On my journey home today, I passed a speed camera in a clearly-marked 40mph zone and I was travelling at 35mph, keeping a watchful eye on my speedometer, but somehow it still flashed me! The same happened to my Dad the other night, when I was driving behind him in the fog, he was going no more than 30mph! The camera is obviously broken. Will the camera have recorded the correct speed anyway, so we won't get tickets? Can I report the problem to anyone? I'm moving overseas in the New Year, so want to know I'm not going to get a ticket (and then a court summons for not paying!) after I leave...
2006-12-24 06:24:37 · 34 answers · asked by merlin_81 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Safety
If you were not speeding, then nothing will happen.
2006-12-24 06:28:28 · answer #1 · answered by Polo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Speedometers in North American automobiles are notoriously inaccurate so you may have actually been speeding. Also, there may have been another car that was speeding that you didn't notice. You may also have been the victim of a member of the neighbourhood who wants a lower speed limit and is pranking drivers who are legal but faster than s/he wants. Talk to the police department that is responsible for the area where the camera is located.
2006-12-24 06:31:06 · answer #2 · answered by St N 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will have to wait for a ticket to be issued to dispute it. There is no one to contact because the ticket hasn't been produced.
If you are moving abroad and there is someone who will live or continue to live at your address, then ask that person to contact you if you receive a ticket. alternatively if your father receives a ticket then you know for sure you will get one.
Sometimes the camera is faulty or not set at the correct speed. If you are flashed twice, this means you will get a ticket. If it is once then you won't be. I do not know the purpose of the single flash.
2006-12-24 13:00:38 · answer #3 · answered by Just me 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Two photos are taken a set time apart. They can use the markings on the road at speed cameras as a backup system to estimate how fast you were going.
If this doesn't agree with the speed recorded by the camera then that would prove you weren't speeding.
2006-12-24 06:41:39 · answer #4 · answered by Gordon B 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
on the way home from work, a few years ago i was flashed by a speed camera. the speed limit was 40 mph, which i was doing under.
i was certainly surprised, by the flash and it did worry me a bit.
when i got home, i had a think.
i was not speeding so i would not get a speeding fine.
i never received a notice via the post.
so the only conclusion i can draw, for you is that you should not get a speeding ticket.
however, i would report your concerns about the camera to the police.
2006-12-24 06:40:55 · answer #5 · answered by DARLENE C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The camera may have been set wrong or been damaged. If you were within the speed limit the photo's taken will prove you were not speeding and you should not get a ticket. Two photo's will have been taken and the distance/speed calculation is taken from a point on your car over the lines on the ground. Too many lines showing and you were speeding.....fewer lines and you were not.
2006-12-24 06:31:02 · answer #6 · answered by jamand 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
stop worrying...this has happened to me too,,i was doing under the limit behind a van when when a boy racer overtook the pair of us,,camera flashed right in my face and i thought it had got me as the boy racer appeared to have past it when it flashed ..i sweated for a few weeks but i never heard from anybody,if you think the camera is not working properly go to court and challenge the prosecution to prove it is,if it isnt they have no case.as you are going overseas anyway you have twice the weight on your side,if they dont deliver a notice of intended prosecution (an NIP) before you leave all traffic related offences are Statute Barred after Six Months anyway.if they dont get to serve it they cannot "do" anything at all after six months have past....so enjoy being abroad
2006-12-24 10:26:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some cameras will flash every time a car goes by, and only take the snapshot if your speed is above the prescribed trigger speed.
The flash is good for 50,000 flashes, so it's designed to just go off everytime. 'Sure makes you think about your speed now doesn't it?
2006-12-24 06:33:25 · answer #8 · answered by Lion J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some of the Speed Cameras always take pictures. (NOTE: Some of them are not speed cameras either!) Some of them have been put on the street for public safety! So make sure it was a speed camera and not just one that is put there for public safety!
2006-12-27 14:54:52 · answer #9 · answered by Station_9 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What are you worried about - you're moving out of the country in the New Year! Are you sure it was the camera that flashed you and not someones headlights in your rearview? Not only that but not every flash from a camera results in a prosecution.
2006-12-24 19:57:29 · answer #10 · answered by ragingmk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the camera takes 2 pictures and the speed of your vehicle can be calculated by your position in the road markings (the barcode on the road) they are a set distance apart the pictures are 2 seconds apart so you can work out your exact speed if they prosecute make sure you have both pictures
2006-12-24 06:31:33 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋