Speed cameras

[Speedmaster]

Tonight was the Wolds Bikers monthly meet and we had a cop come down with various bits of speed camera equipment to give us a talk.  I know its an old, old subject but I learned a few things tonight that I reckon are worth passing on.  You might know already but I'm gonna tell ya anyway

Apparently those cameras that clock you over a set distance and do you for average speed are lane specific.  So change lanes after the first one and the second one doesnt see you.

The cameras that spy out of the rear window of a parked van are video cams and they can get you for other offences as well as speeding.

Static tripod laser cams can target you from an infinite distance but the cops can only do you within a maximum distance of 1000 yards, this may be reduced in some counties.  In Lincolnshire its 300 yards.

Course you have to accept that the guy was telling us the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth

[Manky Monkey]

Hiya. I regularly trundle up & down the M3 to visit Rainbow in Southampton & often see 3 cameras set up on tripods on bridges over the road, one pointing along each lane. I tend to travel at 70 - 80 most of the time but at least half the traffic on the road passes me. They must make a fortune with those cameras.

[Speedmaster]

Yeah, but just think how much our pole tax, I mean community charge would be without them .  There again I think I'd rather pay an extra quid on that and get shot of the cameras.  They've got loads of the video cams in vans here in Lincs, damn things pop up all over the place.

[Manky Monkey]

A patrol car cruised past me when I was doing 90 or so on the M3 at around midnight at the weekend. I took the hint & eased back a little & they promptly pulled over the van in front of me instead. Guess they're not all bad.

[Urban Terrorist]

I tend to find if you use a fake number plate, it don't matter

[Manky Monkey]

I'm too honest for my own good!

[wizzkitt]

I tend to find if you use a fake number plate, it don't matter

Why use a fake number plate? Just don't have any of your vehicles registered to you.

[Manky Monkey]

I'm consorting with a bunch of criminals! 
-how does one "consort" exactly?

[Speedmaster]

You got away with 90, grin factor 10 me thinks. 

[Manky Monkey]

Yeah. They just cruised past & looked at me. When the blue lights went on I was certain they were for me but they pulled over a slow moving van in front of me instead. Maybe they had a better reason to stop them than me. Took it easy the rest of the way home though. Thank you Mister Plod!

[wizzkitt]

I'm consorting with a bunch of criminals! 
-how does one "consort" exactly?

Ask Prince Albert.

[Manky Monkey]

They always look REALLY painful.