Is Catching Drivers Like This Legal?

[dazren]

Interesting letter in the Bristol Evening Post Today, concerning the Avon & Somerset "Safety Scameraship" Partnerships policies of mobile Speed Camera Visibility:

www.thisisbristol.com/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=102895&command=displayContent&sourceNode=68909&contentPK=3513930

Anyone care to comment?

cheers

DAZ

[icamm]

Unfortunately it's legal. Nasty, dispicable and immoral but legal. I am sure the regulations about visible cameras are only for fixed ones.

Have you also noticed that most "visible" cameras have only token visibility strips on the back of the camera itself. Well off the beam pattern line of most headlamps. Surely they should have to paint the whole thing. Box, pole the lot.

[pdv6]

Hmmm. Round here the boxes are generally painted all yellow. Not hi-vis yellow, mind, just a sort of dirty yellow. And, as you say, the yellow bit isn't usually caught by one's headlights anyway.

Bah. Tokenism

[dazren]

pdv6 said: Hmmm. Round here the boxes are generally painted all yellow. Not hi-vis yellow, mind, just a sort of dirty yellow. And, as you say, the yellow bit isn't usually caught by one's headlights anyway.

Bah. Tokenism

Got to disagree Pete, in the scamership of Avon & Somerset it's only the face and rear plate of the camera housing that is yellow. The remainder of the Fixed Gatso is painted a dull grey. Supporting Icamms latter comment.

DAZ


>> Edited by dazren on Friday 3rd January 16:19

[joust]

pdv6 said: Hmmm. Round here the boxes are generally painted all yellow. Not hi-vis yellow, mind, just a sort of dirty yellow. And, as you say, the yellow bit isn't usually caught by one's headlights anyway.
Bah. Tokenism

I can beat that - the new ones just installed on the B2032 from Kingswood to the bridge over the M25 are.....

Green.

Yep - the same green (they must have been to Dulux to get the exact match) as the bushes they are hidden behind.

Fortunatly there are loads of new speed camera signs, and the Road Angel knew about them. However, given I've lived in Croydon & the surrounding for over 7 years now, I've never ever heard of a crash along that road (it used to be a lovely bit of NSL that was dead straight and you could see for miles along it) - but it's now a 40 with two cameras on each side

I can only assume from that that Reigate & Banstead aren't in the "Netting off" - but then I thought that Surrey was, and their postcode is Surrey....???

Ho hum.

J

[pdv6]

Lucky for you that you're in a position to try out the (what was it?) 176-odd mph you need to beat them, then!

[WalterU]

here they've replaced the backs of the cameras with an orange plate. Thats it. The poles are still grey. Seeing as one camera in particular is hidden behind a whacking great traffic sign it is no beter visible now than it was before.

Where can I complain to to make sure that at least for that camera they can't get the revenue?!?

Rgds, WalterU

[andytk]

Up here in Strathclyde we've got scameras with yellow and black stripes running diagonally. Like you would get on a hazard warning sign in a building site or somewhere like that. Thing is its only on the back of the actual camera body not the pole. But I ain't complaining cos its relective and can be seen miles away. These days you do have to pratically volunteer to speed past them.

Andy

[DanH]

Its funny how the blair government made a big fuss about making cameras visible as though it was a mandate for all forces.

Its only later one realises that it isn't.

Gotta love labour spin.

[joust]

pdv6 said: Lucky for you that you're in a position to try out the (what was it?) 176-odd mph you need to beat them, then!

Ah - bit of a problem - the Noble's limited to 165 so I'll have to get that removed first

J