: man eats a pea

but on the subject...

Why do motorway cameras occasionally flash you, even when well under the limit?

[CraigyMc]

Tyrell Corp said:

Gary C said:

So driver drove down road within the posted limit...

riveting stuff, next week: man eats a pea

but on the subject...

Why do motorway cameras occasionally flash you, even when well under the limit?

They occasionally flash, even when nothing is going past.

[ferret50]

Tyrell Corp said:

riveting stuff, next week: man eats a pea

but on the subject...

Why do motorway cameras occasionally flash you, even when well under the limit?

Perhaps they are gay camera's?

[anonymous-user]

Tyrell Corp said:

riveting stuff, next week: man eats a pea

but on the subject...

Why do motorway cameras occasionally flash you, even when well under the limit?

They're calibrating.