How bad is this tyre?
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CCTV (ie the ones that litter our motorways) instead of a speed camera. Some bloke in a control room spots a car making 'progress' and tells his mate in the squad car up the road about it, and informs him that he may like to park on a slip road, bridge or other such hiding place...
Firstly, setting up a mobile speed camera cannot be done spontaneously.
Secondly, so the scenario is some guy eating doughnuts in front of a horde of CCTV cameras, at 3 in the morning, is gonna call his mate, the copper, about some guy who he thinks is speeding? Parking up on a slip road or bridge isn't going to do much good if I go past at 150, either - the police don't have a car that could catch up! They'd have to roll at high speed and wait for me to come past.
There's software that could quite easily identify cars driving excessively fast, e.g. above the usual average speed of the road.
Do that 2 or 3 times on that stretch, and it might raise a flag, alerting people to your usual times/locations of the speeding.
I met the guy who wrote the software btw, they are using it to monitor train tracks for bombs/other obstructions too.
LOL
Those cameras are for traffic watch. They don't have someone monitoring speeds.
Yeah, it could happen, but it really doesn't! It certainly wouldn't be admissable as evidence, either!
I think you'll find another car further up the road will be called, or a chopper, if they really want to catch you
.Tbh your attitude is rather immature and I hope I'm not there when you stack it.
Just after the part you have quoted I said:I think you'll find another car further up the road will be called, or a chopper, if they really want to catch you
Tbh your attitude is rather immature and I hope I'm not there when you stack it.
I'm not purporting invulnerability, just reality. Parking on a bridge and zooming down the offramp to catch someone doing 150 isn't going to work with the array of cars the police have.PMKeates said:
You don't know what software they are running, and whether its suitable as evidence would require a test case in court, not that it would need to come to that as the flag could simply result in a few mobile cams being set up in strategic locations at strategic times, just in case to see who's doing what
They are not going to set up a roadblock when someone is travelling at 150. Stinger strip, maybe, but even then the safety aspect of that is questionable even if the driver is committing a speeding offence. This is all rubbish anyway because if they tried to catch me I would... slow down
I've been reading this thread for a while but up until now I haven't replied.
Firstly, I do speed now and again and rarely I do more then a ton. English roads are not designed for high speeds. Compare the road surfaces in this country (A roads and Motorways) to that is say Germany and you can see straight away why it is possible to drive safely at higher speeds. Additionally you can't be checking your car that often if your tyre is in the state it is in.
Secondly, it doesn't take a man with CCTV, or a speed camera on a bridge or even the helicopter. Just one unmarked traffic car with the right camera equipment is all the evidence the Police would need to prosecute you and personally I do hope you get caught and given a long term ban as you are a danger to other drivers. Actually thinking about it, it only takes one person to make a complaint about you to the Police and you would have them knocking on your door. Can't believe a lot of people in Grays have a BMW of your colour! And that is without tracing your IP address etc. I'm not going to do it but I would have little sympathy if someone else did.
I don't know you personally but your attitude is extremely immature and to be honest you sound like a bit of a ****. When was the last time you read a thread started by Spie saying he was doing 150MPH down the M6? You don't because he is mature enough to understand how stupid he would look on here.
And yes I am a BMW driver!
Firstly, I do speed now and again and rarely I do more then a ton. English roads are not designed for high speeds. Compare the road surfaces in this country (A roads and Motorways) to that is say Germany and you can see straight away why it is possible to drive safely at higher speeds. Additionally you can't be checking your car that often if your tyre is in the state it is in.
Secondly, it doesn't take a man with CCTV, or a speed camera on a bridge or even the helicopter. Just one unmarked traffic car with the right camera equipment is all the evidence the Police would need to prosecute you and personally I do hope you get caught and given a long term ban as you are a danger to other drivers. Actually thinking about it, it only takes one person to make a complaint about you to the Police and you would have them knocking on your door. Can't believe a lot of people in Grays have a BMW of your colour! And that is without tracing your IP address etc. I'm not going to do it but I would have little sympathy if someone else did.
I don't know you personally but your attitude is extremely immature and to be honest you sound like a bit of a ****. When was the last time you read a thread started by Spie saying he was doing 150MPH down the M6? You don't because he is mature enough to understand how stupid he would look on here.
And yes I am a BMW driver!
They are not going to set up a roadblock when someone is travelling at 150. Stinger strip, maybe, but even then the safety aspect of that is questionable even if the driver is committing a speeding offence. This is all rubbish anyway because if they tried to catch me I would... slow down
stinger strip for a car doing 150? youre trolling now arnt you
as for road blocks, ive got a couple close friends (ie real life people, driving real life cars, in real life) who have ended up on the wrong end of a road block
there is also a famous story of a journo (maybe David Vivian) who was stopped with a road block in a 911 after unintentionally outrunning a plod car that couldnt go over 130
If you are doing 150mph you will stand out like a sore thumb. It only takes one, bored CCTV operator to pass the details to a police patrol, that is my point, it does happen.
I am well aware that CCTV is not used as a mechanisim for speeding, and PM Keates I am well aware of the logistics in setting up a speed trap, but thanks for your lesson.
I am well aware that CCTV is not used as a mechanisim for speeding, and PM Keates I am well aware of the logistics in setting up a speed trap, but thanks for your lesson.
I don't start threads saying I'm doing x speed. I just don't have any qualms in mentioning it if it's relevant, much the same as you wouldn't be fussed about mentioning you had fish and chips for dinner last night if people were talking about the state of the fishing industry.
If Spie does travel down the M6 at 150MPH then it's up to him whether he says it here, as it is for me.
I've heard of stinger strips being deployed at higher speeds than a roadblock has been used. I really cannot imagine Grays police setting up 4 cars across the A13 to try and stop someone that has been recorded as travelling at 150! Do you mean a rolling roadblock, or something like this:
Does it? Do you know someone that does it?
Whether you do or not... I don't believe you
I don't believe for a second that it happens.i think he is saying that if a cctv guy sees one car going double the speed of the others, the cctv guy could then inform the relevant authorities to go catch that car. the cctv guy would probably not even see the reg plate, let alone be able to work out the speed, but then thats the cops job.
make them work for a living i recon, instead of just fannying about with their stupid cameras
make them work for a living i recon, instead of just fannying about with their stupid cameras