hand held scameras

[grandadboats]

Tonight BBC1 south west 7.30 Inside Out doing a bit on h/h scams. Apparently clocked a brick wall at 8 mph!

[coddie]

Einstein could prove that!

[deeen]

Funny, it didn't appear on the version I saw. I wonder if they pulled it at the last minute? Details are still on their website (bbc.co.uk/insideout), have a look before that disappears, too! The wall was doing up to 58 mph, according to the site...

[grandadboats]

Apparently it depends on how the operator aims the device as it has to be on the same part of the vehicle as it records, so moving the sight along the vehicle gives a false distance and therefore a false speed. On one shot they measured the distance of a stationary car 30' away as 89' as the infra red beam reflected off the car's mirror, onto a road sign, back to the mirror and then to the device. If the distance recorded is wrong then so will the speed be.
I don't see how any prosecution could succed if these devices are so prone to erroneous readings!

>> Edited by grandadboats on Tuesday 1st March 08:35