Question on Speeding Camera

[yurigtr]

Am wondering how does the camera works? was travelling 55km/h on a 60km/h zone and this smart @ss went pass me really fast and the camera on the left flashed. So, my car will definitely be in the photo. Will i get a fine for that?

What if a motor Bike is speeding right beside you and the camera flashes?

Guys, any ideas?

[Nexus_SiX]

General rule of thumb i have been told is they usually throw out the photo if 2 cars are in the shot.

[AeroGrace]

happened to me once.......i was in the right lane and some-guy was in the left lane on the 3-lane freeway. Some-guy sets off the camera and i was in the 'shadow' of his flash. 1 year on....no ticket in the mail.

i think you can dispute if you do get a fine if you were doing under the limit......i guess the camera's are still not 'smart' enuff to distinguish which speeding vehicle in which lane sets off the camera.....

that's why i always stay in the right lane making sure there is some 'scapegoat' car in the left lane...

[yurigtr]

well, funny though. I sent an email to the police and the replied sounded like this

thank you for your email dated 1 August 2003.

In answer to your questions, if your vehicle is not exceeding the posted

speed limit the vehicle can not be recorded by a speed camera.

The speed camera can ID which vehicle in a photo has exceeded the speed

limit.

I hope this information helps

Yours sincerely

XXXXXXXX

Acting Sergeant

Traffic Camera Section """"

[AeroGrace]

well looks like someone is playing poker....

[hippy]

yes its true i've been told by numerous amounts of people who know the system ... if u ever get a speeding fine the first thing is ask for the photo ... lots of times the backlog is just too much and they just throw away a whole bunch ... if theres another car in the photo dispute it ... despite what the coppers say the camera really can't differentiate ... and u will most likely get it thrown away ...

[AeroGrace]

like i said...the sergeant was probably bluffing when he said:

"The speed camera can ID which vehicle in a photo has exceeded the speed limit"

if they could they wouldn't have to throw out photos which has multiple vehicles in them.....

[R34]

I was in a two car photo once .I knew there would be two cars in the pic so asked to see the photo. As my car was in the middle of the shot they said i was the speeder (which was true).

So I paid up. Funny thing is when they showed me the pic it only had my car in it an I had to ask him to pan it out to see everything the sneaky bastard

Cheers

[ix9]

The current speed camera's in use in WA use simple camera/film technology and cannot differentiate the speeding vehicle. If you sit beside another car they'll have a hard time proving it was you that was exceeding the limit.

There was some talk about using digital camera-powered speed camera's that are intelligent to pick out the speeding motorist by way of a red dot on the photo. This is technically possible and was apparently planned for rollout a while back. Haven't heard anything since then....

[bully]

Speed cameras are often set to flash all vehicle that pass -- for seat belt checks i have known people booked for not wearing theres by speed camera and i work with a ex camera operator who has also told me this

[SHUTO-BOY]

money money money

[angel]

New Cruise rule: Always travel along side another car.

[angel]

Neither of which would be travelling over the legal speed limit:)

[drifta]

good call