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gatso speed cameras can't prosecute vehicles travelling towards them

Originally Posted by Gnan

gatso speed cameras can't prosecute vehicles travelling towards them

Sorry misread that initially as I was about to query this about forward facing cameras. Then I realised what you were saying - they can only prosecute cars travelling in the direction they are facing. So forward facing ones can prosecute as you travel towards them on that side of the road but not as you pass on the other. Yes?

correct, gatsos can only prosecute from the rear numberplate

Originally Posted by Gnan

correct, gatsos can only prosecute from the rear numberplate

now youve confused me. How do the forward facing ones work then? Cos they will only get your front plate.

Gatsos are either forward or rear facing. Forward facing ones will work on your approaching front plate but ignore traffic going in the opposite directions rear plate. Rear facing ones will ignore oncoming traffics front plates and work on your rear plate. Presuming we're talking cars here with 2 plates.

Originally Posted by lynw

now youve confused me. How do the forward facing ones work then? Cos they will only get your front plate.

Gatsos are either forward or rear facing. Forward facing ones will work on your approaching front plate but ignore traffic going in the opposite directions rear plate. Rear facing ones will ignore oncoming traffics front plates and work on your rear plate. Presuming we're talking cars here with 2 plates.

Gatso's are rear facing, the forward facing ones are "Truvelo" cameras.

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Gatso cameras were named after a rally driver, Maurice Gatsonides. Gatsonides wanted monitor his speed around the corners of a race track and came up with the device in order to improve his time around the circuit.

Originally Posted by Jelster

Gatso's are rear facing, the forward facing ones are "Truvelo" cameras.

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Thankyou for explaining that. Ive learnt something today. To me they were all one and the same - especially the ones on Purley way which would get turned around on occasions

[Stingo]

Originally Posted by philipMac

Gatso cameras were named after a rally driver, Maurice Gatsonides. Gatsonides wanted monitor his speed around the corners of a race track and came up with the device in order to improve his time around the circuit.

Aha...so that's who the **** is!!

Originally Posted by Stingo

Aha...so that's who the **** is!!

Yeah. God love the poor bloke though. Not the way he would have been wanted to be remembered what with him being a Rally Driver and all.

What's that they say?... the greatest of harm can result from the best intentions. Or was it The road to Hell is paved with good intentions?

Something like that anyway

Ok another one from me.

Water pipes were originally made from Lead with Lead solder. The Roman term for Lead was Plumbum and it is from this we get the term plumber.

The Latin Plumbum was originally derived from the Greek for Lead which was Molubdos. It is from the Greek we get the term for the element Molybdenum which was so named because its compounds were often confused with compounds of Lead.