Paging FOAK; speed cameras...

OK, so there's a rear facing Gatso speed camera on a local dual
carriageway. It's been there for 8 or more years. It is on the east
bound lane, on the verge.

This evening I was going west-bound in my car and naturally I was
observing the speed limit... ish; about 75 indicated in a 50 (so
something like 65-70 true speed I suppose).

So, I was rather galled when the fucking camera flashed me (twice.)
It's never done this before. It's clearly me that triggered it 'cos
there was no one in the east bound lane and I was the fastest thing in
the west bound lane.

So... have the fuckers upgraded the Gatso cameras to photo across dual
carriageways now, or is it one of those things[1][2]


[1] I've heard you can trigger them in the opposite direction and have
tried many times on a bike but never succeeded.
[2] I shall be rather upset if my clean license is stained by points...

 

There's an older model GATSO in Brighton that goes off in the facing
direction. Apparently if they run out of film the older ones go off on
oncoming traffic - apparently.

Either way I've set that one off a fair number of times and never heard
anything so if I were you I wouldn't be bothered about it.

 

you can trigger them in the opposite direction , favourite trick of my
future son in law and his cronies in monkspath

looks like you may be a little upset

--

 

AOL, only the one on the A40 at Huntley

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wessie at tesco dot net

BMW R1150GS

"Wessie is a lovely man with many wonderful qualities" TM Blaney

 

had a sudden rush of blood to the head and
wrote in

There's one near Chiswick That does that. I've set it off loads of
times (both car and bike)and never had a problem.

 

Thanks, but I think I'll have a few more drinks and consider necklacing
the fucker later on this evening 'just to be on the safe side'. I'd
consider it my charitable act for this year.

 

Are there distance measuring lines on you side of the road? If not, I
wouldn't worry.


--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

I've always fancied paintballing them. It just appeals to me to cruise
down the road popping of paint pellets at the lenses.

Juvenile I'm sure you'll agree, but somehow satisfying.

 

burnt wrote...

I've often wondered if a big clay doughnut, maybe a foot across, with a pile
of thermite[1] in the middle would have an interesting (and also very
charitable) effect if one were to slap it on top of a Gatso and light it
up... The fingery-picture ones would be more of a task, though, as they fire
the pics off to a central (and secret) location as they take 'em (

--
Dave H.
(The engineer formerly known as Homeless)

"Rules are for the obedience of fools, and the guidance of wise men" -
Douglas Bader

[1] which gets rather warm, to melting-steel-and-anything-in-its-way
temperatures, and drips molten iron into any available cavity..

 

Oh my dizzy aunt.

 

Yes, but these have been there for eight + years and it's never flashed
me before.

I think I'll go with the "don't worry about it" strategy.

 

A small cone of plastic explosive on the top, makes a small hole in
the case and minces the contents. IIRC that's how some disgruntled
French guy did it.

 

With that kind of heat, I don't suppose it matters. Stick a can on top and
not much on the inside would survive for long.


--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

Either way, there's not much you can do until (unless) you get a NIP. Report
back on 2 weeks with a yeah or nay on the NIP and this thread could go on
forever


--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

Where do you get the magnesium ribbon? And would a good old fashion
sparkler suffice?

 

<cough>
You want to be very very careful thinking like this.
Get caught using thermite on a Gatso and you will probably score 3 to 6
years hard time.

Much much safer and more obvious to passing motorists to spray them
liberally with expanding foam.

The one in Botley used to get this treatment, or so I heard.

If you were to be stupid enough a steel beer can would make an excellent
receptical and the long powder fuse found in many a firework would
ignite it, using a long taper of course.

You can mix a little thermite with other stuff for interesting results.
For instance the contents of a FOAD firework and 100 mesh copper powder
make a huge flash and *many* cubic yards of dense smoke. The sort of
thing you might toss through the door of somewhere which had given some
scoolboys a hard time. Perhaps.

The **** chased us from near Glasgow Green all the way to the Gorbals,
where his bravery gave up ;o)