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d3ano

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7,414 posts

282 months

Monday 20th December 2004
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Was on the bike on Sunday and i was riding though Sutton-on-Hone (on my way back home) concentrating more on the road than camera (there was oil or something on the road) i went pass a camera over the speed limit of 30 (must of been dong 40 or close to it)
The camera was on the opposite side of the road and looks at the front of the car so i only assume that it takes the front number plate(yellow box with the flash on top with the lens underneath) What worries me though is that about 50 meters before the camera there are a about 3 CCTV cameras on a pole. Anyone know what type of camera i am talking about?
and if i should worry about reciving a NIP?

thanks

D3

sadako

7,080 posts

267 months

Monday 20th December 2004
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Chances are there wont be SPECS right on top of a gatso/truvelo. You are looking at either CCTV/Romanse cameras (traffic monitoring) or ANPR (reads numberplate to catch no insurance/no MOT

d3ano

Original Poster:

7,414 posts

282 months

Monday 20th December 2004
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so no need to worry about a speeding fine?

parrot of doom

23,075 posts

263 months

Monday 20th December 2004
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You're on a bike, and the camera flashed facing you?

Scott free.

blueyes

4,799 posts

281 months

Monday 20th December 2004
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Sounds like a Gatso. If it is, and flashes you in the face it means it's empty. Loaded Gatsos only work on traffic moving away from them.

d3ano

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7,414 posts

282 months

Monday 20th December 2004
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it wasn't a gasto (normal ones that get you as you pass) this one is smaller and doesn't have the flash in the top right corner. It has one flash in the middle of the box and there is a lens directly below it. Never really taken any notice of them before until now.

Pigeon

18,535 posts

275 months

Monday 20th December 2004
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Sounds like a Truvelo. No problem on a bike.

The cameras on a pole may have been Trafficmaster - blue with two aerials, one long, one short - can't really say without more detail.