Speed cameras that follow you for up to 30 miles are set to spell the end for 6,000 Gatsos

"Tony Dragon" <tony.dragon@> wrote in message
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> Wow. that will work well wont it.
> How will it catch a speeding motorist who never enters or leaves the area.
> Do you know what your top speed would have to be to average 30mph in the
> average town?

I'll answer for Doug, as he won't know. Many years ago, I used to navigate
on motor rallies. The rules governing the sport set a maximum average speed
of 30mph for any section set on public roads, even though may of the ones we
used were deristricted (this was pre NSL). On one event we were the only car
to complete a section on time (barely) and that only because the organisers
had had to end it with a few miles of A road, where my driver was able to
achieve 90mph.

Colin Bignell

On Oct 9, 8:47 am, Tony Dragon <tony.dra...@> wrote:
> Don't forget 'specs' exist already.
> They should give an accurate reading on a single road, but with all the
> variables I have given (and there are bound to be more) they would be
> unworkable without extremely high investment.

They are also mostly backwards facing which means they're useless for
catching speeding bikers (no front plate).

B2003

Derek Geldard <impex@miniac.> gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying:

> More or less standard in France or Italy to do a P or get a coffee at
> the services on the motorway because the police calculate your speed by
> dead reckoning using your toll ticket and roadside distance markers.

No, they don't.

What they DO do is have radars just before toll plazas - so they don't
have to try to flag you down. They just radio through to their colleagues
waiting just after the tolls.

Derek Geldard <impex@miniac.> gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying:

>>> More or less standard in France or Italy to do a P or get a coffee at
>>> the services on the motorway because the police calculate your speed
>>> by dead reckoning using your toll ticket and roadside distance
>>> markers.

>>No, they don't.
>>
>>What they DO do is have radars just before toll plazas - so they don't
>>have to try to flag you down. They just radio through to their
>>colleagues waiting just after the tolls.

> Got a receipt to prove it !

You've got a receipt to prove you were nicked at a toll plaza for
speeding, of that I'm sure.

We clearly disagree on the method they used.

Scan it & post it.