Speed Camera

Eat My Dust
Eat My Dust Posts: 3,965
edited August 2007 in Commuting chat
I went through a speed camera (30mph limit) at 39mph this morning. How sensitive are these? and will the the cops have a nice shot of me now?
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  • Jacomus-rides-Gen
    Jacomus-rides-Gen Posts: 453
    Depends if it was "live" or not. That speed in that zone would have triggered the camera, so the police may have a lovely shot of your bum. :D
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  • JustRidecp
    JustRidecp Posts: 302
    Has anyone managed this? A couple of years back at uni my flat mate and me had been having an all night ProEvo tournament and decided to go out at about 4am to try and trip the speed camera on Minto St (For those of you that know auld reekie).

    The camera's about half way down a fair slope and you can pick up masses of speed with a good run up. We were on his road bike (DA equipped, Look frameset) and were both gunning it as hard as we could but could never get it to trip. He never had a speedo so when didn't know how fast we were going but it was top gear and we were both giving the cranks a fair hoof.
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  • misterben
    misterben Posts: 193
    Speed cameras tend to be in one of 3 states:

    1. Not active - won't trip at all
    2. Active, but out of film - will flash once, but not take a picture.
    3. Active, with film - will flash twice.

    The trip speed will vary - could be anything from 5 to 50 mph over the limit (although 50 is unlikely); it'll depend on the actual limit, and the area. (they're more likely to set cameras low in, say, built-up areas with 30mph limits)
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  • mrchrispy
    mrchrispy Posts: 310
    i thought size was an issue, ie we are too small on a bike?
  • andrewc3142
    andrewc3142 Posts: 906
    A bike can trip them. Like Kingston Hill, for instance. Fun if it happens.
  • mrchrispy
    mrchrispy Posts: 310
    there is one in chorlton that I've been trying to do but I dont quite have the legs yet :)
  • urrrrrrrrrs
    urrrrrrrrrs Posts: 478
    Yesterday i had to do a speed awareness course so i can tell you,that from a London perspective,

    there are 900 speed cameras of which 150 are active and iIF you are to be offered a speed awareness course and i mean IF..they will only offer it f you are doing no more than 39mph as the police consider that 40 mph and above you know that you are breaking the limit ,whereas they think that anything below is deemed to be as a result of a momenary lapse of concentration or something similar

    they have 4 workshops a day at 20 people a time in 3 locations accross London charging £72 a throw....5 days a week

    its hopefully given me a better understanding of what will happen of the consequences should i speed in the future..........
    8th March 2010,Spain ,Here I come !!!!!!
  • Gambatte
    Gambatte Posts: 1,453
    But only applies in a car etc as theres no offence of speeding on a bike?
  • Jacomus-rides-Gen
    Jacomus-rides-Gen Posts: 453
    Well, if you have a speedo you can be asked to keep a lid on the speed, but I think the chances of a copper actually stopping you to tell you that just in case you had a speedo, and were speeding enough to warrent an offence if you wer driving a motorvehicle... are virtually none existent.

    Out on a club run once we went through a Police radar speed check that is on a particularly nasty hill, there was no traffic at all so they turned round and read us as we climbed the hill. They called out our speeds as we went past. I was 9mph :D


    EDIT: I got wrapped up in the story and forgot my main point, which was to say no. There is no offence specific to speeding on a cycle, however furious/dangerous cycling is an offence. Though to get that you need to be putting peoples saftey at risk, such as caning down a pavement at 30mph.
    Sweat saves blood.
    Erwin Rommel

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