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PostPosted: Sat May 26, 2007 9:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

25/05/07? That was yesterday Confused Odd also that the BBC News Item claims it is a forward facing type yet the image Andy snapped on the A40 is rearwards facing?
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PostPosted: Sat May 26, 2007 9:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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the image Andy snapped on the A40 is rearwards facing?


How can you tell? I always wonder why Truvelo cameras where on the "wrong" side of the road until i found out.

EDIT: Just noticed the traffic in the pictures.... Embarassed Embarassed Embarassed


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PostPosted: Sat May 26, 2007 9:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just saw the news item (it'll likely be repeated on the hour at 9) and this was for the rear facing cameras with the speed limit and a Gatso logo lit up on the rear.

These would be a move in the right direction I believe. They still don't do anything to counteract the belief that these are cash cows and often placed in terms of maximum revenue rather than accident blackspots though.
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PostPosted: Sat May 26, 2007 10:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Remember, Crown just manufacture the posts, for something to fit inside. Presumably a Gatso innards would be rear facing, Truvelo forward facing. Could give us some problems identifying when we submit a new one. Getting closer to the day for moving away from Gatso, Truvelo, Monitron etc to simply "fixed".

And isn't "forward" and "rear" facing debatable? - facing rearwards from you or facing the rear of your vehicle?Confused

I agree with Darren that the version with speed on the rear is a good thing.
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PostPosted: Sat May 26, 2007 12:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Darren wrote:
Just saw the news item (it'll likely be repeated on the hour at 9).
I didn't see it on the 12:00. Was this it?
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PostPosted: Sat May 26, 2007 12:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's the one Smile
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PostPosted: Sat May 26, 2007 12:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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'Almost vandle proof'


Thats a carrot to any bored deliquents. If they want to smash it, they'll smash it! Confused
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PostPosted: Sat May 26, 2007 11:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It looks to me like they are trying to make the camera less visible. If you aren't exceeding the speed limit (which is the majority of the time) then I presume it doesn't flash up a warning so you might not even notice it.

Then again, if you are speeding then it does give you a warning that it's time to slam on the brakes. Twisted Evil
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PostPosted: Sun May 27, 2007 5:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Sun May 27, 2007 9:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Stargate - when I get to be 118, all the oil will run out and there will be no electrics and all the cameras will stop working.
But Bill Gates will still make us pay because he will own all the satellites watching over us.
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PostPosted: Sun May 27, 2007 4:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 2:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Passed this camera again last week. I notice that the post has something like "testing only" in vertical lettering. Was that always there?
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 10:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Definitely not.
I'll have another look too.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 3:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Stargate2006 wrote:
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Stargate - please don't abuse the 'edit' function as it can make subsequent posts seem like nonsense...

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PostPosted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 12:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I went and had another look at that camera yesterday.

It certainly does say "Testing only" vertically down the back of the post. It also now (confusingly) has a big "Truvelo" sticker on the front of the post, and I'm pretty sure that the camera installed in the box is now totally different.
Also the extra post and box 10 yards nearer the traffic lights seems to be a flash-gun rather than an IR illuminator (looks rather like those strobe lights you got at 1970's discos).
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