Just have to wait to see if a letter comes through the post
Just took stepson to work, on the way down I noticed there was one of those speed camera vans on the other side of the road disappearing in my mirror.
Oh pants I've just been caught doing 60 in a 50.. (bugger I've only had a clean licence for 6 months too!)
On the way back it's occured to me "why didn't I see it on approach?" Well that's because it's under the motorway bridge
and barely visible from that direction. I've also come onto this site and if you look
inbetween Capenhurst and Backford (Ellesmere port, cheshire) on the A41 as it goes under the M56 (the van was there) shows there's nothing
supposed to be there.
I'm going to get some pictures now, but do they really have a leg to stand on? Is it a case that they're just there to slow people down? I
promise you if I'd have seen it I would.
It might have been one of those that just checks the road tax/insurance if you're lucky
Regards
Hugh
ISTR that some people have managed to get let off if the van's been parked illegally / dangerously - given that some forces have disguised theirs
as builders vans (complete with pasty wrappers / copy of the Sun in the windscreen), I imagine they'll get away with hiding it.
As Hugh said tho, it might just have been an ANPR van. Which side of the road were the camera windows facing btw? They normally face the cameras at
oncoming traffic, as they need to correlate the camera image with the speed detection gubbins, and that's easier if you can see the traffic
coming towards you, rather than away...
That link seems to be fixed speed camera locations. They are free to check your speed any where, that's why they are mobile vans. It sounds
rude but they must have chosen an area where people don't obey the speed limit, because you have publicly admitted speeding. I'm not taking
the moral high ground here. I've been caught doing 35 in a 30 on a mobile van.
Just have to wait to see if a letter comes through the post
i'm a big fan of taking a photo of these vans parked in the wrong place, however no excuse for speeding still.
[Edited on 24/10/11 by graememk]
I think you'll find it's the speed limit that you're supposed to slow down for and not just when there's a camera/van there. The vans/cameras are just there to catch those who disregard the set limit.
Booted the Provincial Government out along with the speed vans some years ago, They also liked to hide in odd places. As a former Minion, I have also used camoflage in areas that sorely deserved speed control, ie, school zones, residences for the elderly.
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I think you'll find it's the speed limit that you're supposed to slow down for and not just when there's a camera/van there. The vans/cameras are just there to catch those who disregard the set limit.
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Originally posted by mistergrumpy
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I think you'll find it's the speed limit that you're supposed to slow down for and not just when there's a camera/van there. The vans/cameras are just there to catch those who disregard the set limit.
I have to agree there. It matters not where the van was, you were caught out fair and square.
It would appear that we have some people on here who never, ever, ever go over any speed limit, mmmmmm I wonder 
It's not just police - our council employees think they can park anywhere they like, as here - on a yellow line, in restricted hours, on a
corner, obstructing the view of anyone joining the main road.
One law for them, another for the rest of us poor bastards.
Theirs a guys who does the forktruck licences at my work who loves this and council miss haps he looks this stuff up for fun and harrasses the police and councils for not following their own rules, quiet amasing I enjoy quizzing him on odd laws such as were cameras are placed their has to be signs in sight at set distances from the cameras and if you can proove their parked ellegaly which ive seen on the entrance to private land(farmers driveway ) they can only monotor and give warning no penaltys.
Right then since they've sent the ticket and google is as forthcoming with the law as usual (i.e. none) can anyone tell me if speed camera locations have to be published?
Nothing?
I recall a recent court case where someone challenged the authorities over a speeding ticket when the camera van was parked behind a bus shelter. After each side had stated their cases, costing several thousand pounds in solicitors and barristers, the judge simply asked, "were you exceeding the prescribed speed limit...?". The accused started to repeat his case and the judge held up his hand and stopped him before asking the same question. The guy said "yes I was, but......" At which point the judge declared that the speeding ticket was valid and the guy had to cough-up. He also stated that if the accused wanted to claim any wrong-doings on the way he was caught speeding, then that would be a different case altogether and had nothing to do with the fact yhat the guy was driving too fast.
So do they have to be in published locations?
This might help.
Quite a long document though.
http://www.saferroads.org/wpcms/wp-content/uploads/ACPO.tmp_.pdf
Looks like that might well have the info I need thanks 