Flashed by a speed camera but it was not me!

PeterT · 30 May 2007 at 21:43

Hi, driving along a familiar road tonight containing a speed camera I was overtaken by a BMW. He was zooming along until he saw the camera and then slowed down. I passed the camera and entered the white strips on the road area at 30mph and the BMW was nearly at the far end of the white strips. As he reached the end he accelerated away and the camera flashed 2x. Because we were behind him still in the white strip area our car will have been right in the centre of the photo.
How do I prove I was not speeding and it was the BMW driver instead. He might even have been slightly outside the white strips area when the 2 flashes occured but it was difficult to tell?

PeterT

Defcon5 · 30 May 2007 at 21:44

If part of his car is in the pic you should be ok id have thought.

Luke · 30 May 2007 at 21:44

Won't matter. If you weren't speeding, your progress along the markings will prove this.

Sirrel Squirrel · 30 May 2007 at 21:45

The police will just look at the 2 pictures and measure the distance.

The IPB · 30 May 2007 at 21:47

Yeah as long as you weren't speeding your fine, the camera takes 2 pictures so the distance can be measured between photos and your speed calculated. You will be fine.

PeterT · 30 May 2007 at 22:04

What happens if he was flashed at but he was slightly outside the markings so the police do not have a reference point?

PeterT

Fireskull · 30 May 2007 at 22:08

Hehe unless he was doing 160+ mph it got him

mole90 · 30 May 2007 at 22:26

They'll be able to work out which car triggered the camera from the photos- nothing to worry about....unless you happend to be speeding too

Dolph · 30 May 2007 at 22:57

PeterT said:
Hi, driving along a familiar road tonight containing a speed camera I was overtaken by a BMW. He was zooming along until he saw the camera and then slowed down. I passed the camera and entered the white strips on the road area at 30mph and the BMW was nearly at the far end of the white strips. As he reached the end he accelerated away and the camera flashed 2x. Because we were behind him still in the white strip area our car will have been right in the centre of the photo.
How do I prove I was not speeding and it was the BMW driver instead. He might even have been slightly outside the white strips area when the 2 flashes occured but it was difficult to tell?

PeterT

They'll be able to tell you werent' speeding by the markings on the road.

R220 · 30 May 2007 at 23:10

PeterT said:
What happens if he was flashed at but he was slightly outside the markings so the police do not have a reference point?

PeterT

why would he be outside the markings if it was him who set it off... you would have to be doing over 170mph and the camera wont even flash from what i remember when they tested it on topgear.

6thElement · 30 May 2007 at 23:37

Dolph said:
They'll be able to tell you werent' speeding by the markings on the road.

As long as the camera is calibrated to take the two pictures the correct time period apart. We all know how unreliable and uncalibrated they are

Sirrel Squirrel · 31 May 2007 at 10:29

PeterT said:
What happens if he was flashed at but he was slightly outside the markings so the police do not have a reference point?

PeterT

They wouldn't have a case

Third Opinion · 31 May 2007 at 11:26

I got flashed by a camera when I was stationary in a traffic jam. The camera was activated by a motorcyclist speeding up the centre of the road. I got paranoid they would send the fine to me.