FACT: Truvelo cameras are now able to get you from behind!
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From: Cokey on 10 Sep 2007 05:44 Has anybody ever seen the Truvelo speed cameras that not also have the piezo strips but the Gatso style calibration marks too? Well be warned these Truvelos not only get you from the front, they can now get you from behind! I know this to be true as I recently went through one (speeding slightly) that was facing the opposite side of the road and it flashed me as I went through it and over the gatso lines. I always believed the gatso line to have either been left from a previous camera installation, or just painted as a bluff. Even after it flashed me I thought that it was probably a dummy flash. I now have an NIP - proof that this Truvelo camera can do both forward and rear facing detection. The camera in question is on Common Road, Kensworth, Beds. It is situated opposite the Farmers Boy pub. It can be turned to monitor either side of the road using front facing detection and when it's pointing west (towards Whipsnade) it also uses rear facing detection. Lesson learned!
From: Silk on 10 Sep 2007 07:09 On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 02:44:44 -0700, Cokey wrote: > Well be warned these Truvelos not only get you from the front, they > can now get you from behind! I've never been got from behind and don't intend to in the future.
From: Abo on 10 Sep 2007 07:29 Cokey wrote: > Has anybody ever seen the Truvelo speed cameras that not also have the > piezo strips but the Gatso style calibration marks too? > > Well be warned these Truvelos not only get you from the front, they > can now get you from behind! I know this to be true as I recently went > through one (speeding slightly) that was facing the opposite side of > the road and it flashed me as I went through it and over the gatso > lines. I always believed the gatso line to have either been left from > a previous camera installation, or just painted as a bluff. Even after > it flashed me I thought that it was probably a dummy flash. > > I now have an NIP - proof that this Truvelo camera can do both forward > and rear facing detection. > > The camera in question is on Common Road, Kensworth, Beds. It is > situated opposite the Farmers Boy pub. It can be turned to monitor > either side of the road using front facing detection and when it's > pointing west (towards Whipsnade) it also uses rear facing detection. > > Lesson learned! > Truvelo always have had the ability to take a 'rear facing' picture, it's just down to whether the authorities chose to use it... http://www.truvelouk.com/rearphotography.phtml -- Abo
From: Adrian Boliston on 10 Sep 2007 08:09 "Abo" <no(a)spam.thanks> wrote in message news:fc39r3$qqq$2(a)news.albasani.net... > Truvelo always have had the ability to take a 'rear facing' picture, it's > just down to whether the authorities chose to use it... Presumably there is no risk of a standard GATSO being modified to take a *front* facing photo?
From: TripleS on 10 Sep 2007 08:48
Silk wrote: > On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 02:44:44 -0700, Cokey wrote: > >> Well be warned these Truvelos not only get you from the front, they >> can now get you from behind! > > I've never been got from behind and don't intend to in the future. You're going to confine yourself to getting done from the front, eh? ....or do you mean you keep your back to the wall when in dubious company? Best wishes all, Dave. |