Forward facing cameras

[sopwith]

Hi,
Has the legality of using forward facing cameras been tested in court yet on the grounds of victimisation/discrimination? I ask because this type of camera, truvelo, specs etc... targets ONLY motorists with front licence plates. Vehicles without front plates, such as motorcycles, currently escape prosecution when detected by this type of device.
Cheers
Sopwith

[Deester]

Hopefully to gatso bomber moves to Germany. I got a ban from a forward facing camera that fcuking blinded me as I was driving along at night and set the bugger off.

[outlaw]

iv all ways wonded about this
at the the eropian cort under discriminatin.

i would be intresting to see a test case.

[Captain Muppet]

Hi,
Has the legality of using forward facing cameras been tested in court yet on the grounds of victimisation/discrimination? I ask because this type of camera, truvelo, specs etc... targets ONLY motorists with front licence plates. Vehicles without front plates, such as motorcycles, currently escape prosecution when detected by this type of device.
Cheers
Sopwith

Sod off - Bikers get enough of a had time as it is - they'll only make us have number plates again.

Anyway - they only target motorists with front number plates who are also speeding past a camera.

>> Edited by Captain Muppet on Wednesday 12th March 13:41

[jesusbuiltmycar]

Surely all camaeras "victimise/discriminate" against generally law abiding citizens....

Scrotes cannot be done by speed cameras, since they do not bother to Tax / MOT / Insure their vehicles and are therefore cannot be traced.

[JMGS4]

Deester said: Hopefully to gatso bomber moves to Germany. I got a ban from a forward facing camera that fcuking blinded me as I was driving along at night and set the bugger off.

Deester, Where TF was that?, white forward facing lights have been out of service for over 10 years now! In old East germany? They were removed because of the "accidents" wthat were caused by the blinding flash!
i.e. people used to deliberately mow then down when they "lost control" due to the irresponsible flash!!!!
Very costly for the cops (or their bosses) in many cases!

[JMGS4]

Further to the descrimination thing, all BiB in Germany have a Police Tradeunion sticker in their private cars, front left lower part of windscreen, so that the colleagues working in the gatsofilm department can "drop" them!!! BIBLE from a BiB (or boys in Green BiG here) whom I know very well. Needless to say these are a very sought after "accessory" in germany

[Deester]

JMGS4 said:

Deester said: Hopefully to gatso bomber moves to Germany. I got a ban from a forward facing camera that fcuking blinded me as I was driving along at night and set the bugger off.

Deester, Where TF was that?, white forward facing lights have been out of service for over 10 years now! In old East germany? They were removed because of the "accidents" wthat were caused by the blinding flash!
i.e. people used to deliberately mow then down when they "lost control" due to the irresponsible flash!!!!
Very costly for the cops (or their bosses) in many cases!

John,

This was just leaving Frankfurt to the A66, the flash was not white it was red and flashed twice and was incredibly bright.

[Deester]

JMGS4 said: Further to the descrimination thing, all BiB in Germany have a Police Tradeunion sticker in their private cars, front left lower part of windscreen, so that the colleagues working in the gatsofilm department can "drop" them!!! BIBLE from a BiB (or boys in Green BiG here) whom I know very well. Needless to say these are a very sought after "accessory" in germany

Hmmm, do you know what they look like?

[JMGS4]

Deester said:

JMGS4 said: Further to the descrimination thing, all BiB in Germany have a Police Tradeunion sticker in their private cars, front left lower part of windscreen, so that the colleagues working in the gatsofilm department can "drop" them!!! BIBLE from a BiB (or boys in Green BiG here) whom I know very well. Needless to say these are a very sought after "accessory" in germany

Hmmm, do you know what they look like?

Yup, they're a green and gold badge with GDP on it Gewerkschaft der Polizei (like their cap badges) about 5cm high and 4 wide

[plotloss]

Would it be legal to produce replicas outside Germany?

Matt.

[JMGS4]

plotloss said: Would it be legal to produce replicas outside Germany?
Matt.

Why not? they're certainly not copyrighted and I doubt if GDP are intelligent enough to know what was going on as the BiG here are not particularly bright! and after all you're advertising for a Union !!!!!! In a socialist state!!!

[plotloss]

Hmmn, now that gives me an idea!

Where did I put that printers number...

Matt.

[Deester]

We need to get a picture of one of these freedom stickers... I'm joking, honest.

[jesusbuiltmycar]

Just a thought..

Some sports cars (eg Jaguar E type) have the registration number on the bonnet, facing upwards, as oppossed to forwards, can these cameras see this type of registrations????

[kevinday]

jesusbuiltmycar said: Just a thought..

Some sports cars (eg Jaguar E type) have the registration number on the bonnet, facing upwards, as oppossed to forwards, can these cameras see this type of registrations????

I would not have thought so, but remember only cars registered before August 1972 (I think) can have number plates like this, after that date and they have to conform to the standards in place at the time of registration.

[jesusbuiltmycar]

As another alternative, I have seen a number of TVR Chimaeras with the number plate mounted below the grill, at a slight angle towards the ground, I wonder if these plates are invisible to forward facing cameras??