langey
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Registered: 7th Sep 03
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how do these work??
this gril had one and some cammarras it didnt make a beep it was like the cam wasnt there, she said its because there is no film in it, but how does the RA know if a film is in or not?
also how does it stop you getting done by a mobile cammara unit??
just i'm getting a redtop and dont want the speeding points, and dont come back with dont speed, i'm getting a redtop, course i'm gonna speed, just wanna do it with out getting caught 
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L33 LEG
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not sure how they work but my snooper wnt detect cameras if they dnt have any film in.
but i wouldnt waste money on a snooper, bleeps constantly. i hear road angels r worth buying tho 
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BlueCorsa
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LOL it doesn't know whether the cameras have film or not, how could it!?!
IME most cameras don't have film, cos I've never had a ticket and I've set a few off. A lot of cameras are dummies as well and just have a crude radar mechanism in that makes the flash go off but don't have properly calibrated radar or camera mechanism. Just to make people shit themselves and slow down.
The Road Angel has a map stored in it's memory, with known fixed speed cameras and the locations where mobile cameras usually operate marked onto it. It has a GPS receiver which uses satellites to locate your position, compare it to the map, and tell you when there is a camera location nearby.
The Road Angel also knows your speed of movement by triangulation of the GPS receiver's movement against the fixed positions of the satellites in space. Therefore you can get a fairly accurate readout of your current speed (compared to your speedo, which may be out a little bit).
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L33 LEG
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i didnt mean film. i meant the bulb. theres over 30 cameras in blackburn but only 5 or so have bulbs in, they jst swap them round every so often
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langey
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thats what i thought bluecorsa, so really i'm still gonna get busted if a mobile unit is in a "new" place
or if a new camra gets put in.
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BlueCorsa
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quote:
Originally posted by L33 LEG
i didnt mean film. i meant the bulb. theres over 30 cameras in blackburn but only 5 or so have bulbs in, they jst swap them round every so often
Jeez, how much does a bulb cost? 
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BlueCorsa
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quote:
Originally posted by langey
thats what i thought bluecorsa, so really i'm still gonna get busted if a mobile unit is in a "new" place
or if a new camra gets put in.
True. I think there's a button on Road Angels, which you can press to store custom locations, so u can tell it if you see a new camera and it remembers it for next time. Not to sure though as I don't have one.
You can update them online as well, so as more cameras are discovered, you update your unit and it knows about the newer cameras.
Road Angels are good for alerting you to cameras during lapses of concentration, but having one doesn't negate the need to drive with your eyes open
Mobile cameras round here are positioned in front of the vans, so you see the big fluorescent yellow and black back doors of the van as you're bombing down the road before the camera can see you.
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langey
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ye i know were the local ones are, its just for out of town driving,
lol its my luck to update it, then go for a drive the next day and a brand spanker is just been put up with a film in just for me lol.
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James_DT
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It's cheaper just to stick to the speed limit. 
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langey
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quote:
Originally posted by James_DT
It's cheaper just to stick to the speed limit.
but thats no fun is it.
you dont put a valver in a corsa to stick to the speed limits.
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James_DT
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Yeah, fair enough.
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