How do you warn other about mobile speed cameras?
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And this is different from people adjusting their driving when nearing a known GATSO and then going back to normal afterwards?
Everybody speeds, even if it's a little bit over or every now and then. I can't take anyone seriously when they say they've never gone a bit over the limit.
Obviously it's a slightly different thing when there is traffic on the carriageway.
Anyway, warning people is fair game. Some of the camera vans over here up by Titchfield sit with at the end of a hill and you don't see it until you're at the peak of the hill at the bottom and obviously accelerating as you drive up then coasting/engine braking as you drive down. For many people it's all too easy to be 5MPH over and get snagged.
Obviously it's a slightly different thing when there is traffic on the carriageway.
Anyway, warning people is fair game. Some of the camera vans over here up by Titchfield sit with at the end of a hill and you don't see it until you're at the peak of the hill at the bottom and obviously accelerating as you drive up then coasting/engine braking as you drive down. For many people it's all too easy to be 5MPH over and get snagged.
Depends on the camera?
I got the course for 33MPH in a 30 as I joined from a 40 road section over a bridge. My speedo under 50 is out by 2MPH (checked with GPS).
Every car I have had has under-reported the speed, though, so 70 on the speedo is actually about 65-67
Exactly. So if you're caught speeding at 45mph (for example) your speed was probably nearer 50 ...
Actually it's the other way around. The speedo must not show less than the speed you're actually driving, but usually shows that you're driving faster than you are.
Yes, what he means is that if you were caught at 45, your apparent speed (as displayed by the speedo) was probably nearer 50.
If you were caught at 45, your speed WAS 45
Yes, what he means is that if you were caught at 45, your apparent speed (as displayed by the speedo) was probably nearer 50.
If you were caught at 45, your speed WAS 45
It's all in the wording
Since when was warning other motorist of a speed camera a criminal offence anyway? What would he of arrested you for? I'd of just asked what law you were breaking.
Yeah I would also be asking that question: what law am I breaking?
Last I checked it wasn't against the law to warn people of a potential hazard ahead, at the end of the day they are trying to catch people out to squeeze more money out of us, should we unite against our money hungry government?
Last I checked it wasn't against the law to warn people of a potential hazard ahead, at the end of the day they are trying to catch people out to squeeze more money out of us, should we unite against our money hungry government?
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I thought you were only allowed to flash your lights to make your presence known to other motorists 
I've flashed people to warn of a camera, but only if the van is hidden and they aren't obvious caning it up the road. I wouldn't flash a boy racer.
I've flashed people to warn of a camera, but only if the van is hidden and they aren't obvious caning it up the road. I wouldn't flash a boy racer.
Lol at the obstructing an officer in his duty law bending, so to take that a step on, say a doorman prevents a fight from starting in a pub and the police were parked on the street outside, can the doorman be liable to preventing an officer from doing his duty?
If not why does that law apply in either case?
If not why does that law apply in either case?