Can Gatsos get you on both sides of the road?

Trojan · 15 Feb 2006 at 16:46

Just a quick question - does anyone know if a Gatso can successfully flash you on both sides of the road? For example, if you're overtaking and on the opposite side of the road, can the camera get you for speeding?

vanandjuanunited · 15 Feb 2006 at 16:50

There should be markings on the road on which ever lane it is montoring afaik.

Lowe · 15 Feb 2006 at 16:51

Aint this in the sticky?

And no

DannyDan · 15 Feb 2006 at 17:03

Trojan said:
Just a quick question - does anyone know if a Gatso can successfully flash you on both sides of the road? For example, if you're overtaking and on the opposite side of the road, can the camera get you for speeding?

I'd assume so, otherwise you could just avoid the gatso by driving on the wrong side of the road

That's why they normally have markings on both sides of the road despite the fact that they can only "get" cars from behind.

Trojan · 15 Feb 2006 at 17:09

Lowe said:
Aint this in the sticky?

And no

I had a look in the sticky to start with and read through the Gatso information but couldn't see anything regarding this.

Just to clarify, I'm not talking about a camera on the otherside of the road flashing me when I'm driving towards it, but a camera which would have flashed me had I stayed on my own side of the road. Still say no?

Trojan · 15 Feb 2006 at 17:10

DannyDan said:
I'd assume so, otherwise you could just avoid the gatso by driving on the wrong side of the road

This is what I was thinking.

DannyDan said:
That's why they normally have markings on both sides of the road despite the fact that they can only "get" cars from behind.

In the situation I'm talking about, there are only markings on one side of the road.

M0T · 15 Feb 2006 at 17:29

One of the people I work with was caught speeding by a gatso whilst overtaking on the other side of the road, so yes, they can get you.

Trojan · 15 Feb 2006 at 17:34

Damn

Gilly · 15 Feb 2006 at 17:35

Tut, tut.

M0T · 15 Feb 2006 at 17:46

I imagine on single lane roads they just set them up how they are on motorways and dual carriageways, where 1 camera covers up to 3 lanes.

Trojan · 15 Feb 2006 at 18:59

Gilly said:
Tut, tut.

Shut it, slaaaaaaaaggggg

atpbx · 15 Feb 2006 at 19:15

Trojan said:
Just a quick question - does anyone know if a Gatso can successfully flash you on both sides of the road? For example, if you're overtaking and on the opposite side of the road, can the camera get you for speeding?

Yes.

But dont they only monitor one direction of traffic?

Dr Who · 15 Feb 2006 at 20:36

DannyDan said:
I'd assume so, otherwise you could just avoid the gatso by driving on the wrong side of the road

That's why they normally have markings on both sides of the road despite the fact that they can only "get" cars from behind.

Which is exactly what you CAN do with a truvelo...

If you are doing 30 towards a truvelo, someone can overtake you going 90 and they wont trigger the camera...

The piezo strips are "lane" sensitive...

How many times I have overtaken a car in a 60 limit doing 40 past a truvelo and jabbing their brakes I cannot count...

:cool:

Big Spender · 15 Feb 2006 at 20:56

i got flashed twice by 2 different camera on the same night from the other side of the road, and i got nothing from it, so from my experience i would say no.

233 · 15 Feb 2006 at 20:57

the old ones no the new fangled ones yes

zain · 15 Feb 2006 at 21:09

New ones? -.- I know theres a blue camera on the dual carriageway and it aint for security, im sure this is a new one in the making!

TripleT · 15 Feb 2006 at 21:18

More to the point, why were you over-taking in an "accident blackspot"?!

Very silly, hope it's not overly quick either as if it was to go to court I can't imagine you'd get off with anything

scratch · 16 Feb 2006 at 10:47

zain said:
New ones? -.- I know theres a blue camera on the dual carriageway and it aint for security, im sure this is a new one in the making!

Sounds like a TrafficMaster camera to me. Was it hanging over the dual carriageway from the side of a bridge? They read number plates for the purpose of monitoring traffic flow.

Andy

Lowe · 16 Feb 2006 at 11:31

I misunderstood - yeah you can be done.

Oracle · 16 Feb 2006 at 12:15

A Yellow Gatso that is facing away from you as you approach it (i.e. on your side of the road it would take a shot of the rear of your number plate) CANNOT legally take a photo of you travelling towards it at illegal speeds.

Firstly, it cannot accurately determine your speed when you approach it (as opposed to travelling away from it).

Secondly, the lines that are on the other side of the road are for the purpose of people trying to 'avoid' the gatso, or overtaking, and .....

Thirdly, if one of those things flashed me in the face whilst driving towards it (bearing in mind how bright they flash), and I crashed, I would have a VERY strong case in court that the flash caused me to crash!

So, in short, No, it cant cover both sides of the road for two alternate lanes of traffic. It can cover the otherside of the road for cars overtaking or avoiding the Gatso.