Ugh probably caught speeding

Mort · 25 Nov 2009 at 13:30

I know i know my own fault, BUT was a mobile van parked in the sneakiest sliest spot possible.

Theres a country A road with a short 40mph stretch, it goes past some houses set right back from the road, but these houses are in a little lay by type road right next to the main road. This road has a big 8ft high fence running probably 100m along separating it from the main road. Just after the fence stops the limit goes back to national speed limit.

The van was parked right next to the fence with a perfect view going up the 60mph bit, obviously waiting for people like me to speed up to 60 before the actual sign

b******s!!!

Also the annoying bit is I have just moved house and haven't got around to sending off my change of address form on the reg document yet. So no doubt it will get sent to my old address and I probably wont even know about it for ages

oneale90 · 25 Nov 2009 at 13:44

Sounds about right, they love these sort of places, they catch so many people out!

Liquidfox · 25 Nov 2009 at 13:49

If the van can see all the way into the NSL, how does the cam know where the speed limit changes?

Mort · 25 Nov 2009 at 13:52

I thought there was some kind of law where they had to be in plain sight, or is that just the fixed speeding cameras?

Fair enough if I was speeding in a built up area, but in a hidey hole just before a national speed limit is without honour

Liquidfox said:
If the van can see all the way into the NSL, how does the cam know where the speed limit changes?

As they are parked in a road running parallel with the A road, with a verge + fence inbetween they probably have it at an angle which dissects the road up until it hits NSL

neoboy · 25 Nov 2009 at 13:56

Liquidfox said:
If the van can see all the way into the NSL, how does the cam know where the speed limit changes?

I presume they set it manually in the van?

Mort · 25 Nov 2009 at 17:26

so anyone know what the deal is if they send it to my old address and i dont receive it? i will change my address 2moz at post office but if they send it or process it before then will i get in trouble?

russ0r · 25 Nov 2009 at 17:52

Mort said:
so anyone know what the deal is if they send it to my old address and i dont receive it? i will change my address 2moz at post office but if they send it or process it before then will i get in trouble?

Probably. If I was you I'd go get a redirection sorted out tomorrow.

PermaBanned · 25 Nov 2009 at 17:54

Perhaps you shouldn't speed?

Still, love my TomTom One for this, the speed camera detection hasn't let me down yet

GolfNovember90 · 25 Nov 2009 at 18:03

best bet would be to send a polite letter to your old address asking them to inform you should anything official arrive for you.

ive seen many arrive alive speed camera vans over the past few weeks and whilst they might be called sneaky by some for parking on the sides of the roads etc surely our observation skills should be good enough to spot the big white van before we are right on top of it
also at the end of the day if we (meaning drivers) didnt break the law by speeding we wouldnt get tickets for it

TaKeN · 25 Nov 2009 at 18:05

Superewza said:
Perhaps you shouldn't speed?

Still, love my TomTom One for this, the speed camera detection hasn't let me down yet

Since when have the tom tom ones been able to detect Mobile speed cameras? :eek:

fastwunz · 25 Nov 2009 at 18:13

lol - i got completely flamed by loads of self righteous pillocks on this site when i got done for doing 34 in a 30 by a hidden van. Apparently my complaining about it warranted copious amounts of abuse from the high horse, im perfect, brigade.

Ive give you about 5mins before this happens to you.

alex24 · 25 Nov 2009 at 18:16

fastwunz said:
lol - i got completely flamed by loads of self righteous pillocks on this site when i got done for doing 34 in a 30 by a hidden van. Apparently my complaining about it warranted copious amounts of abuse from the high horse, im perfect, brigade.

Ive give you about 5mins before this happens to you.

Shouldn't have been speeding.

Bam! That was much less than 5 minutes.

fastwunz · 25 Nov 2009 at 18:17

alexhull24 said:
Shouldn't have been speeding.

Bam! That was much less than 5 minutes.

lol touché

Duke · 25 Nov 2009 at 18:19

You can get Royal Mail to redirect post for a few months if you haven't changed them all yet.

stockhausen · 25 Nov 2009 at 18:24

liambryan said:
... also at the end of the day if we (meaning drivers) didn't break the law by speeding we wouldn't get tickets for it

This.

PermaBanned · 25 Nov 2009 at 18:32

TaKeN said:
Since when have the tom tom ones been able to detect Mobile speed cameras?

That's what you get for skim reading, kids

Tute · 25 Nov 2009 at 18:49

liambryan said:
also at the end of the day if we (meaning drivers) didnt break the law by speeding we wouldnt get tickets for it

I think the point is that breaking a speed limit doesn't automatically make you a bad driver or a danger on the road.

alex24 · 25 Nov 2009 at 18:53

Tute said:
I think the point is that breaking a speed limit doesn't automatically make you a bad driver or a danger on the road.

How come? Surely if you're speeding your stopping distances are longer and thinking time shorter, and so if someone crosses the road in front of you, you have less time to stop or avoid them?

Tute · 25 Nov 2009 at 19:02

alexhull24 said:
How come? Surely if you're speeding your stopping distances are longer and thinking time shorter, and so if someone crosses the road in front of you, you have less time to stop or avoid them?

Because millions of people speed every day, and no kittens, children, or women die.

And people who stick to the speed limits still end up in accidents where there are fatalities.

Shocking isn't it.

alex24 · 25 Nov 2009 at 19:09

Tute said:
Because millions of people speed every day, and no kittens, children, or women die.

Well that's just not true. I'd like to see stats on this, but I would think lots of avoidable accidents involve excess speed, and there are plenty of fatalities on the road each day.

Just because other accidents happen when people aren't speeding doesn't mean it's not dangerous to speed. I have no doubt that it increases your chances of causing or being involved in an accident, which is the point you're really disputing here.

Of course, in no way does what you're saying remotely justify doing it.

Ugh probably caught speeding

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