Odd kind of speed camera - West Lothian

[laissez-faire]

Driving in West Lothian I saw a speed camera that was mounted approximately twice as high as a Gatso would be. It had the same hatchings painted on it and it had white lines on the road similar to a Gatso. Sorry that I didn't take a picture of it as that would make identifying it easier! They also have cameras that look very similar above traffic lights in West Lothian.

It wasn't a Truvelo - it looked like it was a rear facing camera. I also didn't see a second camera so pretty sure it wasn't a Watchman!

Any ideas?

Sam

 

[Delboy]

It's a 'Super Gatso' they can catch you before you even get in your car!!!

 

[West]

Red Light Camera at a guess..

 

[laissez-faire]

Red Light Camera at a guess..

Nope - there were no traffic lights about.

 

[blairw]

Where abouts in west lothian.. ill need to keep an eye out

 

[Fr0dders]

Wasnt one of these was it ?

 

[West]

Nope - there were no traffic lights about.

What colour is it? and have you checked the SC Database sticky? to see if its on there?

 

[OllyM]

A Monitron (basically a digital Gatso)?

http://www.ukspeedtraps.co.uk/gatso12.htm

 

[div0]

A Monitron (basically a digital Gatso)?

http://www.ukspeedtraps.co.uk/gatso12.htm

Can't access the pic here at work, but yep thats what it is (new digital gatso).

I drive the A71 (Edinburgh-Livingston) quite regularly so I know the one that the OP is on about.

When I first saw it go up I wondered what it was too, but its just a new Digital Gatso.

 

[div0]

Where abouts in west lothian.. ill need to keep an eye out

A71 Edinburgh to Livingston, just before you get to the outskirts of Livingston.

 

[div0]

Film runs out of road as speed cameras go digital
July 20, 2007 14:31


It was the last refuge of speeding drivers - as the dreaded flash goes off, the fleeting possibility the safety camera had run out of film.

But now Scotland's roads will have their first digital speed cameras which never require a film change and are permanently "live" - beaming images of offending drivers to processing centres 24 hours a day.

The new technology is ready for action in Edinburgh and West Lothian, The Scotsman can reveal.

The cameras will enable images of vehicles to be beamed back remotely. This eliminates the potential safety hazard to camera staff having to change the film weekly.

It could also mean drivers receiving speeding tickets the day after they are caught, rather than the current average of nine to ten days.

The first camera is expected to be installed at a new site on the A71 near Mid Calder by next month. It will also be West Lothian's first fixed speed camera.

http://www.lbsafetycameras.co.uk/articles.php?frmArticleID=387&staticId=2

 

[Wolfchild]

Thats always been the good thing about West Lothian and Scotland in general, not a lot of cameras really. Looks like things are changing.

Next we will have Specs on the M8

 

[jamief]

Thats always been the good thing about West Lothian and Scotland in general, not a lot of cameras really. Looks like things are changing.

Next we will have Specs on the M8

Move to Tayside/Angus - not many here at all (yet!)

 

[Teki187]

SNIP

For the love of god, remove your sig, the last thing we need is Hilary Clinton running America.

 

[OllyM]

For the love of god, remove your sig, the last thing we need is Hilary Clinton running America.

 

[Ben M]

For the love of god, remove your sig, the last thing we need is Bill Clinton running America again.

 

[Psymonkee]

Move to Tayside/Angus - not many here at all (yet!)

Best not tell you about Fife then

 

[Dangerous Dave]

Go past this camera on my way to work also, not sure why they have put it there though can't see how that particular part of the road is a accident blackspot.

 

[Pen66]

Move to Tayside/Angus - not many here at all (yet!)

too right

 

[Sonea Fifer]

Best not tell you about Fife then

What about me?

Back on topic - i know what you mean, they "safety" camera van sits at the end of my road on a regular basis