flashed at 80+ mph

Kanifee · 28 May 2008 at 14:13

A friend of mine recently passed his bike test and has a very heavy throttle hand, today on a stretch of motorway reduced to a 30 zone for road works he got flashed doing 80. i know its his own fault for being a tit and i told him so but he asked a question i couldnt answer so i thought i would ask you guys, the mobile camera van that flashed him was on the left side of the road with its arse facing the direction he was coming from, how would this pick him up if the number plate is on the back of the bike and none are preasent on the front?

Just curious really as i couldnt figure it out when he asked me the same question!

Stonedofmoo · 28 May 2008 at 14:14

afaik it won't.

Morba · 28 May 2008 at 14:14

mobile camera vans do not flash
oh and some of these vans now have cameras on top so that they can also do bikes.

Makhaira · 28 May 2008 at 14:18

80 in a road works zone? Getting done for speeding is the least of his worries imho...

Freefaller · 28 May 2008 at 14:23

Makhaira said:
80 in a road works zone? Getting done for speeding is the least of his worries imho...

Agreed. What a stupid thing to do. Most people come whizzing past me in road work areas - I just don't get how people are so ignorant.

excaliborg · 28 May 2008 at 14:32

I've seen people doing 80mph+ on the motorway in the middle lane whilst cones are being laid on the fast lane, accident waiting to happen and it really puts the lives of the workers at risk.

[TR]SweetSpotOz · 28 May 2008 at 14:44

Morba · 28 May 2008 at 14:46

markyp23 said:
No but the British public are perfectly capable of judging a safe speed and are only doing 80 when it is not suitable because there is a speed limit in place. Isn't that right, Dolph?

eh?

Bar · 28 May 2008 at 14:48

A lot of the vans also have cameras pointing forwards so that they can catch the plate on the rear of the bike.

[TR]SweetSpotOz · 28 May 2008 at 14:50

Freefaller · 28 May 2008 at 14:55

excaliborg said:
I've seen people doing 80mph+ on the motorway in the middle lane whilst cones are being laid on the fast lane, accident waiting to happen and it really puts the lives of the workers at risk.

There's no such thing as a fast lane.

Housey · 28 May 2008 at 14:57

Freefaller said:
There's no such thing as a fast lane.

There is, its often referred to as the Hard Shoulder!

Not just a hat stand my friend, always thinking!

Freefaller · 28 May 2008 at 14:58

markyp23 said:
No but the British public are perfectly capable of judging a safe speed and are only doing 80 when it is not suitable because there is a speed limit in place. Isn't that right, Dolph?

Now you're just being absurd and silly.

Freefaller · 28 May 2008 at 14:58

housemaster said:
There is, its often referred to as the Hard Shoulder!

Not just a hat stand my friend, always thinking!

Good point well made

growse · 28 May 2008 at 14:59

markyp23 said:
I take it you've never seen a post by Dolph on speed cameras. He will be here shortly...

From your tone, it seems that you've never actually read one of his posts on speed cameras. He'd be the first to advocate speed cameras where they're actually needed, such as schools, roadworks etc.

Glaucus · 28 May 2008 at 15:00

reduced to 30 on a motorway? never seen that.
If he has been caught doing 80 in a 30. then say good by to his license.

[TR]SweetSpotOz · 28 May 2008 at 15:01

Kanifee · 28 May 2008 at 15:42

AcidHell2 said:
reduced to 30 on a motorway? never seen that.
If he has been caught doing 80 in a 30. then say good by to his license.

yeh heavy road works in place at the moment, he says the bike isnt registerd to him at the moment, any help to him or just another thing he needs shun'd for? lol!

[TR]SweetSpotOz · 28 May 2008 at 15:47

SKILL · 28 May 2008 at 15:55

He'll only 'lose' his licence if they do him for something other than the SP50 offence (which is definitely possible at that kind of speed), if it's just an SP50 the maximum penalty, and probably what he'd get, is a 56 day ban,

If however they do him for dangerous driving then yeah, he could well lose his licence...

Oh, and he's an idiot btw