little too fast on the motorway

[jez]

Was travelling down the m18 today doing around 90 mph when i looked up on a bridge and in the middle of the bridge there was a black van possibly a people carrier with a guy stould by the side of it holding a camera now he was wearing a reflective jacket but no constable hat or anything like that just wondering. Could this have been something else other than a speed camera or do u reckon it was.

I didnt see any flashes or anything like that if it was a speed camera it seemed somewhat informal

opinions please :)

[Zollo]

Probably was a cop, but could well have been some do-gooder tit face trying to slow down the traffic with some nice safe panic braking :roll:

Either way, you'd have been stopped further down the road if it was a cop, so you got away with it :)

[jez]

is that true? the ones on the bridges have to stop you further down the road? i thought they would just send me a letter asking me to go to court or something please say they have to stop you :D

[richy]

were abouts on the m18 mate? if its were the roadworks have been they was proberly just monitering speeds of traffic

[bigjim]

no they dont stop u just get a letter in the post. sounds likely.

[Zollo]

Even when it's just one copper and a car, rather than a van with a camera setup? I would have presumed that it was just a copper with a laser speed trap, ready to jump in the car or radio to his mate down the road.

[Andyvalver]

Take a look at this mate. Its a good site about cameras.click on the talivan button on the left and about half way down the page there is a yellow camera van on a bridge desighned to look a little like a workers van :evil: Take note at half of the camera vans parked illeagaly too :roll:

http://www.speedcam.co.uk/index2.htm

[clowo16v]

If he was holding the gun you should have been pulled further down the road if they wanted to pull you.

The cameras have to be mounted to a non moving object (i.e a van floor) for them to send you a letter.

See ya

Matt

[Justin..]

Take a look at this mate. Its a good site about cameras.click on the talivan button on the left and about half way down the page there is a yellow camera van on a bridge desighned to look a little like a workers van :evil: Take note at half of the camera vans parked illeagaly too :roll:

http://www.speedcam.co.uk/index2.htm

:x the third pic down in southampton is right by me

[Swervin_Mervin]

Laser gun. I got done by one on the m-way. Copper jumped out form behind a hedge on a n-way bridge and got me. Didn't stop me down the road, just got a NIP in the post.

[RS-Steve]

if it was J1 of the M18 there are normally 2 coppers ther. 1 on the bridge the other on the slip road ready to pull you. its not far from my house.

[jez]

the van looked bugger all like any of them it wasnt even a van in my opinion more of a people carrier and his gun only looked like an slr i think im reading a little too much into it tbh but i just dont want the suprise ban :P

[jez]

tell you what steve there was a police car just a little bit down the motorway as it happens, is it normally a black van people carrier looking thing on that bridge when u go past lol?

[mon]

CAN NOT BELEVE WERE SOME OF THEM MAGGOTS PARK..

WOT A JOKE :roll:

[clowo16v]

You should be OK then you cant get a SIP from a handheld gun as the slightest wobble can cause an error in the readings.

See ya

Matt

[Swervin_Mervin]

You should be OK then you cant get a SIP from a handheld gun as the slightest wobble can cause an error in the readings.

See ya

Matt

Yes you can. See above.

[clowo16v]

You shouldn't have got one then my dad is an ex traffic cop so he keeps up to date on all the regs. I think the ruling isn't very old, as it came about after that bloke got done for doing 50mph or whatever and he proved he was doing 30mph.

See ya

Matt