stubbsy05
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A gatso flashes twice as it takes two pictures of a speeding car. Then using the difference in the lines it works out the speed.
Speed = distance % time
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Edd
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so then it will know i wasnt speeding no problem?
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Prowler
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has anyone ever seen a police car get flashed because ive seen loads flying though them and not even getting flashed! i know the wont get done but why dont it flash them?
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RS6
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same thing happened to me but at night, i was going dead on 30mph i knew that for a fact camera flashed because of the bloke the other side zooming by and i was postioned under the camera
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gavin18787
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was coming home in a taxi last night and he was going about 45 in a 30 and that set off the gatso on the other side of the road  he said he couldnt get donw for iut though.
Drives supercharged Tec with torque  
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RS6
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the gatso camera i think the grey one is postioned to take the photo from behind as to not blind the driver when it flashes
[Edited on 21-07-2006 by RS6]
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Edd
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quote:
Originally posted by gavin18787
was coming home in a taxi last night and he was going about 45 in a 30 and that set off the gatso on the other side of the road he said he couldnt get donw for iut though.
thats correct
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mwg
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quote:
Originally posted by Prowler
has anyone ever seen a police car get flashed because ive seen loads flying though them and not even getting flashed! i know the wont get done but why dont it flash them?
Yeah I've seen a police get flashed going through a Gatso when it had its blue lights on.
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SXi_Tim
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quote:
Originally posted by Prowler
has anyone ever seen a police car get flashed because ive seen loads flying though them and not even getting flashed! i know the wont get done but why dont it flash them?
Seen a couple get flashed, don't forget a lot of the gatso cameras aren't on 100% of the time
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Edd
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never heard anything back so obviously it was the other car that set it off
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RKS
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My Understanding is that the lines on the road are to work out which car is travelling the fastest (whoever has passed more lines in the two pics set the camera off) as the gatso itself will work out your speed without the lines
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John
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A guy sits and checks every single one of the pictures and counts how many lines you have passed between the 2 pictures.
This isn't a maybe or something I made up for a laugh.
Surprised nobody else gave a definite answer at the time.
The gatso's radar isn't accurate enough to be used as evidence, just accurate enough to flash the camera for someone else to check.
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