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#Post#: 80620--------------------------------------------------
Re: Have I been caught?
DIR By: torte
Date: July 11, 2025, 11:07 am
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--- Quote from: 666 link ---
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> [quote author=torte link=topic=4.msg80617#msg80617
date=1752248877]
> Driver parked at Chiswick Sainsbury's (London W4 5UT) from 3pm
to 3.30pm and from 3.55pm to 4.00pm. Maximum stay in the car
park in 2 hrs, no return within 1 hr. Here's the sign from the
car park:
HTML https://imgur.com/a/tVL0lkp
.
>
> I'm the registered keeper. Will a parking ticket be sent to
me?
>
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We can't possibly know.
If one is indeed sent, it should certainly be to you (though
there is no limit to the incompetence of the parking companies).
Are your details on the V5C correct?
[/quote]
The details on my V5C are correct. I should rather have asked:
will a parking ticket be sent? I'm confident that if one is
sent, then it will be sent to me.
#Post#: 81267--------------------------------------------------
Question regarding a speed camera
DIR By: Never_Enough
Date: July 16, 2025, 8:51 am
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I dont know if anyone is familiar with the cameras down the
A338 ( Wessex Way) although its probably irrelevant if you are
aware or not as this is more a general question.
HTML https://maps.app.goo.gl/t6AZXGTHYYJy31mK6
is the link
(hopefully) to the camera in question.
I travelled down this road twice at the weekend, but from the
opposite direction to which this camera is facing- as in I was
travelling Northbound on the opposite carriageway.
Both times I travelled down here I noticed it flash someone- the
second time I suddenly became paranoid it was me. I instantly
looked down at my speedometer which was at approximately
between 41 and 42, for reference the limit here is 40. Its a new
car but doesn't have a digital Speedo, so I assume they still
might overread by 1 or 2 MPH?
However given this was the opposite carriageway facing the
camera, there are no white lines on my side, and I was so close
if not on the speed limit I figured it must have surely just
been coincidence. I know that Truvelo cameras are forward facing
too but aren't they designed not to flash the front of drivers?
Is anyone aware of any fixed Cameras that can cover the
opposite lanes of a dual carriageway and also flash?
There was a normal speed camera not far down from this on my
side of the road.
I have also attached a picture( I would have been in the
position of the dark blue car in the picture bit about 30 yards
further back.
Thanks.
Im probably overthinking things here but I just found it odd
that both times it flashed as I approached from the ither side.
Im not even sure I was over at all the first time as I am extra
slow on Dorset roads due to the extreme number of cameras they
have. The second time I MAY have been 1-2 mph over depending on
if my speed dial overreads or not.
If anyone needs any extra information happy to provide but
hopefully that link should show the camera in question.
[attachment deleted by admin]
#Post#: 81275--------------------------------------------------
Re: Question regarding a speed camera
DIR By: 666
Date: July 16, 2025, 9:29 am
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--- Quote from: Never_Enough link ---
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>
> Both times I travelled down here I noticed it flash someone-
the second time I suddenly became paranoid it was me. I
instantly looked down at my speedometer which was at
approximately between 41 and 42, for reference the limit here
is 40. Its a new car but doesn't have a digital Speedo, so I
assume they still might overread by 1 or 2 MPH?
>
>
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Your speedo almost certainly over-reads. In any case, no action
would normally be taken for speeds below 46 in a 40 limit.
BTW digital speedos are not intrinsically more accurate than
analogue ones. Precision is not the same as accuracy. A £5
digital watch may be more precise than a £10,000 analogue Rolex,
but it's unlikely to be more accurate.
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Re: Question regarding a speed camera
DIR By: Never_Enough
Date: July 16, 2025, 9:49 am
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--- Quote from: 666 link ---
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> [quote author=Never_Enough link=topic=7281.msg81267#msg81267
date=1752673888]
>
> Both times I travelled down here I noticed it flash someone-
the second time I suddenly became paranoid it was me. I
instantly looked down at my speedometer which was at
approximately between 41 and 42, for reference the limit here
is 40. Its a new car but doesn't have a digital Speedo, so I
assume they still might overread by 1 or 2 MPH?
>
>
--- End Quote ---
Your speedo almost certainly over-reads. In any case, no action
would normally be taken for speeds below 46 in a 40 limit.
BTW digital speedos are not intrinsically more accurate than
analogue ones. Precision is not the same as accuracy. A £5
digital watch may be more precise than a £10,000 analogue Rolex,
but it's unlikely to be more accurate.
[/quote]
Thanks, and incidentally regarding the camera, would that work
on both carridgeways? ( not just both lanes but traffic
travelling in both directions ( all 4 lanes)- considering it
actually flashed and wasnt infra red which I read the truvelo
forward facing ones are).
Thanks again.
#Post#: 81294--------------------------------------------------
Re: Question regarding a speed camera
DIR By: 666
Date: July 16, 2025, 10:51 am
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--- Quote from: Never_Enough link ---
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>
>
> Thanks, and incidentally regarding the camera, would that
work on both carridgeways? ( not just both lanes but traffic
travelling in both directions ( all 4 lanes)- considering it
actually flashed and wasnt infra red which I read the truvelo
forward facing ones are).
>
> Thanks again.
>
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I don't think they work on both carriageways, but others may
know better.
AFAIK the infra-red is a myth: it's a conventional flash with a
magenta filter. Wikipedia confirms that, so it must be true ...
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truvelo_Combi
#Post#: 81309--------------------------------------------------
Re: Question regarding a speed camera
DIR By: Never_Enough
Date: July 16, 2025, 11:33 am
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--- Quote from: 666 link ---
>
> [quote author=Never_Enough link=topic=7281.msg81281#msg81281
date=1752677387]
>
>
> Thanks, and incidentally regarding the camera, would that
work on both carridgeways? ( not just both lanes but traffic
travelling in both directions ( all 4 lanes)- considering it
actually flashed and wasnt infra red which I read the truvelo
forward facing ones are).
>
> Thanks again.
>
--- End Quote ---
I don't think they work on both carriageways, but others may
know better.
AFAIK the infra-red is a myth: it's a conventional flash with a
magenta filter. Wikipedia confirms that, so it must be true ...
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truvelo_Combi
[/quote]
But am I right in thinking you wouldnt see a 'flash'?.
Thanks.
#Post#: 81329--------------------------------------------------
Re: Have I been caught?
DIR By: Never_Enough
Date: July 16, 2025, 1:56 pm
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Sorry for posting it in the wrong place and thank you for moving
it.
If an expert could confirm whether or not this camera can cover
both sides of the dual carriageways that would be great just to
ease my anxiety, although as the previous poster has said if my
speedo registered 41 or 42 its likely I would have been ok
anyway- just seemed a coincidence it flashed at exactly the same
point both times.
I was on the opposite side of the road going the opposite
direction not just in a different lane. There were no white
markings on my side.
Quick update.
These cameras appear to be 'Red Flex' digital cameras and can
cover 4 lanes of traffic and dont need white lines to work-
which worries me, although I still cant find whether or not
they cover in both directions
I have attached a picture of the camera again.
Thanks
[attachment deleted by admin]
#Post#: 82525--------------------------------------------------
Gantry activation 60 in a 70 - M6 South
DIR By: Proy900
Date: July 24, 2025, 9:56 am
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Hello, I have just had a gantry activation driving southbound on
the M6.
However! My dashcam footage shows that for the preceding 3
minutes of travel my speed was a constant 70mph. There were no
gantry or information signs showing any speed restriction on
approach to the gantry where I was flashed. This particular
gantry was displaying 50mph signs from as far away as I could
see until my approach at around 100-200 yards when all displays
were reset and returned to blank screens. As I was in the
process of safely slowing down from 70mph to pass the gantry at
50mph my speed was at 60mph when the gantry signs turned off.
Assuming the obstruction had been cleared and the speeds
returned to NSL I proceeded through the gantry at 60mph with a
view to returning to 70mph having not broken the threshold of
the gantry while it displayed 50.
As I passed the gantry camera I was the only vehicle immediately
going through and the activation would definitely have been for
me.
My query is; is there a lag between camera and gantry sign where
speeds change back UP to NSL, as there is if in the immediate
vicinity of a change DOWN in speed through gantries is in place?
My dashcam footage clearly shows the deactivation of the gantry
signs well ahead of my passing the camera, and no previous speed
reduction signs on information boards or gantries prior to this
one. Further on past the camera gantry there was an information
board displaying the NSL sign, but with this being
after-the-fact is that irrelevant? As I mention previously my
speed throughout the whole journey down the M6 never exceeds
70mph.
I'm obviously now awaiting a NIP and considering my legal
approach. As a law abiding person of strong principal I will
likely take it to Magistrate Court to appeal.
Thank you for any advice. Dashcam footage is available to share
if possible.
#Post#: 82551--------------------------------------------------
Re: Gantry activation 60 in a 70 - M6 South
DIR By: Daim456
Date: July 24, 2025, 1:17 pm
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There is nothing to appeal as you have not been convicted.
As you have recieve no NIP in your name and you can simple just
do nothing. If the NIP arrived in your name you must respond who
was the driver in question, you cannot reject the NIP.
You admitted you were speeding at 60mph when the 50mph display
was lit.
#Post#: 82557--------------------------------------------------
Re: Have I been caught?
DIR By: andy_foster
Date: July 24, 2025, 1:53 pm
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--- Quote from: Daim456 link ---
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> You admitted you were speeding at 60mph when the 50mph display
was lit.
>
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So f*cking what?
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