Interesting! Can't say I've measured it but it's not far from the change at all. Think that's the one I mentioned?
Yes I got done for doing 58 in the roadworks, that was going the other way to Manchester. I was in a hire car so it took them six weeks to catch up with me,so would say that if it is over six weeks ago you might,just might of gotten away with it
Could be true cause the area where I got nicked on the M62 was three lanes anyway so in my opinion shouldn't of even had the speed restriction
I remember watching an old episode of Top Gear when they tested speed cameras. If you travel above 180mph the cameras don't react quick enough. So there's your answer.
Here in Adelaide Australia a bloke just got done doing 225km/h in a 100 zone. Lost his licence on the spot and had his car impounded
The NIP ought to have gone to the registered keeper of the car (presumably the hire company) within 14 days. It may just have taken a bit longer to find out who had hired the car to prosecute. We call that car jacking over here
Yes, the one on the westbound slip road of the A63 at the Smith and Nephew flyover. AS you look at the van, the national speed limit sign is in your line of vision and there's no other junctions between you. The next set of traffic lights are in Liverpool! That speed camera location is actually a danger in itself. People don't seem to know how to use slip roads at the best of times, they're actually a give way junction but people seem to think they can just shove straight into main road expecting people to move, instead of matching their speed to a gap in the traffic. Chuck some noddy with a camera sat in the slip road into the mix and you've added all sorts of hazards unnecessary hazards. It's a con, and a dangerous and irresponsible one. At that junction, the incidents involving driving too fast were on the opposite carriageway as large vehicles fail to make the bend. I would argue that if there have been any accidents on the west bound slip road, it's not speed but poor driving that's at issue. What the policeman can do that the camera can't is take circumstances into consideration. Driving too fast and speeding are not the same thing. 30mph in a national speed limit can be too fast if it's foggy or icy. On the other side, I know someone who had one hell of a job getting off with 'speeding' when they got flashed after they'd accelerated to clear traffic on the inside lane in order to let the ambulance on blues and two's get through. He was told on appeal that he should have kept within the speed limit and delayed the ambulance until he could pull into the inside lane!
I don't know if it's an urban myth, but there's a story about some blokes that cloned the camera vans number plates and drove up and down at speed getting speed flashed at every opportunity.
You are allowed to exceed the speed limit in circumstances such as overtaking slow moving vehicles, where you need to get past quickly and safely provided you get back to the speed limit as soon as possible. It's in the Highway Code. I did it overtaking a police car doing 50-55 in a 60 limit. I overtook him at about 70 as was a country road, got back to 60 as soon as passed him and wasn't pulled over
I know and don't disagree in the slightest, unfortunately not only the camera but also the people who decide if you've grounds to appeal didn't until a lot of work was done to convince them!! A part of the difference is that the Police would have known they'd struggle to prove your speed because of the relatively short distance that you were potentially speeding. They can't measure your speed when you're alongside, they'd really only be able to consider if your actions were reckless. I've heard of them threatening undue care and attention and using the argument that you can't have known it was a Police car as people are unlikely to overtake them.
I did the same thing, never got pulled over. In this case it was a big straight and they were doing 45.
I normally find that the big stripe down the side, with lights on the roof, and the word "police" emblazoned across the car tend to give it away who they are. Arseholes
They did tell us at the meeting, that their plain cars are BMW's, Volvo's and Skoda's, all performance models and if you look closely, you can almost always see the two blue lights on the back parcel shelf.
Fairly easy to spot the undercover cars. Usually always brand new models too, so number plates are a good thing to keep an eye on. Some forces now have high performance cars for high speed chases like mitsy evos and such, but your unlikely to come across one f those on a routine patrol, they don't have many.
I was driving back to Dublin from Dingle a few yrs ago, and if anyone has done that journey, they will tell you takes a lot longer than you would expect. Everytime there was a dual carraigeway, I floored it. Next thing, I saw a Garda Patrol car, that I thought had stopped another car. I was driving that fast (well over 100mph), if I would of slammed my brakes on to slow down, the consequences would of been fatal. Anyway, it turned out that it hadn't stopped the other car and came chasing after me, and pulled me over. At this point my adorable wife, handed me my passport, thinking (hoping) she would never see me again. I was ****ting myself, and wondering, how on earth would I get to work the following week. The car I thought the copper had stopped turned up (with the speed camera inside!) The copper explained very calmly that he was debating wether to have me arrested and impound my car.(which he had every right to do) I was still ****ting myself. He decided that if I went to the nearest Garda Station and pay the fine he was writing out, that would be the end of it. Relief. Went to pay the fine. The copper behind the counter looks at the slip, looks at me, and asks what car I drive, as he hadn't seen that speed for a long while. I tell him, and he say's "Yer, that'll do it". The Wife does not speak to me for the rest of the journey. All the while my 80yr old Gran-in-Law slept through the bloody lot, in the back of the car !!..... I have never driven at speeds anywhere near that again. Lesson learnt.
They don't tend to have those nowadays, technology and everything improving they can be easily concealed.
