ie if there are not white lines in the road where the speed camera is, can it still catch you speeding?
2006-10-03 01:30:42 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Safety
For the record, I dont speed..or even drive for that matter..so thanks to the 'hope you get caught' reply... but this is purely a hypothetical question.
2006-10-03 01:41:45 · update #1
yes, because the lines in the road are only used for a secondary check (if needed) to verify your speed... or if the speed camera flashed at two cars going past (on a motorway or dual carriageway) which one to prosecute.
The Speed Cameras themselves are trigged either by radar or by sensor wires buried in the surface of the carriageways. They do not "need" the painted white lines at all.
I don't know if a speed camera prosecution would fail because of a lack of visible white lines in the photo though.
2006-10-03 01:35:11 · answer #1 · answered by James 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Speed Camera Lines
2016-11-14 01:04:13 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The lines on the road are used for static cameras to reduce the chances of erroneous readings. They use two 'still' images taken 0.5 seconds apart - but they use radar to measure your speed. The two images (and the lines) are just a backup. The mobile cameras use also radar, but they tend to shoot video which is kept with the reading. The fact that it's not a 'still' image alleviates any question about the accuracy of the radar reading.
2016-03-13 08:45:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Possibly not, the camera has to take two pictures a few milliseconds apart, then the cars position is gauged against the road markings to calculate the speed.
But some cameras will have a Doppler radar system built in which can calculate the speed without any road markings.
2006-10-03 01:34:52 · answer #4 · answered by jayktee96 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
speed camera's don't use lines to measure your speed. hand held speed camera's have a laser that is transmitted from the device which when pointed to a moving car, the laser hits it and the information is transmitted back to the camera. the speed is calculated by the time the laser takes to recieve the information. road camera's are the same but fixed, when the camera calculates your speed via laser, when you pass it, it takes a picture of the car's rear.
2006-10-03 01:45:11 · answer #5 · answered by dennis s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The speed cameras dont catch you by judging the speed between the lines, they catch you by radar. Thats why the picture of your car has the speed posted in the corner.
2006-10-03 01:33:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes and no,
If it is a standard gatso camera (most common square lensed UK one) then no even though it may flash they can only prove it if the 2 photos it takes has lines so they can show how far the vehicle has travelled. If you are going the opposite direction to the camera and it flashes then there is no way they can take any action against you.
2006-10-03 01:36:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
sorry matey but no mate i dont know which country your in but there everywhere here,, they work on a infa red light jiggy that picks you up more less like a radar then takes a photo of you an you number plate an the speed your doing they dont work good on corners though an i have had a couple an like a lot of people they tell you there not real accurate like i was doing 160 not 140.
then they charge you $15 for the photo plus the fine so its not worth testing them just watch out for them an drive safe....Wazza
2006-10-03 01:37:46 · answer #8 · answered by GOOCH 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The lines are only needed when there are 2 possible vehicles that may have triggered the camera.....ie, on a dual carriageway, with two cars travelling alongside each other.
2006-10-03 01:46:50 · answer #9 · answered by SeabourneFerriesLtd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't need lines in the road. That went out YEARS ago with the advent of radar and now laser technology.
2006-10-03 01:33:49 · answer #10 · answered by Eldude 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋