talivan on the right hand side

[s2ooz]

just a quick legailty style question, I was nicked by a talivan, that was parked on the right hand side of the road, not on the side I was travelling.

Is this allowed? I would assume they would get false readings from the on coming traffic blocking/effecting the view/reading?

[dontlift]

perfectly legal then can operate in either direction with no false readings as they work of laser IMHO

[MattOz]

s2ooz,

I was done in this manner. It's perfectly above board unfortunately!

Matt

[TSS]

MattOz said:

I was done in this manner. It's perfectly above board unfortunately!

Ditto

[jwo]

I was done like this too - on a dual carriageway. Somerset revenue thieves!

And it was through a windscreen - they now tell me they have changed their policy. Took 3pts for 71 in a 50!! Court would have been an arse.

>> Edited by jwo on Friday 26th September 16:13

[Richard C]

Talivans use ( universally I thought ) laser which does not go through glass. Thats why they have those complicated litlle hatches in the back window.

[jwo]

Richard - I thought that too!! I was taken through the windscreen with a LT20/20 laser. The van was facing me on the other side - have seen the photo. Their safety camera twit said that it was no longer their policy to do this, but it was perfectly legal.

Numerous expletives!!

[206xsi]

And if it was fired through glass you would be perfectly entitled to ask them to prove that their results allow for Snells law:

www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/refrn/u14l2b.html

[jwo]

Doesn't the refraction etc. always favour the motorist? The snotting letter I wrote to them was replied to with contempt as if i was a murderer or worse. Tried all the tricks. I can post the letter on the site if I can work out how to digitise it!!

Avon and Somerset safety camera team compare with the welsh hitler Bumtwat or whatever he's called!

>> Edited by jwo on Friday 26th September 16:34

[206xsi]

said:

I can post the letter on the site if I can work out how to digitise it!!

They are called fingers

[jwo]

Nice

[streaky]

206xsi said:

And if it was fired through glass you would be perfectly entitled to ask them to prove that their results allow for Snells law: www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/refrn/u14l2b.html

And a windscreen is not a simple piece of glass. It is (generally) curved and might well consist of two sheets of glass and a plastic film. It might have insects and other detritus on the outside, a film of dirt on the outside and a film of oil, dirt, smoke, etc. on the inside. Other glass might be a single sheet, but the other additional elements could apply here too.

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