Mobile Speed Camera Vans

[Tigz79]

Hey guys, so today i went out for a wee ride and was just heading home via the motorway and as i came round the bend there was a mobile speed van eye balling me, a glanced at the speedo and it was at 78mph before a started to slow down, anyone know what the tollerance of these cameras are or will i likely expect a brown envelope through ma door in 14 days cheers

 

[Tigz79]

i know that bikes have no front plates but do these vans take pics of the back of the bike when you drive past? if not a should be all good, doesnt stop the worryin tho lol

 

[Tigz79]

The van was on the hard shoulder as you come round a sweepin bend so they were facing me m8, just hope that the van doesnt have a rear camera caus after the bend its a long straight stretch of road, guess al just have to wait and see, good to know they have trouble with bikes line of sight tho that the other poster pointed out, hopefully its ok, just a waiting game a suspect, a see loads of these vans around and its annoyin as of late there hiding behind bushes and on blind bends, talk about bein able to print your own money eh

 

[Tigz79]

You should be ok. As far as I know there are no camera vans in use in any Scottish force areas that have additional cameras fitted to them facing the rear or side. The officer (civilian or police) operating the camera equipment is an appointed officer of the court and as such can make a statement to go along with the photographic evidence as to vehicle index number. However, I reckon :-

A) He would have to be seriously quick on his feet to drag his backside up out of the chair he was sat in when he first spotted you and head to a position whereby he could read your rear plate as you passed him.

B) At about 78mph your not going to warrant the above response from the camera operator. If it had been 150mph then it may have been a different story.

I wouldn't sweat it m8. I've had the same thing happen to me at a higher speed and I didn't get the dreaded brown envelope dropping through my letterbox afterwards.

Cheers for that m8, kind of puts my mind at ease a see your in falkirk area, the road a was on was the duel carriage way between glenrothes and kirkcaldy east, seen a lot of speed vans there lately as its ma usual run to work.....