Camera Van....did I escape it?

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I drove 660 miles yesterday, did quite well at spotting the camera vans/gatso's/unmarked police cars etc apart from one that took me by surprise...

Tranny van, unmarked on a bridge - little smoked glass window on the side and also three cameras on tripods looking down onto the 3 motorway lanes. I guess the van was to catch evil speeders and the camera things on tripods are checking tax/insurance etc yeah?

Anyway, I saw the van pretty much instantly, hit the brakes to get down from 81/82 to low 70's and then hid behind a truck :D

I reckon he got clear sight of me for less than half a second. How long would it take him to get me in his sights and press the trigger?
 
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Nozzer said:
Isn't that ANPR as opposed to money grabbers?

Not sure, I was thinking it was both because of the smoked glass window.

There was no warning signs before the van, and no markings on the van itself - nothing at all.
 
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Was it in a designated speed check area? Don't know where you were, but you could check via BBC local pages and usually in the travel bit there is a link for fixed and portable camera locations.
 
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Sounds like ANPR yeah. 82 indicated isn't anything to worry about if you ask me, especially after seeing how innacurate speedos are compared to GPS.

Just for reference though, they only need to zap you for 0.3 seconds to get a reading that's good enough for prosecution...
 
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waiting to see if i have any post this coming week.
saw a van on a bridge that i know is normally there but wasnt thinking, got down to 75 indicated and was hopefully hidden by the car in front while i was over 80 :/
 
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