Edd
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driving to work this morning and i went past a speed camera now i think i was still on it or just past it deffo doing 30(30 limit) and it flashed twice but there was another car on the other side so it must have flashed at him but how does the speed camera figure this out??
not worried about being caught as i know i wasn't speeding but im just curious as to how the speed camea figures this out
also just for fun here is a paint depiction of events
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mwg
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if the camera is on your side of the road pointing at the back of your car then I would say its you that its flashed!
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BYRON
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no lines on the other side of the road? It flashed at you.
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Edd
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nah this speed camera flashes at you if your above 40 on the other side of the road plus i was doing 30
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M6RKK
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yeah mate dont worry camera's up here do it all the time... it will just be flashing at speedy
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Edd
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like i said not worried just curious as to how it knows this
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abdus
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was it a Gatso camera?
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whitter45
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it may flash for on coming traffic bu t they cannot get done as it dnagerous for the camera to flash approaching the camera face on
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mwg
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Didn't think they flashed at drivers going the other way 
I've been in 60 limits before where there are speed cameras on the other side of the road and gone through at 70 and not been flashed so presumed they only get cars going the other way.
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Edd
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quote:
Originally posted by abdus
was it a Gatso camera?
yep sorry should have stated this
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abdus
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Yes, they always flash the rear...
But Truvelos can take pics of the other side too iirc.. 'of the front of a passing vehicle, this allows the picture taken to show the driver of the vehicle as well.'
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mwg
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I still reckon if its a Gatso and it was on your side of the road then its you it was flashing. I could be wrong 
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abdus
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quote:
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was it a Gatso camera?
yep sorry should have stated this
if you are sure you were not speeding, then it might be that the camera is defective and randomly flashing....had almost a similar problem some time back, i was on the other side and it flashed facing me while no other vehicle was on the limited zone...maybe a fake camera 
[Edited on 21-07-2006 by abdus]
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Edd
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the car on the other side cant be prosecuted but im just wanting to know how they know it wasnt the driver at the speed camera making it flash
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abdus
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http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=285895
i'm still waiting for the postman 
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Edd
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oh well nobody knows
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Ry_B
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Going the other way, lets just say I did that and it never got flashed (thank fook )
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Pop
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speedy can definately make the camera flash but with it being a gatso can't get prosecuted.
you will be fine don't worry. this has happened to me before.
also i have been going through a speed camera on a dual lane road through anniesland and someone overtaking me got flashed. i would have been in the pic too but because i wasn't speeding never heard anything
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Edd
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anniesland
i know the one you mean, take it you stayed up here for a while?
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Voyto
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no lines on the other side of the road? It flashed at you.
i *think* the lines are used as a measurement of how fast you are going (comparing the 2 pictures the camera takes)
If there were no lines on the other side of the road, whats stopping someone speeding through the camera on the wrong side of the road?
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Pop
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anniesland
i know the one you mean, take it you stayed up here for a while?
yeah mate i went to Strathclyde uni up at jordanhill. stayed in jordanhill and also stayed in partick for a bit.
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Edd
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Originally posted by BYRON
no lines on the other side of the road? It flashed at you.
i *think* the lines are used as a measurement of how fast you are going (comparing the 2 pictures the camera takes)
If there were no lines on the other side of the road, whats stopping someone speeding through the camera on the wrong side of the road?
a big massive bit of grass and a fence
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Edd
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Originally posted by Edd
anniesland
i know the one you mean, take it you stayed up here for a while?
yeah mate i went to Strathclyde uni up at jordanhill. stayed in jordanhill and also stayed in partick for a bit.
cool
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Voyto
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quote:
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Originally posted by Voyto
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Originally posted by BYRON
no lines on the other side of the road? It flashed at you.
i *think* the lines are used as a measurement of how fast you are going (comparing the 2 pictures the camera takes)
If there were no lines on the other side of the road, whats stopping someone speeding through the camera on the wrong side of the road?
a big massive bit of grass and a fence
 .....Oh lol
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