Type of road camera I've not seen before - black camera on posts..??

[iv-tecman]

Does anyone know what those black camera are mounted on posts that hang over roads? They look like specs, but they aren’t painted yellow, I’ve searched around and I simply cannot see anything about them..

It’s the first time I’ve seen spec type cameras on the same type of posts but not painted yellow but black.

I saw them entering the road, and saw another post the same leaving the same area, but the post was new and no cameras yet on the post I saw leaving the area. Northampton Brackmills area. Not seen them before, or even seen the type of camera before..

Possible ANPR? Traffic claming cameras? Not sure.

 

[Janesy B]

Sure they're just not CCTV cameras?

 

[latercomer2]

Go past them a few times well above the limit and let us know if you get anything in the post

 

[binaryknight]

possibly traffic monitoring ones? pretty much jsut cctv

 

[Aero]

Not sure but I spotted some similar things in St Albans recently

 

[DanTheMan]

Aren't they just traffic monitoring ones? Think they might have ANPR on them nowadays.

 

[Fr0dders]

hanging on bridges over roads ?

they're just used by the highways agency for monitoring traffic.

and yes the men with tinfoil hats say they are all getting ANPR technology and used to create a massive surveilance network, but not yet.

 

[DanTheMan]

hanging on bridges over roads ?

they're just used by the highways agency for monitoring traffic.

and yes the men with tinfoil hats say they are all getting ANPR technology and used to create a massive surveilance network, but not yet.

I just remember watching road wars and it saying that the police were chasing after an uninsured/wanted driver after the CCTV camera picked it up with its ANPR.

 

[DannyDan]

I just remember watching road wars and it saying that the police were chasing after an uninsured/wanted driver after the CCTV camera picked it up with its ANPR.

I think I saw the same episode. This was the London cameras, some of which do have ANPR.

 

[jbstans]

It could be those, or maybe some sort of average speed camera using the ANPR? I heard they were developing/rolling them out so...

 

[Gaygle]

i think i know the ones you mean. They were put up along every route into canterbury about 12 months ago. I'm sure they're just traffic monitoring ones, but it's made me think - some of the roads they are placed down aren't ever busy with traffic...

I'm sure they could easily be used as ANPR surveillance cameras for certain organisations.

 

[LostPhil]

@jbstans

The average speed cameras would have a lot of signs warning you about it. Having travelled down the bit of the A14 with them I can safely say it'd be pretty obvious if they were average speed ones.

 

[PhillyDee]

They are traffic master ones. They are usually Blue though!

 

[Fr0dders]

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I'm sure they could easily be used as ANPR surveillance cameras for certain organisations.

thats just it

they can do. Currently there arent, but if th tabloids are to believed, there will be a nationwide network of them. Currently as already said its just the london ones that have it.

 

[Gaygle]

thats just it

they can do. Currently there arent, but if th tabloids are to believed, there will be a nationwide network of them. Currently as already said its just the london ones that have it.

I agree, but there is no denying they are potentially "laying the groundwork" and with the paranoia of terrorism recently, it's by no means a stretch of the imagination for ANPR to be extended to these cameras in the future.

 

[malfunkshun]

The paranoia of terrorism appears to reside mainly in the minds of politicians

 

[jbstans]

@jbstans

The average speed cameras would have a lot of signs warning you about it. Having travelled down the bit of the A14 with them I can safely say it'd be pretty obvious if they were average speed ones.

Aah, true.. I hadn't thought of that. Yeah it's probably not that then..