Speed Cameras

[steve-o]

does anyone know if speed cameras can get you both ways?

 

[pimp racer]

Probably not.

 

[steve-o]

can i have a yes or no please

 

[West Side Ninja]

Looked like a no to me chief.

 

[BMW POWER]

I think it depends where your from. Over here in the UK I've never seen one that can get you both ways, but don't trust me on this because you never know.

 

[Famine]

In the UK all the rear-facing ones can get you on either side of the road. I've not heard of front-facing ones which can do the same. The new digital cameras have a pair mounted facing opposite ways (except on motorway gantries, obviously), so they can do you both ways too.

 

[aljones]

My sister is a cop (in the UK), and she told me a while back that most of the roadside gatsos that take your picture from behind you can also take the picture of you coming towards the camera on the opposite side of the road, BUT it can only be setup for one direction at a time, so most of the time they take the photo on the side of the road where you are driving away from it.

 

[eliseracer]

Well, I think in the US you're required to have plates on both sides. In Canada, there is no such rule. So technically, no, they cannot get you from both sides. So we could technically run away from the police in reverse and not get caught.

 

[Blk84quest]

actually its only certain states in the U.S. that require you to have a front and rear license plate (like California for example) many states though do not require it, as i know NC doesnt.

 

[LaBounti]

Well in my State it is a law but cops dont pull poeple over for not having them as I never had my plates on the front of my Eclipse but was told to get them only after getting a speeding tickit .

Some exotics and other performance cars dont have front license plate holders.

 

[XzifT]

You know, if you go over I think it's 80 or 90 MPH, those cameras can't take the picture quick enough, right?

 

[Famine]

BBC's Top Gear tested this theory out. They used a straight piece of runway and a camera calibrated to 33mph.

The first car to get past the camera, travelling over the speed limit, and not activate the camera, was a TVR Tuscan S, travelling at well over 160mph. The Honda Civic Type-R at 120mph got snapped.

 

[Klostrophobic]

I'll keep that in mind. If I do speed, I'll make sure to travel at 160 MPH.

 

[vat_man]

I think you'll find the bulk of them, particularly more recent ones can get cars going both ways.

 

[retsmah]

Originally posted by XzifT
You know, if you go over I think it's 80 or 90 MPH, those cameras can't take the picture quick enough, right?

Heheh, there's a Kawasaki ad where there is a tractor driving along the road at like 5mph maybe, then you hear the sportbike... it zips past and you see the flash from the camera, but the picture just shows the guy on his tractor, with the speed shown as something like 250km/h.

 

[DQuaN]

Originally posted by Famine
BBC's Top Gear tested this theory out. They used a straight piece of runway and a camera calibrated to 33mph.

The first car to get past the camera, travelling over the speed limit, and not activate the camera, was a TVR Tuscan S, travelling at well over 160mph. The Honda Civic Type-R at 120mph got snapped.

They had a Mercedes AMG at 157mph that got snapped.

The TVR was going at 182mph when it got through.

Late at night in Brighton I think I got snapped by a camera on the other side of the road as there were no other cars around. The ticket never came through though.

 

[GilesGuthrie]

I've seen cameras on the A1 that are rearward facing. they take proper snaps of you when you are on their carriageway, with the whole double-flash thing.

But when you travel in the opposite direction, on the other carriageway, at over 90mph, they give you a single flash, as if to say "Hello! I can see you, watch out".

 

[ExigeEvan]

I have heard some cameras can take a photo of your face aswell as your plate just so they can prove who was driving the car.
Near my Nan's house, there is a speed camera on a small island in the middle of the road. It has markings in all 4 quadrants of its positioning.

Has anyone read of this man that lost his liscence for putting up his own sign saying 'speed trap 300 yards'. It was outside a carboot sale and he was accused of assissting speeders in evading prosecution by the police.
It was reported that in one morning that speed trap had made £12,000.

 

[shopping_carts_]

Originally posted by eliseracer
Well, I think in the US you're required to have plates on both sides. In Canada, there is no such rule. So technically, no, they cannot get you from both sides. So we could technically run away from the police in reverse and not get caught.

canada does require you to have plates on both sides...atleast in most provinces, in ontario you do and im pretty sure everywhere else does, except for quebec...im pretty sure they dont have to have them

 

[Carl.]

Originally posted by shopping_carts_
canada does require you to have plates on both sides...atleast in most provinces, in ontario you do and im pretty sure everywhere else does, except for quebec...im pretty sure they dont have to have them

Neither front plates nor speed cameras in Quebec. The government dropped the project to install a few of them because it was very unpopular about two years ago.

Do you still have speed cameras in Ontario?, I'm going there a few times a year and I never seen one yet. (been there last week for work in a fully loaded S500 with Distronic )