Do I have to be stopped to receive a ticket?
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TTmonkey said:
A camera van however would, but I've never seen one used after dark.... anyone care to comment on this?
I've never seen a van being used after dark but a few years ago I got stopped by an officer with a hand-held gun at night and the joy of three points. Fully dark but the odd streetlight - 8.30pm in October I think.Edited by Kyodo on Wednesday 27th December 15:49
Nigel_O said:
So - you’re paranoid, but chose to drive at 96mph?
No, you don’t have to be stopped to receive a ticket - how do you think speed cameras work?
I would get paranoid of things after it is done, not at the actual time of it happening - perhaps naivety. And I kind of meant aside from cameras, I think I made an extra typo in my post by saying camera signs instead of cameras which is what I meant.No, you don’t have to be stopped to receive a ticket - how do you think speed cameras work?
Edited by Nullusia on Thursday 28th December 01:29
Monkeylegend said:
It's the cameras that get you not the signs. Did you pass any cameras or did you not notice?
No my scenario involves none at all. I'm aware of most types of cameras, but I always thought areas with fixed cameras on the motorway had signage in and around the area. If nothing showed up on waze either and there were no visible cameras or any signage at all.. I would doubt so? Seeing another post below, I (now) see that signage isn't required for cameras. Are there stretches on the motorway with no camera signs that actually have speed cameras that you know of?Edited by Nullusia on Thursday 28th December 01:28
Nullusia said:
No none at all, I'm aware of most types of cameras, but I always thought areas with fixed cameras on the motorway had signage in and around the area. Nothing showed up on my waze either and there were no visible cameras or any signage at all. Seeing another post below, I (now) see that signage isn't required for cameras. Are there stretches on the motorway with no camera signs that actually have speed cameras that you know of?
There are already some "Smart / Managed motorway" areas with cameras that I believe will "get you" if you speed through any variable speed setting, and also for the breaking the national speed limit if there's nothing on the matrix.As for speed cameras in the dark, I've seen a police patrol with a speed gun active at 11-30pm on the outskirts of our village.
Edited by Gafferjim on Wednesday 27th December 23:14
Late to the party, but been reading the thread. Camera van tonight, 1948 hours, heading away from Nottingham on the A52 at the junction with Cow Lane, just before the Sherwin roundabout - a favourite haunt of the van (and for anyone who knows the area, you know where I mean).
Looked like an ambulance with its rear doors open, to me, on approach, so didn't actually twig until quite close that it was a camera.
So they're out there after dark...
ETA - Notorious speeding area, just last year or early this year it was the scene of a double fatal collision.
I dread to think how many people the van nabbed tonight.
Looked like an ambulance with its rear doors open, to me, on approach, so didn't actually twig until quite close that it was a camera.
So they're out there after dark...
ETA - Notorious speeding area, just last year or early this year it was the scene of a double fatal collision.
I dread to think how many people the van nabbed tonight.
Edited by wazztie16 on Thursday 28th December 00:08
Gafferjim said:
There are already some "Smart / Managed motorway" areas with cameras that I believe will "get you" if you speed through any variable speed setting, and also for the breaking the national speed limit if there's nothing on the matrix.
As for speed cameras in the dark, I've seen a police patrol with a speed gun active at 11-30pm on the outskirts of our village.
If it wasn't in an area where there were any gantry-type things with changeable lights to give designated speeds, just the normal bridge things over the top. Also if waze showed nothing by way of cameras for that same stretch (if that means anything, don't know the credibility of it for pointing out cameras). With that being confirmed, is it quite unlikely there'd be any sort of 'hidden' fixed cameras.As for speed cameras in the dark, I've seen a police patrol with a speed gun active at 11-30pm on the outskirts of our village.
Edited by Gafferjim on Wednesday 27th December 23:14
shovelheadrob said:
So said:
shovelheadrob said:
Followed by an admission of guilt on a public forum. ........
New year doesn't look too good for you!
If he has registered his vehicle using his PH username, someone in enforcement happens across this forum, puts the two together and can be bothered to do anything I think you're right. New year doesn't look too good for you!
There's more chance of aliens landing in his garden though.
Nullusia said:
Well I used the word 'if' in my first post so I could be pre-assuming a scenario, just "if" that scenario did happen. It's not solid enough evidence in my first post to say the situation actually did happen. Along with paranoia I could just be a very imaginative guy?
Nobody can really give you a definitive answer but you should find out in the next few days or so. Sweaty palms time with your fingers firmly crossed 
Being nosy what was the family emergency?
Kyodo said:
Apologies for bumping this back up but in expanding on previous comments - This weekend I saw a camera van in operation at night for the first time. Now they may not operate at night everywhere but I can confirm too that they're out there.
Most of ours in Hampshire can operate at night and work in low to zero light now too. 
Spotted one last Friday on the A4226 (5 mile lane near Waycocks Cross and the Welsh Hawking Centre), so it looks like the South Wales Police are using the night to capture the unaware....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQWHVoWH6UE&fe...
Also no signage warning of cameras for motorists heading away from Waycocks Cross which was the traffic that was being targeted...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQWHVoWH6UE&fe...
Also no signage warning of cameras for motorists heading away from Waycocks Cross which was the traffic that was being targeted...
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