Mobile Manned Speed Camera
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Every day's a school day !!!
I received a N.I.P. in the post today, clocked at 50 in a 40 near my hometown. Fair cop.
I've filled in the form and then took the liberty of logging in to the constabulary website to view the images.
The road in question leads from a 30 roundabout in the country, no houses within a mile, becomes a dual carriageway straight off the roundabout then opens up into a 40 then opens up again on to a national speed limit dual carriageway.
It's a much travelled piece of tarmac for me so as per, I come off the roundabout and accelerated onto the dual carriageway, speed increasing for the entry onto the main national speed limit dual carriageway.
What's opened my eyes more than anything is the camera/van, which I saw and passed, has clocked me as I'm leaving him some 300 metres away and behind me.
My surprise is that his lens has followed me from that distance looking at my tail pipes !!
I was I guess foolishly, expecting to see a photo of me head on, on the approach.
Bottom line is........You need eyes in your Ar$e out there...!!!
I received a N.I.P. in the post today, clocked at 50 in a 40 near my hometown. Fair cop.
I've filled in the form and then took the liberty of logging in to the constabulary website to view the images.
The road in question leads from a 30 roundabout in the country, no houses within a mile, becomes a dual carriageway straight off the roundabout then opens up into a 40 then opens up again on to a national speed limit dual carriageway.
It's a much travelled piece of tarmac for me so as per, I come off the roundabout and accelerated onto the dual carriageway, speed increasing for the entry onto the main national speed limit dual carriageway.
What's opened my eyes more than anything is the camera/van, which I saw and passed, has clocked me as I'm leaving him some 300 metres away and behind me.
My surprise is that his lens has followed me from that distance looking at my tail pipes !!
I was I guess foolishly, expecting to see a photo of me head on, on the approach.
Bottom line is........You need eyes in your Ar$e out there...!!!
My old man made that mistake about ten years ago, drove past a Camera Van on the opposite side of the A24 facing the other way
Was laughing giving it the V’s, didn’t find it as funny when the NIP landed, found it even less funny when he asked me how he could possibly have got nicked and I collapsed with laughter
Was laughing giving it the V’s, didn’t find it as funny when the NIP landed, found it even less funny when he asked me how he could possibly have got nicked and I collapsed with laughter
reggie747 said:
Every day's a school day !!!
I received a N.I.P. in the post today, clocked at 50 in a 40 near my hometown. Fair cop.
I've filled in the form and then took the liberty of logging in to the constabulary website to view the images.
The road in question leads from a 30 roundabout in the country, no houses within a mile, becomes a dual carriageway straight off the roundabout then opens up into a 40 then opens up again on to a national speed limit dual carriageway.
It's a much travelled piece of tarmac for me so as per, I come off the roundabout and accelerated onto the dual carriageway, speed increasing for the entry onto the main national speed limit dual carriageway.
What's opened my eyes more than anything is the camera/van, which I saw and passed, has clocked me as I'm leaving him some 300 metres away and behind me.
My surprise is that his lens has followed me from that distance looking at my tail pipes !!
I was I guess foolishly, expecting to see a photo of me head on, on the approach.
Bottom line is........You need eyes in your Ar$e out there...!!!
I assume the operator was looking primarily at the other side of the road (for traffic not reducing speed sufficiently when coming out of the national speed limit) but, if there was nothing else around, presumably there was nothing to stop him training the camera on your side of the road instead? Spotted an MX5 being a bit too keen on the throttle heading towards the NSL and bingo!I received a N.I.P. in the post today, clocked at 50 in a 40 near my hometown. Fair cop.
I've filled in the form and then took the liberty of logging in to the constabulary website to view the images.
The road in question leads from a 30 roundabout in the country, no houses within a mile, becomes a dual carriageway straight off the roundabout then opens up into a 40 then opens up again on to a national speed limit dual carriageway.
It's a much travelled piece of tarmac for me so as per, I come off the roundabout and accelerated onto the dual carriageway, speed increasing for the entry onto the main national speed limit dual carriageway.
What's opened my eyes more than anything is the camera/van, which I saw and passed, has clocked me as I'm leaving him some 300 metres away and behind me.
My surprise is that his lens has followed me from that distance looking at my tail pipes !!
I was I guess foolishly, expecting to see a photo of me head on, on the approach.
Bottom line is........You need eyes in your Ar$e out there...!!!
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