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Originally Posted by gary_580
If your approaching a speed camera which is on the other side of the road and is one that takes pictures from the back of your car, and it goes off, can you still get fined?
The camera was on the other side of the road.
The car was approaching the camera and not going past it as the camera was intended.
There are no lines on the side of the road appriacing the camera either (but are some of the side of the road where the camera is.)
Secondly if its at night and that happens and it distracts you by the blinding light flashing twice and surely this could cause an accident?
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As far as i know you will not get fined, because the markings on the road are what is used to determine your speed. If you were on the other side of the road you may not even have been in the picture. I remember a case a few years ago about taking pictures of people from the front is invasion of privacy under the ECHR (European Convention on Human Rights) but i am sure it won't come down to this!
Also i guess yes if you are distracted and crash then you could blame the camera, but i very much doubt you would be able to claim compensation from the speed camera unit of your local police force (i mean think how
little money they must have!!). However you if someone was speeding through it when it went off and you crashed, a very good lawyer may be able to bring a successful civil action for the damage against the speeding motorist, but i don't see this being very likely.
If you are bored, you can always tie a tin can to a piece of string and swing it round infront of a speed camera, because when it reaches a certain speed it will make the camera go off
MB