Riding on the opposite side

Originally Posted by Red Herring

Sorry to disappoint but that's not a speed camera van.........

yeh. Some are not that subtle to be honest.



Mind you I wouldn't suspect this one from afar.


Looks more like a maintenance sort of van.

Better to deter than punish anyway, so the more obvious the better I suppose .

[BanannaMan]

Originally Posted by dizzyblonde

Someone better make sure everyone does a sun dance the week before then

Originally Posted by gruntygiggles

Ah Lou....you may have just guaranteed rain....lol

I'll just have bring some good weather with me then!

Originally Posted by embee

Welcome to the land of the speed camera too, maybe a visit to Derbyshire will break you in gently, this is the latest list

What the....
Big brother is alive and well in Derbyshire eh?

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Can't get points on a US license over here though can you?

Don't think so..... but if you plan on making another trip....
Don't think they'll be letting me hire a bike with a handfull of offences.

Just caught up with the gist of this thread.

So I guess you must be thinking of flying Old glory over here and hiring a Harley, BM

Guess it's early days yet, but you could to post in the relevant area sections where you propose to visit and get first hand advice and maybe some riding companions/tour guides (if you fancy).

The only problem with coming the time you've suggested is that it's the annual school holidays here, so the roads are even busier with accommodation harder to find and possibly more expensive.

[G]

Originally Posted by Red Herring

Sorry to disappoint but that's not a speed camera van.........

That is a camera can... they have since since added a fadded blue van to the fleet with plaster/paint added to the rear for a more authentic look. They also have a green one.



That list of cameras makes it sound much worse than it is, it's a big county and those road are mainly the boring ones.

[Red Herring]

I didn't say it wasn't a camera van, it just not one used for speed detection. It's actually an ANPR Spectrum van.

[G]

Originally Posted by Red Herring

I didn't say it wasn't a camera van, it just not one used for speed detection. It's actually an ANPR Spectrum van.

Ah I see

[Stu]

So it's just an ANPR van?
What would look different about it if it was a speed camera van?

[Red Herring]

Originally Posted by Stu

So it's just an ANPR van?
What would look different about it if it was a speed camera van?

Not a lot...!

Sorry, I'm not being very helpful am I. It's just that with speed detection there is very rarely any need, or advantage, to being sneaky. Most drivers who are speeding are zapped before they realize what the van is, mainly because they are so busy looking in their mirrors at the driver that just went the other way flashing at them....

With ANPR you sometimes don't want drivers to get a head start on you depending on what you have waiting around the next bend.

Originally Posted by Red Herring

Not a lot...!

Sorry, I'm not being very helpful am I. It's just that with speed detection there is very rarely any need, or advantage, to being sneaky. Most drivers who are speeding are zapped before they realize what the van is, mainly because they are so busy looking in their mirrors at the driver that just went the other way flashing at them....

With ANPR you sometimes don't want drivers to get a head start on you depending on what you have waiting around the next bend.

^^^^
Like this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etderLTB6ws

[Red Herring]

Originally Posted by carternd

^^^^
Like this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etderLTB6ws

?
I must be having a serious moment...the link has gone right over my head.
Are you sure you posted the right one....