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Amphometers, how do they work?
Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 11:52 am
by mick_dundee
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...
Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 11:54 am
by Duane
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
Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 1:38 pm
by mfzx6r
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
Re: Amphometers, how do they work?
Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 2:05 pm
by stevew_zzr
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.
Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 5:52 pm
by SnypR
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.
Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 6:44 pm
by ozx6r
time from one point to the next same as the loops in the road for fixed cameras on highways
Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 8:01 pm
by RG
ozx6r wrote:time from one point to the next same as the loops in the road for fixed cameras on highways
huh? what?
Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 8:11 pm
by ozx6r
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
Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 8:15 pm
by ozx6r
Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 8:21 pm
by mrmina
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
Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 8:48 pm
by mick_dundee
thanks, what I thought but wasn't sure.
Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 11:12 am
by Stereo
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
Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 2:54 pm
by SnypR
So pop a mono over it and they will be chasing a speeding uni-cyclist
Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 6:39 pm
by RG
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?
Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 6:41 pm
by Neka79
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