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Andy665

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4,161 posts

257 months

Sunday 22nd May 2022
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Sorry no photos but hopefully someone can identify

Saw yesterday in roadworks and placed in random locations around a local industrial estate (including 3 in one office car park)

Approx 4 ft high and 8-10 inches square, mounted on small tripods

Painted dark blue with reflective yellow stickers

Reflectors / sensors arranged pretty much down the full height on at lest two of the 4 sides

Looked to be placed too randomly to be speed cameras but struggling to think what else they could be



Edited by Andy665 on Sunday 22 May 11:25

Pica-Pica

16,555 posts

113 months

Sunday 22nd May 2022
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Without pictures, they sound like rise-and-fall bollards. Though these are usually round, and smaller in diameter.

Cat

3,134 posts

298 months

Sunday 22nd May 2022
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Andy665 said:
Sorry no photos but hopefully someone can identify

Saw yesterday in roadworks and placed in random locations around a local industrial estate (including 3 in one office car park)

Approx 4 ft high and 8-10 inches square

Painted dark blue with reflective yellow stickers

Reflectors / sensors arranged pretty much down the full height on at lest two of the 4 sides

Looked to be placed too randomly to be speed cameras but struggling to think what else they could be
Securiy cameras

https://pid-systems.co.uk/videoguard360/



Cat

markymarkthree

3,607 posts

200 months

Sunday 22nd May 2022
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Found on a lot of building sites.

anonymous-user

83 months

Sunday 22nd May 2022
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Now doubt it was branded Omni Consumer Products and one of these was hiding somewhere..


mike74

3,687 posts

161 months

Sunday 22nd May 2022
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Couldn't this be quite easily rendered U/S by the tactical deployment of an bin bag?

Andy665

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4,161 posts

257 months

Sunday 22nd May 2022
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Cat said:
Thats the ones - thank you, curiosity satisfied

anonymous-user

83 months

Sunday 22nd May 2022
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Yeah just security cameras, nothing to worry about

KungFuPanda

4,639 posts

199 months

Sunday 22nd May 2022
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Get off yer bd. I’ll break your legs.

J__Wood

578 posts

90 months

Sunday 22nd May 2022
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mike74 said:
Couldn't this be quite easily rendered U/S by the tactical deployment of an bin bag?
I think looking at the website maybe a foil lined bin bag to stop it phoning home and a bit of expanding foam in the siren?

anonymous-user

83 months

Sunday 22nd May 2022
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J__Wood said:
mike74 said:
Couldn't this be quite easily rendered U/S by the tactical deployment of an bin bag?
I think looking at the website maybe a foil lined bin bag to stop it phoning home and a bit of expanding foam in the siren?
The voice of experience?!

Rozzers

3,052 posts

104 months

Sunday 22nd May 2022
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These will shout at you if you stray into the area, usually in a menacing Northern Irish accent as if you’re messing with a paramilitary outfit!

Box is armoured, tracked and an operator can view them.

Security is one aspect, the other I understand is to protect the owner from claims of injury from folk who stray into the site deliberately or not.