Amphometers, how do they work?

mick_dundee · Post by **mick_dundee** » Mon May 07, 2007 11:52 am

Just wondering as I ran over 2 of them on the bike last ight coming home from work, one would be fine but the other I might be in a bit of shit assuming they capture a rego or anything...

Duane · Post by **Duane** » Mon May 07, 2007 11:54 am

You mean the two wires across the road?

Generally they are only used to gather info as in how many vehicles travel on a road during certain times

Generally used so they can say wether it needs an extra lane or not

I wouldnt worry about it.

I think thats what you're talking about

mfzx6r · Post by **mfzx6r** » Mon May 07, 2007 1:38 pm

The ones that the cops use to use always had cops there to pull you over No auto type pics .
As MrHanky said I doubt you're in for a fine

stevew_zzr · Post by **stevew_zzr** » Mon May 07, 2007 2:05 pm

mick_dundee wrote:Just wondering as I ran over 2 of them on the bike last ight coming home from work, one would be fine but the other I might be in a bit of shit assuming they capture a rego or anything...

Yeah they are mainly just used to data collection purposes, not actually deployed by the police...

very very rarely used to issue fines - so as someone else said, unless u got pulled over you are alright.

SnypR · Post by **SnypR** » Mon May 07, 2007 5:52 pm

how could they be used to issue fines?? Unless they trip a camera everytime, which would take alot of photos, l dont see how they could determend speed through them.

ozx6r · Post by **ozx6r** » Mon May 07, 2007 6:44 pm

time from one point to the next same as the loops in the road for fixed cameras on highways

RG · Post by RG » Mon May 07, 2007 8:01 pm

ozx6r wrote:time from one point to the next same as the loops in the road for fixed cameras on highways

huh? what?

ozx6r · Post by **ozx6r** » Mon May 07, 2007 8:11 pm

you hit the trigger on the road it registers car/bike and then you hit second trigger and then it calculates time/speed between the two points

ozx6r · Post by **ozx6r** » Mon May 07, 2007 8:15 pm

look here http://www.itctraffic.com/camera.htm

mrmina · Post by **mrmina** » Mon May 07, 2007 8:21 pm

ozx6r wrote:you hit the trigger on the road it registers car/bike and then you hit second trigger and then it calculates time/speed between the two points

that makes more sense than ur previous post

mick_dundee · Post by **mick_dundee** » Mon May 07, 2007 8:48 pm

thanks, what I thought but wasn't sure.

Stereo · Post by **Stereo** » Tue May 08, 2007 11:12 am

The cops used to use them for speeding tickets a long time ago (early eighties) but it turned out that they were too hard to use precisely.... (Which is bollocks ofcourse, but someone must have won a court case or something)...

Now they are used as Duane says..... Just for measuring how much traffic goes through a location and how fast they are going, how much they weigh etc.... Helps them figure out where traffic is fast/slow/heavy/light etc

SnypR · Post by **SnypR** » Tue May 08, 2007 2:54 pm

So pop a mono over it and they will be chasing a speeding uni-cyclist

RG · Post by RG » Tue May 08, 2007 6:39 pm

ozx6r wrote:you hit the trigger on the road it registers car/bike and then you hit second trigger and then it calculates time/speed between the two points

Definately not the ones we see on our roads. They are too close together to calculate anything relating to 'speeding'.
Does tyre size rings a bell to anyone?

Neka79 · Post by **Neka79** » Tue May 08, 2007 6:41 pm

SnypR wrote:So pop a mono over it and they will be chasing a speeding uni-cyclist

hahahaha thats gold...good idea...

there was one near my home town..so i parked the car on it for abt an hour while i was at a mates...lol

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