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Just something i've wondered for a long while now,
why if you are coming up to (as in camera facing towards you) do people slow down for it?
Gatso cams cant take on coming pics....
thought that was a well known thing?
being a Gatso!
these however can take on coming pics so watch out....
fatreg
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Posted: 2006-05-14 11:51:46
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I don't know about where you live, Reg, but I always slow down for them because if you see one pointing towards you, there's usually another one on the other side of the road a bit further up pointing in the right direction to get you!
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Posted: 2006-05-14 12:00:03
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Whoah at least you can see them kilometers away, ours are grey like a simple pole and sometimes not easy to find.
Here is an example on why people are slowing down: I pass allmost everyday on one of those radars, while it never took a picture of someone cars speeding it is actually active (an "anti-radar" system detects it). No one really known it's purpose or function but people slow down in case, one day, it might just take pictures.
Even if I know that a particular one can't take front shots, I will still slow down, just in case ... .
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Posted: 2006-05-14 12:01:50
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not round here....
cams are very few and far between, so annoys me that people dont know how they work!
ah well.. roll on when they start taking em down cuz there making too much wonga.
I also dont get how truvelos are allowed, it takes a pic of the driver aswell as the car, surely that an invasion of privacy?
@Jim, ours were grey until a few years ago when they made them all yellow so we could see them.
i like how cams create more accidents than they stop though! good work....
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[ This Message was edited by: fatreg on 2006-05-14 11:05 ]
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Posted: 2006-05-14 12:03:08
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I'm the same as Jim, I slow down 'just in case', I've been flashed by a one on the other side of the road before, though didn't hear anything from it thankfully.
I value my licence too much! I don't want to put it to the test
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Posted: 2006-05-14 12:04:27
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On 2006-05-14 12:04:27, Sammy_boy wrote:
I've been flashed by a one on the other side of the road before, though didn't hear anything from it thankfully.
I got once flashed but I was next of another car so they couldn't determine who whas speeding
, maybe that was your case.
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Posted: 2006-05-14 12:14:44
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maybe a dumb question...
but if 'gatso' camera's can't take on-coming pics... what they for?
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Posted: 2006-05-14 12:28:06
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@Xugaa
For taking pics from behind!
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Posted: 2006-05-14 12:47:31
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The only cameras I'm weary of are those bloody SPECS devices. However, the way to beat/cheat them if you are going "a bit too fast" is just before you get to the second one, to pull in right behind a truck until you are past the camera. But be on the lookout as there are sometimes a third camera a bit further on.
Obviously you're screwed if there is no large truck to hide behind...
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[ This Message was edited by: Uncle Bob on 2006-05-14 22:50 ]
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Posted: 2006-05-14 23:45:25
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^ lmao...
you said why slow down for them, so how will they know your speeding if they take a pic from behind...? if they can't whats the point of them?
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Posted: 2006-05-15 00:08:00
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