Not so flash

Start rant...

I was doing a right hand turn at an intersection in a 40kmh zone when a car
burned past and the "safety camera" snapped a couple of pictures.
I was aware of this as there were multiple flashes that lit up the
intersection even though it was in the middle of the day.
I found the flashes distracting at a time I was breaking and entering into
a turn with the possibility of oncoming traffic.

I imagine pointing flash photography equipment at aircraft while they are
landing would be seen as "unsafe"!

end rant.

 

Clue: In a turn, your focus should be on your exit point. Had this
been the case the falsh would not have posed a problem.

Get over yourself.

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Onya bike

Gerry

 

Dzzzt. Wrong.

That may be the case on a curve on the open road, but in an urban
intersection, you have traffic lights, turn arrows, oncoming traffic,
following traffic, pedestrians, kids on the footpath riding bikes,
parked cars about to take off (and in a recent nearby instance,
buildings falling into the street) to be aware of. .... focusing on
just one spot gets you under a bus.

The flash of a camera shouldn't make you fall off, but it would be an
unnecessary distraction, particularly when it's in addition to a moron
speeding past. They shouldn't need a bright flash in daylight. IR
should be good enough at night.

Moike

 

Well well, Gerry, you have come up with another pearler,
The obvious thing that drivers/riders look at are the lights of an oncoming
car
AND flashes of light emanating from anywhere.
It has been proven in studies
( and don't ask me to verify that because they were a long time ago, so look
the fucking thing up yourself )
that a driver will look at oncoming headlights or any other bright lights,
you can include the flash of the camera,
even though when the studies were taken,
they hadn't invented roadside revenue flash cameras.
A suggestion was given at the time,
by a senior cop and a qualified driving instructor,
that if a car is coming towards you with high lights or dazzling lights,
then you look to the white line at the left hand side of the road,
this way, you will not be so dazzled by the glaring lights,
but will still be able to see where you are supposed to be going.
Peter said, and I quote :
">I was aware of this as there were multiple flashes that lit up the

The key point here Gerry, is "multiple flashes"
You may think that there is only one flash for the camera, but there are
usually two or maybe more than two.
I suppose that it would depend on whether there is only the one camera, or
multiple cameras
Take an ordinary red-eye camera for instance
The "red-eye" flash which is about three or four flashes to get your eyes
acclimatised so it wont show the "red-eye" effect,
before the camera actually initiates the photo flash to take the photo,
it is distracting and if you have even had your photo taken by one of these
red-eye cameras, then you would know.
But, then again, maybe the only photo that has been taken of you has been
displayed on the Crimestoppers Show ?

 

The multiple flashes might be to see where you got to after the first
photo with a second photo over a given time.
Or do the "safety cameras"?? have detectors in the road surface?

 

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Onya bike

Gerry

 

It was a rev-up. A T.I.C comment. I will admit to another
(possible) faux pas though. I thought I was dealing with that Peter
Lucas looney. Seems this might be a different Peter. In which case I
apologise.

Anyway, Moike, this is usenet, so nyerrr...

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Onya bike

Gerry

 

There was something wrong with the lights /flash it should not be doing
this in full light[
register a formal complaint and have it fixed
As for gewwys comment

sheesh what a booby

 

There is a Peter Lucas that is ok on usenet and another that deals with a
certain motorcycle accessory. Both in Australia.

I think the one you are confused with is the one from overseas that claims
to be from Brisbane and talks about "Sidney" Australia.

 

The second flash is to measure the distance between photos and space on the
road.

Some intersections have two cameras one red light and a speed camera, which
would account for the multiple flashes.
However, I believe they are or have already phased the multiple cameras out
The roads detectors would be painted stripes, for speed detection

 

Bullshit. If you're speeding the measurement is already done by the
time the camera takes a photo, there is nothing to measure in the photo.
A second photo is taken for red light camera offences. The second
photo is not to measure anything, it is to compare the location of the
offending vehicle to determine if they actually went throught he red
light, or see if they stopped after crossing the induction loop. Now,
i'll wait for your usual nonsensical explanation about how you actually
meant something completely different from what you wrote. Can't wait.

Nev..

 

The original poster gave the impression that the multiple flashes were
triggered by a speeding driver, which would mean one of the new dual
purpose cameras at the lights.There would be three ways to trigger these
speed cams,radar or lazer, two strips in the road or distance between
two points against time.I do not know which method these new devises
use.If the lights had changed it may be that the speeding driver tripped
the red light part of the system.

 

Yep. That's the one. Sorry for the mix-up.

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Onya bike

Gerry

 

gettamulletupya

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Onya bike

Gerry