Speeding and speed camera

mufc802 · 12 Oct 2013 at 13:03

I got my first speeding fine from this camera:
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=li...=oakSJyNQaAoyXnW1K5Yeyg&cbp=11,196.78,,0,4.77

I'm on a motorbike which has no front reg plate, so how did the camera detect me?

rodenal · 12 Oct 2013 at 13:04

Ehhh, from behind

mufc802 · 12 Oct 2013 at 13:06

rodenal said:
Ehhh, from behind

There is no camera on the back of the box :confused:

SilverTongue · 12 Oct 2013 at 13:09

are you sure you weren't travelling in the opposite direction the the Google car

mufc802 · 12 Oct 2013 at 13:16

SilverTongue said:
are you sure you weren't travelling in the opposite direction the the Google car

No it was recorded at the time I was travelling home, so it was in that particular direction.

I remember on the way to Liverpool there there traffic leading up to the roundabout so it was the way that Google is facing.

rodenal · 12 Oct 2013 at 13:20

The lines on the road suggest that either that camera can do both directions or there was another one there.

The Google photo could quite easily be out of sate and it is/ was facing the other way

Ask for the photo

UnworthyBean · 12 Oct 2013 at 13:30

rodenal said:
The lines on the road suggest that either that camera can do both directions or there was another one there.

This. It looks like one of those cameras that will periodontally switch direction judging by the lines on the road.

Hyburnate · 12 Oct 2013 at 13:32

As the others say really, there's a camera here that changes every month or so it seems.

Merlin5 · 12 Oct 2013 at 13:50

mufc802 said:
I got my first speeding fine from this camera:
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=li...=oakSJyNQaAoyXnW1K5Yeyg&cbp=11,196.78,,0,4.77

I'm on a motorbike which has no front reg plate, so how did the camera detect me?

Can I ask you how long it took from the speeding offence to getting the ticket?
I only ask because I braked hard just before I reached a Truvelo camera (same type as yours) and that was August 25th, 7 weeks ago. I'm assuming by now that it didn't get me, unless they can take several weeks to come through.

Hyburnate · 12 Oct 2013 at 13:51

Merlin5 said:
Can I ask you how long it took from the speeding offence to getting the ticket?
I only ask because I braked hard just before I reached a Truvelo camera (same type as yours) and that was August 25th, 7 weeks ago. I'm assuming by now that it didn't get me, unless they can take several weeks to come through.

You're in the safe zone. I highly doubt you've been caught.

Merlin5 · 12 Oct 2013 at 13:55

Hyburnate said:
You're in the safe zone. I highly doubt you've been caught.

Good to hear. Now that I've mentioned it and think I'm in the clear, I'll probably get a ticket next week, lol.

SilverTongue · 12 Oct 2013 at 14:00

Merlin5 said:
Can I ask you how long it took from the speeding offence to getting the ticket?
I only ask because I braked hard just before I reached a Truvelo camera (same type as yours) and that was August 25th, 7 weeks ago. I'm assuming by now that it didn't get me, unless they can take several weeks to come through.

I was told by a traffic officer that the ticket must be issued within 14 day for it to be valid and that this is when it drops on your doormat not the date of the ticket itself.

Confirmed the 14 days here - https://www.gov.uk/speeding-penalties

By law, the vehicle’s registered keeper must be sent a notice of intended prosecution within 14 days of the alleged speeding offence.

Therefore you are about 5 weeks in the clear

Hyburnate · 12 Oct 2013 at 14:12

You're very out of the cut off zone, I thought it was 4 weeks. I stand corrected

Merlin5 · 12 Oct 2013 at 14:18

SilverTongue said:
I was told by a traffic officer that the ticket must be issued within 14 day for it to be valid and that this is when it drops on your doormat not the date of the ticket itself.

Confirmed the 14 days here - https://www.gov.uk/speeding-penalties

Therefore you are about 5 weeks in the clear

Nice!

SlyReaper · 12 Oct 2013 at 14:19

SilverTongue said:
I was told by a traffic officer that the ticket must be issued within 14 day for it to be valid and that this is when it drops on your doormat not the date of the ticket itself.

Confirmed the 14 days here - https://www.gov.uk/speeding-penalties

Therefore you are about 5 weeks in the clear

That can't be right, surely? If that's the case, anyone could get off the speeding fine just by claiming the NIP didn't arrive?

SilverTongue · 12 Oct 2013 at 14:23

SlyReaper said:
SilverTongue said:

I was told by a traffic officer that the ticket must be issued within 14 day for it to be valid and that this is when it drops on your doormat not the date of the ticket itself.

Confirmed the 14 days here - https://www.gov.uk/speeding-penalties

Therefore you are about 5 weeks in the clear

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That can't be right, surely? If that's the case, anyone could get off the speeding fine just by claiming the NIP didn't arrive?

I'm not sure on the arrival however the 14 days to be issued is right, therefore after 7 weeks it's pretty clear cut that the ticket hasn't been issued.

m4rkw7 · 12 Oct 2013 at 14:26

Did they send you a link to log in to to see the picture they took of your speeding? I got one but that was from a speed van not camera.

mufc802 · 12 Oct 2013 at 14:29

Merlin5 said:
Can I ask you how long it took from the speeding offence to getting the ticket?
I only ask because I braked hard just before I reached a Truvelo camera (same type as yours) and that was August 25th, 7 weeks ago. I'm assuming by now that it didn't get me, unless they can take several weeks to come through.

It happened on the 8th Oct.

Says I will get a £100 fine and 3 points. Thought it was just £60.

SilverTongue · 12 Oct 2013 at 17:11

mufc802 said:
It happened on the 8th Oct.

Says I will get a £100 fine and 3 points. Thought it was just £60.

Nah went up a month or 2 ago, same time as the new "enforcing" of lane discipline and tailgating.

Kristoph · 12 Oct 2013 at 18:51

The 14 day thing is from the date the fine/letter was written/posted I believe?

It can take anything up to 6 weeks for a letter to even be generated from what I read last time I had a scare.