So, have i been nicked

[Woof]

I was driving along the A14 today, in a convoy of 4 cars in the outside lane overtaking two lorries on the inside.
I was the 3rd car in the convoy of 4 when suddenly the car in front brakes.

There was a mobile speed camera van on the hard sholder. Car #1 braked, car #2 braked, and then i brake. The 4 car convoy didnt see the camera van until late as the lorries were shielding us. At that point i was going 75. My B2 did not trigger for a mobile alert either.

So does anyone know if im likely to have been caught?
Was my speed under the fineable limit for dual carriageway?
Would the other cars likely to have been caught and as we were close together missed me?

I guess ill find out for sure in two weeks, but has anyone been in a similar situation before?

The 4 car convoy didnt see the camera van until late as the lorries were shielding us, an

 

[Chris1.4RT]

Doubt it.

 

[redmini]

i drove past it in my 172 at 65ish, it didnt say safety camera van or safety partnership it said crime detection or something i think it was a anpr van to detect motorists without tax or insurance.

it was near before cambridge going west bound.

oh you should get away with up to 77 fingers crossed also allow for the fact that if your speedo said 75 you were prob only doing 70-72mph


[Edited by redmini on 22 September 2004 at 7:39pm]

 

[TheJesus]

very unlikely, it would have got the first car only if anything, may not have even have had the laser setup if your scanner didnt go off. in addition they cant get you for 75mph afaik its 77mph and above, but they only usually bother if its 83mph according to my cousin when I asked him (hes in motorway persuit)

 

[Brazo]

Yer fine woof 10% +2 is what they work to!

 

[sn00p]

Quote: Originally posted by brazo on 22 September 2004Yer fine woof 10% +2 is what they work to!


10%+2 is only a guideline set by the acpo, if they choose too, they can do you for speeds under "the rule". see http://www.pepipoo.com/files/ACPO/ACPO_enforcement_guidelines.htmhere

 

[Brazo]

 

[Nick Read]

No problem. Even if they were all set up and all four of you were doing 120mph, they couldnt do any of you, cos theyd not be able to prove in court that they had a proper reading what with four cars and two lorries all bunched up.

 

[Woof]

Quote: Originally posted by redmini on 22 September 2004
i drove past it in my 172 at 65ish, it didnt say safety camera van or safety partnership it said crime detection or something i think it was a anpr van to detect motorists without tax or insurance.it was near before cambridge going west bound.oh you should get away with up to 77 fingers crossed also allow for the fact that if your speedo said 75 you were prob only doing 70-72mph

[Edited by redmini on 22 September 2004 at 7:39pm]

Was this today?
I didnt really get a good view of what wording on the van was.
Maybe this was what i saw this morning then?

 

[sn00p]

A14 is listed today as having a mobile speed location:

http://www.cambs.police.uk/camops/cameras/mobile.asphttp://www.cambs.police.uk/camops/cameras/mobile.asp

 

[Woof]

Quote: Originally posted by sn00p on 22 September 2004
A14 is listed today as having a mobile speed location:

http://www.cambs.police.uk/camops/cameras/mobile.asphttp://www.cambs.police.uk/camops/cameras/mobile.asp


Damn....
Looking at the website, am i to believe that speed camera vans are yellow, like they have shown there?
The van i saw was white, without the chequer board markings.

 

[ddhaywood]

Well as far as i was aware the A14 is a 60mph road cus i was on it all day yesterday!

 

[sn00p]

They normally park in a layby just before the first of the fixed truvelos before the "cambridge services", Ive only ever seen white camera vans in that layby and they are speed camera ones.

Wouldnt worry about it mate, highly unlikely you got done if your speedo was reading 75.

A14 usually crawls along, amused me the other night on the news when they said they were going to have a inquiry into it, and I think it was a copper that they spoke to, first words out of his mouth were "more cameras!". Like you can actually get upto 70 in rush hour, lucky if you do half that.