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Originally Posted by Russ D
The implications of this are ENORMOUS...so big in fact that there is NO way he will succeed. It will be decided "for the greater good" that he will fail. You just watch.
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But the point is that he was still speeding, so of course he will not succeed.
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Originally Posted by nffc
Interesting but I'm still in favour of Gatsos considering the alternative ie speed bumps.
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I'm in favour of those speed sensitive signs that light up if you're going too fast either in 30 zones or at accident black spots. They have been shown to be more effective at reducing speed and accidents.
Everyone slips over the speed limit from time to time, these signs are a gentle reality check that most people will respond to.
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Originally Posted by Scarlett
This might go someway to explain why I've been flashed 4 times* over the last year going into Colchester. there are 2 cameras and I'm a good by so its 30 mph as soon as I get into the zone (and not just where the cameras are) but even then I've been flashed 4 times (one time I was only doing 25 according to my Speedo).
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This is a separate issue to the guy who's trying it on. You're saying that the trigger is set too low or inaccurate. He's saying that the gap between photos is too long, which would exaggerate the offender's speed on the pictures.
Of course it might well be your speedo that's wrong, but you should let your local police service know that you have a concern about a specific camera.
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Originally Posted by Escapee
We have just been discussing this one in work this morning, one of the guys here suggested a remote flasher used for photography could probably be used to trigger a pulse to be read on the oscilloscope. It wouldn't matter about the delay it took for the trigger, because it would be the same for both flashes, the only point to be sure about would be the recovery time between triggers.
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I've heard that some people are using these to 'blind' Gatsos. As an part-time photographer I have a couple of these little units for fill-in flash, the sense when your main flashgun fires. Apparently some people are using them in the back window of their cars so that when the Gatso flashes them, this gizmo flashes back.
I don't know if it works, I'd be surprised given the distance, but I would say that anyone doing so needs beating - I wouldn't want to be driving behind a car that was setting off flashes in my face.