Civilians with Speed Guns

Speed cameras round bends or misplaced so that they are hidden from clear view are dangerous. They can cause you to panick break, a natural reaction which is never good. Most speed camera's I've come across are pretty visable and on long straight roads though. Okay so the limit maybe a bit daft but slow down, then carry on doing a tonne once past. Hardly a deterent are they.

[Stu]

Originally Posted by DanAbnormal

Most speed camera's I've come across are pretty visable and on long straight roads though. .

And 9 times out of 10 on a downhill

[Bluepete]

They are coming to Wgan!
http://www.wigantoday.net/wigannews/...lan.4755395.jp

[yorkie_chris]

Zombie thread, there was some silly old fker and a plastic plod in a village near me doing this.

Fair placement TBH, on the way into village which has only as very small road going through it.

[G]

They have these in villages on the nice road between melton and market harborough. Spotted one the other day.

am i right in sayin these commutity speedwatch things cant actually give you points or anything,, they can only give an indication of how many people speed etc, and pass on figures to the police and not details, e.g reg nos.?

I cba to read the whole thread so if your caught by a civilian in England and Wales, they have no grounds to prosecute doesnt stop them sending NIP to people but if you argue it they wont let it stand, a civilian isnt a good enough professional witness to hold the camera to catch them. laws are slightly different in scotland so i have no idea if they can else where.

But i had a speeding ticket dropped because i asked for both pictures to identify the rider and the second didnt catch my full plate so in court it was argued and 2 photos are needed (hence the camera flashing twice) but i was moving to fast so the second picture missed my full plate (im not sure how) so they had no choice but to drop the charge.

[Red Herring]

Just to keep this thread in perspective, and given that this is supposed to have been around a while now...has anyone received, or know anybody who received, or even heard of anyone who received, any post from these people? Given all the alleged speeding we bikers collectively do I'd have thought if this was anything to worry about this thread wouldn't have been dormant for so long.

sorry to burst all your bubbles lads, but im a civillian speed enforcer for the police and i get to follow the speeding motorists on my everyday bike at speeds of up to 170(tl 1000) and record there speed over 1 mile ( enough for prosecuting)...my target per month is 100 motorists, this month ive managed 123 impending prosecutions...................................... ..............................................
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YEAH RIGHT LOL

so funny not.