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Speed gun
DIR By: Seanoc84
Date: April 12, 2025, 12:15 pm
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Hi,
Can anyone give me any guidance on whether speed guns are
normally used by residents of an area or just police.
I had a speed gun aimed at me recently on my bike but the guy
holding it was all in black clothing and I didn’t see any van to
get a picture of the back of the bike to capture the plate.
Is this a common thing for members of the public to have these
or are the police just getting more sneaky?
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Re: Speed gun
DIR By: morris-man
Date: April 12, 2025, 1:14 pm
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Probably this lot
HTML https://communityspeedwatch.org/FRONT-v2-Home.php
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Re: Speed gun
DIR By: Seanoc84
Date: April 12, 2025, 1:35 pm
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I thought all speed watch were in high vis jackets and work in
groups.
This individual was on his own and I’m not 100% sure there was
anything taking pictures of the other way catching registration
plate information.
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Re: Speed gun
DIR By: d612
Date: April 13, 2025, 5:01 am
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Yes - We have a community speedwatch in our area on the main
through road with is 30 limit.
They work in a group of three when I have seen them and all
indeed wearing Hi vis Jackets.
There are also yellow notices with the usual camera symbol on
them immediately below the speed limit roundels advising
motorists that community speedwatch is active in the area.
Highest speed recorded so far has been 65 in this 30mph Zone.
They only operate during the daytime.
We also on the same road have a modern smiley face type speed
indicators. These are recording 100% of the time but only record
the vehicles'speed but nothing about the vehicle itself. Highest
speed so far recorded was 90mph - almost certianly a motorbike.
Somewhere I have an email update from the speedwatch team of the
number of other offenses recorded such as no MOT or insurance or
road tax as well as the speed offenses which become available as
stastics info back once they upload the data from the camera to
the police force's dedicated portal.
I'm not sure exactly what happens to the vehicles driver when
the speedwatch/police have a catch.
In terms of getting sneaky when fixed "GATSO" speed camera first
came out they were painted grey to blend into the background and
I've seen them hidden behind trees and even one totlaly
invisible directly behind a signboard and back then there were
no advisory notices of speed cameras in the area.
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Re: Speed gun
DIR By: Rallyman72
Date: April 13, 2025, 12:20 pm
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When I got caught a few years ago it was by a police
motorcyclist. He was all in black with his bike parked behind
him facing away from oncoming traffic so no hi-vis could be
seen.
AFAIA Community Speedwatch rules can vary between forces but
there are some common themes, some forces seem to add some more
criteria:-
1. Volunteers must follow laid down rules of conduct. The
safety of the volunteers and all road users is paramount,
volunteers must not stand in the road at any time.
2. Approved high-visibility jackets must be worn at all
times.
3. Volunteers will only use approved equipment and will only
use the equipment following final approval by the Police.
4. Monitoring will only take place at locations approved by
the Police.
5. Volunteers must not attempt to conceal their speed
monitoring activities from passing motorists.
6. Monitoring is to be undertaken by a minimum of three
volunteers at any one time.
7. It is strongly recommended that at least one volunteer be
in possession of a mobile phone.
8. Monitoring only should take place. NO signals or gestures
are to be made to drivers. Volunteers MUST NOT attempt to stop
any vehicle.
9. Checks should be carried out in daylight hours and in
20mph, 30mph and 40mph speed limit areas only.
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Re: Speed gun
DIR By: Seanoc84
Date: April 13, 2025, 1:07 pm
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In that case, definitely was a police officer, looks like I’m in
for a NIP in the next 14 days.
I’ll await and see what happens 😢
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Re: Speed gun
DIR By: coffee pot
Date: April 15, 2025, 6:15 am
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Ours work in groups of three with one operating the equipment,
one recording the first part of the registration plate and the
third person recording the second part. They do communicate with
the traffic penalties centre, but as I understand it no speeding
convictions result from any reading they make but a letter is
sent to the registered keeper.
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