Mobile units on bridges

[super.fly.guy]

Is there a legal requirement for cameras (or tripod mounted something) set up on bridges over motorways to be "announced"?

I.e. shoule there be a highly visible police vehicle or something similar on the bridge?

Went under one the other evening, and glanced up to see a tripod affair with someone peering through a view-finder or similar but there was no obvious warning.

[MK4 Slowride]

Sometimes they count the traffic so not always out to catch speeders. Like the old foddy doddies say on corners round town counting the traffic.

[T40ORA]

Ah. I've wondered about this too.

Edited by T40ORA on Thursday 27th September 09:35

Edited by T40ORA on Thursday 27th September 09:36

[10 Pence Short]

I don't think there is any legislation that makes pre-warning or even obvious marking mandatory. Many 'safety' camera partnerships choose to mark their vans clearly to try and improve public perception of them, as they do in Cumbria.

Sadly in Cumbria's case they still often choose to sit in revenue locations rather than accident prevention ones, such as bridges over the (quiet) M6.

A lot of the time people confuse ANPR operations with speed cameras, too.

[T40ORA]

I think that they mostly advertise their presence down here, but I saw similar on the M3 the other night so not sure.

Edited by T40ORA on Thursday 27th September 09:59

Edited by T40ORA on Thursday 27th September 10:01

[super.fly.guy]

I went under the bridge at just over 70mph but as I was slowing (not using the brakes) not sure what speed I was travelling at when I would have been in range/view.

Just have to wait and see I suppose.

[over_the_hill]

I didn't think Scamera Pratnerships operated on motorways. Perhaps I am wrong. It could be the road going over the MWay that they are operating on but sit in view to try and get some sort of secondary effect below.

[alphadog]

over_the_hill said:

I didn't think Scamera Pratnerships operated on motorways. Perhaps I am wrong. It could be the road going over the MWay that they are operating on but sit in view to try and get some sort of secondary effect below.

From memory, M4 - Wiltshire, M4/M5 Avon/Somerset, M4 S.Wales, M180 Humberside, M6 Cumbria (Scambria), A74(M) Dumfries & Galloway are regularly scammed.

The last 3 are generally empty and free-flowing stretches of motorway, which I feel driving down at a constant 70 particularly dull.

Edited by alphadog on Thursday 27th September 13:43

[over_the_hill]

alphadog said:

over_the_hill said:

I didn't think Scamera Pratnerships operated on motorways. Perhaps I am wrong. It could be the road going over the MWay that they are operating on but sit in view to try and get some sort of secondary effect below.

From memory, M4 - Wiltshire, M4/M5 Avon/Somerset, M4 S.Wales, M180 Humberside, M6 Cumbria (Scambria), A74(M) Dumfries & Galloway are regularly scammed.

The last 3 are generally empty and free-flowing stretches of motorway, which I feel driving down at a constant 70 particularly dull.

Edited by alphadog on Thursday 27th September 13:43

Are these Partnership vans or the Police ? Same end result I know but they are different bodies.

[alphadog]

over_the_hill said:

alphadog said:

over_the_hill said:

I didn't think Scamera Pratnerships operated on motorways. Perhaps I am wrong. It could be the road going over the MWay that they are operating on but sit in view to try and get some sort of secondary effect below.

From memory, M4 - Wiltshire, M4/M5 Avon/Somerset, M4 S.Wales, M180 Humberside, M6 Cumbria (Scambria), A74(M) Dumfries & Galloway are regularly scammed.

The last 3 are generally empty and free-flowing stretches of motorway, which I feel driving down at a constant 70 particularly dull.

Edited by alphadog on Thursday 27th September 13:43

Are these Partnership vans or the Police ? Same end result I know but they are different bodies.

Pratnership vans - Like Cap'n Callaghan's lot in Cumbria (ahoy and avast etc.). Not to be confused with Police ANPR operations which normally consists of a van with multiple cameras on tripods - one above each lane.

Edited by alphadog on Thursday 27th September 18:01