Speed Cameras - How do you know what type has caught you? so you know if the pic is from the front or the rear

Answer 1

Gatso is a brand of speed camera invented by Maurice Gatsonides and manufactured by the Dutch company Gatsometer BV.

The Gatso works by using radar to measure the speed of vehicles, and then photographing the vehicle from the rear, after it has passed the camera, if it is travelling above the preset trigger speed

A mobile speed camera is a term used in the United Kingdom to refer to a road vehicle fitted with speed camera equipment which can park at the side of the road, or on overbridges to monitor the speed of passing traffic.

Mobile speed camera comes in many shapes, sizes, and colour schemes. Generally there are two types, a white van with the camera equipment poking out of the rear (for layby based vans) or out of the sliding side panel (for overbridge based vans) They are required by law to carry a 'speed camera warning' logo, although by the time youve seen it, they've taken your speed anyway. Often they also show the THINK!!! road safety logo. Colloquially are know as 'Talivans' for the way they terrorise the motorist, 'Stink Vans' a play on the Think!! logo, as well as other less polite variations. They may be operated by uniformed police officers, but more often than not by 'civilian' police employees. There have been reports that they may be parked in dangerous places just to ensure a good hiding place.

Introduced over the last year or so are mobile speed traps based on motorbikes to allow speed monitoring in areas where it is impossible to park a van.

SPECS is a speed camera system manufactured by the British company Speed Check Services Limited.

The cameras operate as two or more sets along a route. The average speed over the distance travelled between two cameras is calculated using automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) technology.

Truvelo is generally used to refer to a speed camera manufactured by the South African company Truvelo Manufacturers (Pty) Ltd.

The Truvelo camera is usually a forward facing camera (it can also be rear facing) taking pictures using an flash gun fitted with a magenta filter [1] (the driver is less likely to be dazzled by the flash light). The reflected light provides the film with the correct exposure resulting in a clear picture of the driver committing the offence (considered as incriminating evidence).

Piezo-electric road strips, a known distance apart, are set into the road in front of the camera, and the time between compressions is measured to give the resulting speed of the vehicle. The system takes a single photograph along with four readings on a two axle vehicle and uses the average time for compressions to calculate the resulting speed. The photograph of the vehicle being analysed will be taken when its wheels reach the three narrowly spaced white lines across the carriageway which are present at all Truvelo installations.

Answer 2

There are two picture type of cameras.

Stationary - The ones loacted on Expressways and Traffic light
Moving - The ones currently being used by Traffic Police.

The stationary ones will only trigger when you exceed the Speed limit or when you beat the traffic light. These are pictures taken from rear.

The mocving one is the latest one, it captures your pic in video form and the proccessor immediately calculates your speed. This is like a spped trap and a camera into one.

It can be from the rear or the front.
Once the Officer (normally hiding on overhead bridges or dark corners) gets you riding or driving beyond the speed limit. A patrol car (Expressway Patrol) or Mobile Traffic Police ( who is station about 500m past the camera) will stop you.

The camera is capable of both front and rear pic.

Hope this answers your question.

Speed Demon.

Answer 3

The cameras usually take a picture from the rear so the flash going off doesn't distract the driver and cause an accident. If you were caught going towards the speed trap, it would just be a radar gun

Answer 4

The rear of the camera is marked with chevrons, however most cameras can zap you either way, it's down to the white distance markers on the road.

For the mobile units, they are head on because they are proper RADAR gun which calculate you speed on the approach

Answer 5

gatso cameras(the big yellow ones) take the picture from behind,they take two photos quarter of a second apart,the lines on the road are 1mtr apart so officer dibble can work out how many metres you travelled in quarter of a second,hence if you stay off the lines in the road they cant work out you're speed.the other types of camera are more complex,they are front facing digital cameras so they never run out of film,they work out you're actual speed,truvelo cameras(true velocity cameras) are getting more widespread in the uk.the simple way to beat these nasty pieces of equipment is to buy yourself a motorbike(no front number plate) then you can go past them as fast as you want and give them the bird.another solution is to go out early in the morning and cover all you're local speed cameras lenses with cling film,the flash then dazzles the camera rendering it useless.speed on people.

Answer 6

cant help on the first part of the Q but soon thay all will be a front photo which will be a pisser cos one you cant put the points on your partners licence and two if the passenger is the mistress your going to be caught by the wife as well what a **** world we live in

Answer 7

usually they work together, the one in the front takes the pic of the driver and the one in the rear takes a pic of your lic. plates.

Answer 8

why would you want to know? do you have diff plates on the front and the rear of your car? what diff could it make? Not an answer, just lots more questions!!!!!

Answer 9

Does it make a difference?! you were caught speeding!

Answer 10

Note which direction the flash comes from, then wait for your prints in the post.