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would the sneaky bastards consider getting these?
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 1:55 pm
by mike-s
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 2:27 pm
by Zombie
......capable of checking not just speed using radar and infra-red, but also distance to other vehicles, under- and overtaking.
bloody good idea, most ppl know where the speed cameras are on their regular routes, so they speed, stamp on brakes to go past camera then speed again, not caring about the tailgater in their boot who also has to brake hard and thus cause mass confusion and jams in their wake!
Im not sure on the under-taking though, if the bastard didn't do 95 in lane 3, when lanes 1 and 2 are empty and lane 4 has a 100kmh driver, then I wouldn't have to undertake!!!!!!!!!
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 4:37 pm
by QLDZX6R
Yeah,next they'll be able to calculate the time taken between radars to tell whether you've been speeding off camera
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 5:16 pm
by mick_dundee
Seen one on a UK site where they had the camera in a wheelie bin by the side of the road, be even harder to pick up than these I reckon.
If you're going to see them in Aus then rest assured Bracksy will be first on the list to give em a run.
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 6:35 pm
by robracer
Smash it! a crow bar would fix that one
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:20 pm
by Gosling1
QLDZX6R wrote:Yeah,next they'll be able to calculate the time taken between radars to tell whether you've been speeding off camera
they already do that now with truck cameras here, and speed camera's in England afaik. Some pommie legislators also wanted new cars to be fitted with compulsory GPS, so they actually could be tracked for speeding infringements !!!
Big Brother is out there. Soon he will be watching You
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:17 pm
by rocco
black spray paint
woops
did i say that?
nah was talkin bout makin a blackboard for the kids
my mistake
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 10:40 pm
by falx
Silver metal spray, its reflective. Or the fluro temp roadmarking stuff.
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 11:07 pm
by photomike666
mick_dundee wrote:Seen one on a UK site where they had the camera in a wheelie bin by the side of the road, be even harder to pick up than these I reckon.
If you're going to see them in Aus then rest assured Bracksy will be first on the list to give em a run.
Seen an excellent photo of one of those, where the garbos accidently picked it up with the hydrolic hoist - the camera looked a little worse for wear
If they really want to stop us speeding every new vehicle will be fitted with cruise control, and every road speed marker will have a small transmitter to tell the passing car what speed to regulate to. A damn sight cheaper than GPS. All are far to easy to hotwire.
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 11:14 pm
by aardvark
mick_dundee wrote:Seen one on a UK site where they had the camera in a wheelie bin by the side of the road, be even harder to pick up than these I reckon.
If it's the set of photos that did the rounds a couple of years ago, they were actually taken here in SA.
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 12:35 am
by WRT_GPX
i dont think they will bother hiding them from now on, i beleive they were working on *a while ago* stuff based off that facial recognition technology but for cars... so you would get recognised at 2 checkpoints, a set distance apart, and it takes your average speed, so you cant just slow down.
what would happen if they were all the same car or bike? probably why they havent done it yet.
but thinking sneaky as well, what would stop them doing the same thing with your e-way electronic pass, register you when you get on, and off the motorway, and take an average speed measurement for the whole distance you went. i wouldnt be suprised if they bring somthing like that in soon.
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 8:27 am
by photomike666
WRT_GPX wrote:i dont think they will bother hiding them from now on, i beleive they were working on *a while ago* stuff based off that facial recognition technology but for cars... so you would get recognised at 2 checkpoints, a set distance apart, and it takes your average speed, so you cant just slow down.
what would happen if they were all the same car or bike? probably why they havent done it yet.
but thinking sneaky as well, what would stop them doing the same thing with your e-way electronic pass, register you when you get on, and off the motorway, and take an average speed measurement for the whole distance you went. i wouldnt be suprised if they bring somthing like that in soon.
France already do this. They have a set time between checkpoints, and the more you beat this time by, the more it costs you for the journey. They only use it on toll roads as far as I know.
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 12:26 pm
by icebreaker
The ones that I saw that did the rounds a whole heap of idiots thought they were in australia, but cars were on the wrong side of the road, and in another they image was flipped.
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 12:35 pm
by mfzx6r
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 12:38 pm
by Lainie
aardvark wrote:mick_dundee wrote:Seen one on a UK site where they had the camera in a wheelie bin by the side of the road, be even harder to pick up than these I reckon.
If it's the set of photos that did the rounds a couple of years ago, they were actually taken here in SA.