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jr
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26th Sep 04 at 14:36   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
need to know to put my mind at rest hopefully

driving out of southend last night in a 30 zone, at about 35-40 when the speed cam on the otherside of the road facing the opersite direction flashed

was a normal GATSO it was deffo at me, as i was the only car around, but can they get you from the front
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no need to worry common sence really aint it, its pointing the other way!!!!
jr
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i thought this, but as it flashed with me accelrating towards it i was slightly worried
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think i saw u at southend mate i was there
waynep
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sorry i know this doesnt help ur thread but lol
jr
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think i saw you once or twice driving around mate
Davido
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happened to me mate twice in past n spent few weeks shitting it not allowed to get u as its againts the law because the flash could cause u to crash as its directly at u, silly thought cos if a car coming down that side of road n u were there the fash could still cause u to crash
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no it shouldnt of, i know someone who worked on speed cameras and apparently they sometimes just randomly flash and only a few have film in
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wouldnt worry mate. its happened to me a
couple of times on way back from Southend
and i aint had any come back
waynep
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most cameras there iirc are actually fake or deterents
StuartVRS
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happened to us too james. Was this on the way out, going back the way we all came in? You go through one camera on the side nearest the sea then a little further up there is one facing the other way? The one facing other way got us another time ages ago, never heard a thing

On the plus side, we got our kebab and had some fun on way home. Off dartford tolls, 1st gear, no traction. 2nd gear, still no traction, 3rd gear, bye bye RS turbo was funny as hell
StuartVRS
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oh, and that pulsar

i think he can bye to his license, 30mph zone, must have easily been doing 60-70mph through that speed camera
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You can only be done by forward facing cameras if they are on your side of the road. A speed camera is calibrated to work on the side of the road it is positioned. (Except SPECS). The same with all these false lines painted on both sides of the road for one camera. They are put there to scare and slow people down. A single flash is no film, double flash has film. Sometimes they go wrong and will flash twice on approach.
jr
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ah good im felling better now, yep it was that one stu, bet the rs didnt thinkthat a a3 was gonna beat him away from the lights did he

cheers for info peopel
StuartVRS
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quote:
Originally posted by jr
ah good im felling better now, yep it was that one stu, bet the rs didnt thinkthat a a3 was gonna beat him away from the lights did he

cheers for info peopel


he was 4 up, looked fairly standard too
jr
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you should have beaten him then

but remeber that s1 looked standard, till it puller away from rich like he was standing still
StuartVRS
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this is true, had a nice little play with a 180bhp TT with full bodykit today, didnt get a chance to floor it though too much traffic
Nismo
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yes they can get you coming towards them.
jr
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StuartVRS
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jr you will be fine mate, dont worry There is no way it can get ya, but just to be sure, phone essex police or something and complain that while you were driving at 30mph, the camera flashed and almost blinded you.
jr
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worth a go, if it got you as well im more liley to think it was playing up
Fad
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i told him all this last night but he didnt wanna belive me
StuartVRS
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yeah it got us earlier in the year we didnt hear a thing about it so i wouldnt worry too much.
jr
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im young , only need to be caught twice and bye bye license
StuartVRS
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or give it the old 'that would have been the ferrari overtaking me at 140mph that set it off, not me'

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