Cameras in Cats eyes?
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charlie360

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381 posts

278 months

Friday 28th February 2003
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A neighbour of mine recently mentioned that he had a nephew in the police force who'd told him that some new speed cameras were been trialed in cats eyes and were noticeable by grey boxes on the side of the road near the cats eye. Is this really true, can anyone confirm it?

deltaf

1,384 posts

277 months

Friday 28th February 2003
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Ive heard this idea being bandied about too.
the government say that at the present, they have no plans to alter the cameras that are in place now, as theyre happy with them.
If they decide to start putting them in catseyes, itll just make the job of destroying/putting them out of action so much easier.
Black spray paint, pick axe, emulsion paint etc etc...
Theyd best wake up to the fact that people will only take so much of this kind of surveillance before a big ruck is provoked, its their choice.

soulpatch

4,693 posts

278 months

Friday 28th February 2003
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Apprently this idea was canned a while ago due to human rights issues (finally they work in our favour!).

Somthing to do with monitoring private citizens 24/7 on public roads.

charlie360

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381 posts

278 months

Friday 28th February 2003
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Any comment from madcop on the matter?

llamekcuf

545 posts

274 months

Friday 28th February 2003
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deltaf said:
If they decide to start putting them in catseyes, itll just make the job of destroying/putting them out of action so much easier.
Black spray paint, pick axe, emulsion paint etc etc...
Theyd best wake up to the fact that people will only take so much of this kind of surveillance before a big ruck is provoked, its their choice.


Exactly. Although, i'd never condone such action..

andytk

1,558 posts

286 months

Saturday 1st March 2003
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A neighbour of mine recently mentioned that he had a nephew in the police force who'd told him that some new speed cameras were been trialed in cats eyes and were noticeable by grey boxes on the side of the road near the cats eye. Is this really true, can anyone confirm it?


Can't comment on the cats eyes thing but as for grey boxes chances are they're connected to piezo electric wires under the road.
They then pop up at the grey box. The cops come along and plug their video cameras into it and can then nail folk for speeding.
I can't remeber the exact name for this type of camera but it is widely used.
Obviously there is no way to prevent it taking a reading the only way to avoid it is to know where it is.
Geodsay/Origin Blue GPS systems are the ideal solutions for these types of trap.

I'd say that your neighbour's nephew is being wound up by his esteemed colleagues at work.
The grey boxes are certainly part of speed traps but the cats eyes I'd be sceptical about.

Andy

MoJocvh

16,837 posts

282 months

Sunday 2nd March 2003
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andytk said:

A neighbour of mine recently mentioned that he had a nephew in the police force who'd told him that some new speed cameras were been trialed in cats eyes and were noticeable by grey boxes on the side of the road near the cats eye. Is this really true, can anyone confirm it?


Can't comment on the cats eyes thing but as for grey boxes chances are they're connected to piezo electric wires under the road.
They then pop up at the grey box. The cops come along and plug their video cameras into it and can then nail folk for speeding.
I can't remeber the exact name for this type of camera but it is widely used.
Obviously there is no way to prevent it taking a reading the only way to avoid it is to know where it is.
Geodsay/Origin Blue GPS systems are the ideal solutions for these types of trap.

I'd say that your neighbour's nephew is being wound up by his esteemed colleagues at work.
The grey boxes are certainly part of speed traps but the cats eyes I'd be sceptical about.

Andy


They might not be operational BUT the technology is available and has been demonstrated. Mojo.

mybrainhurts

90,809 posts

275 months

Sunday 2nd March 2003
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Camera cats eyes were developed by the company below.

Curiously, all reference to the evil things has disappeared from their website.

Their intelligent cats eyes are rather good, but I can imagine dumbnuts getting confused as the road winks at them in multi colours.

www.astucia.co.uk/

Winnebago Nut

168 posts

278 months

Sunday 2nd March 2003
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Originally posted by Andytk:

I can't remeber the exact name for this type of camera but it is widely used.

I think they are called DS2. ATB Derek

cazzo

15,606 posts

287 months

Sunday 2nd March 2003
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mybrainhurts said: Camera cats eyes were developed by the company below.

Curiously, all reference to the evil things has disappeared from their website.

Their intelligent cats eyes are rather good, but I can imagine dumbnuts getting confused as the road winks at them in multi colours.

www.astucia.co.uk/




I read an article on these last year in PE (Professional Engineering), may still have the Magazine at work if so will post it on the site.

thub

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304 months

cazzo

15,606 posts

287 months

Tuesday 4th March 2003
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Yes that's it