Speed cams on the opposite side ofc the road

[darkhorse1210]

Can they get you if they are located on the opposite side of a dual carriageway?

Or are they only focusing on drivers on the side they've located their snidey van on?

I was on the A556 near Cuddington today and there was a yellow van on the other side, if anyone on here is based around there beware they are doing the rounds.

[Cottis]

Not sure but the mobile vans are deffo quite capable. I would hope if he was on the other side, you would be ok but depends on what he was pointing his camera at.

I was driving down down the M40 earlier to Windsor and saw a van on a bridge too late. Looked down and I was doing 88mph. Unfortunately I did not go back to the future but if I got done, so did a whole host of other people.

I have seen some cam vans in funny positions lately. Sad really when you think of some proper crimes going on. I have to look on the bright side as I wasnt in the S2, if I was, I think there is a good chance I would have been going a little faster.

[Error404]

I got done by a camera van on the opposite side about 3 years ago

[mackenzie50]

Police are only concentrating on motorists up here- they've been saturating the roads with ordinary patrol cars, traffic cars, camera vans, and 'plainclothes' cars..it's getting quite depressing- never seen it so bad..

[Cottis]

I wouldn't mind but you never see any coppers on the motorways doing people for the newly punishable middle lane hogging practice or tail gating *****ers! If they showed some overall consistency I wouldn't mind but clearly they just think a speeding motorist is a dangerous motorist. This is ovvo not the case.

Speed doesn't kill alone, idiotic drivers do.

[re2500]

I got done by a camera van on the opposite side about 3 years ago

Ditto, i got done by a Van on the opposite side of the dual carriageway on the A449 about 5 years ago.
I tried my best to wriggle out of it! But in the end £60 and 3 points wasn't too bad for doing 97.

[20Vcqdriver]

I wouldn't mind but you never see any coppers on the motorways doing people for the newly punishable middle lane hogging practice or tail gating *****ers! If they showed some overall consistency I wouldn't mind but clearly they just think a speeding motorist is a dangerous motorist. This is ovvo not the case.

Speed doesn't kill alone, idiotic drivers do.

Yep it gets my goat too, Easy targets and has little to do with road safety. Friend got done for 90mph a few years ago on M6 by Shap at 2am only him and one other car on Motorway at the time, unfortunately it was a traffic cop only interested in his monthly target
And yet my father in law was indirectly killed by a road rage driver (massive heart attack) 10 years ago and as soon as they found he had a bad heart anyway dropped the case like a hot potato.
Then there is the time I went to pay for some seats at a garage. passed over the money he walks into garage never to be seen again, reported it and Police couldn't have cared a to**
Hope they never ask for my help with anything as they can go swing ....

Haveto watch the blighters round here in N Wales and Nwest as they use mainly plain cars, BMW's, A4's, Octavias, oh and in horse boxes in laybys.....

[darkhorse1210]

So I should brace myself for a fine then by the sound of it.

The annoying thing was I was cruising up until that point but with a massive sweeping hill coming up and someone crawling on the inside I dropped it down a gear or two and gave it some juice...typical eh

[Cottis]

You have 2 weeks to wait. Im certain im getting done for the m40 the other day. Gits! I also wont help the police unless its serious due to their mostly shocking attitude in my experience. There are good ones but they are the minority

[skiffy]

To avoid this happening I recommend downloading an app called camsam. It knows all the camera locations and alerts you as you approach. I've yet to test it with a mobile camera but picks up every fixed one, even when driving in Europe.