Re: How many times does a front facing camera flash?

David Taylor wrote:
> . <_@.com> wrote on Tue, 17 Jan 2006 12:47:29 GMT:
>> shahram.shirazi@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>> I think i was caught doing 95mph on a motorway in the night (no road
>>> lights). A single front facing flash went off in my eye and almost
>>> blinded me!
>>
>> funny how sudden events adversely affect people when they are
>> driving.
>
> In what way is it funny?

twat does 95mph, gets flashed then hits the interwebnets, want's
to know what's all this flashing about ? well, it made me laugh.

>>> Is this a min gatso? how many times does it need to flash?
>>
>> shouldn't you know about this before you get into a car and drive ?
>> especially at 95mph when you have less time to react ?
>
> Why would you need to know about the design and operation of speed
> cameras prior to driving a car?

to avoid the above

> Presumably you don't drive?

you presume wrong.

> As you believe you can't drive without
> knowing the answer to those questions, yet you didn't answer them.

has the OP dfined which camera he was flashed by ? no. then why would
anyone venture a guess as to what happened on that dark road, late at
night when even the OP doesn't seem to have a clue what he was flashed
by, hmmm ? venturing a guess on usenet is an open invitation to the sort
of person who asks why I didn't tell them how cameras work when they
themselves don't know which camera flashed them....

could have been a photography student or some joker with a flashgun
( hahaha, now there's an idea for a cracking wheeze :o) )

>>> and also can it see into the cabin where I was sitting??
>>
>> yes. it's to catch speeders who lie about who was driving at the
>> time.
>>
>> you'll know within 14 days. you'll probably forget about it in 7.
>> you're likely to repeat the offence and cry like a babay when you do
>> eventually get caught.
>
> That's just trolling.

it's TRUE, get over yourself. I was a bit late on a red light a few months
ago, hit the brakes, checked the junction was clear (again) and decided
to carry on. why was Iate with my braking ? because I was overconcentrating
on the 30mph SPECS cameras !

I didn't see the flashes, felt really, really stupid for /potentially/ being caught
on a regular route by something I've been aware of since it was installed.

I was worried, initially and then seemed to forget about /maybe/ getting an
NIP. by the time the 14 days was up I'd largely forgotten about it and had to
work out from my diary the NIP expiry date. I am also likely to make a /mistake/
in the future (though unlikely to do 95mph without good reason and checking
the route for known cams) and someone is quite welcome to accuse me of
crying like a baby if I get done / flashed and moan / panic on the web about it.

sounds like the OP was negligent by not availing themselves of a copy of
save your licence which goes into detail about cameras, how they work, etc.
and one of the many GPS speed sentry / cam database devices on the market.



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