Mobile camera from motorbike

cliffbrown · Lifetime Member Joined: Mar 06, 2008 Posts: 184

Hi all, see this today had to share it, unfortunately I didnt get a photo I would have stopped my van and I might have got arrested.

Drove past a Paris-Dakar style motor bike on a grass verge, there was a bloke in a hi-viz coat putting up a tripod. I did a quick call then returned passed the scene, there was a mobile camera set up, the hi-viz had Derbyshire Police on the back the motorbike was unmarked, anyone else see this?

It was in Chesterfield

DennisN · Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2020 6:38 pm Post subject:

I do wonder about these bike mobiles.

Two points :-
First, police mobile handheld operators have to be trained AND they are listed by individual’s badge number on the police website.
Second, on my local one and on one I got close to in London, the high viz jacket said on the back Police Staff. That makes me wonder if the operators were police officers, or civilians and if they were enforcing or merely sending out letters.

Unfortunately I hadn’t learned about the badge number thing before I came across the two above, so I didn’t pay attention to whether or not they had badges/numbers
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cliffbrown · Lifetime Member Joined: Mar 06, 2008 Posts: 184

I was driving passed so didnt notice any badges, bit sneaky.

M8TJT · Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2020 9:53 am Post subject:

There is also a third point. A Kojak with a Kodak can set up just wherever he wants to.

DennisN · Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2020 4:46 pm Post subject:

Personally, I think there are two sorts of bike camera people. One is real and gets you a nice fine etc. The other is a fake, put there to frighten you for next time you drive there.
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If it tastes good - it's fattening.

Two of them are obesiting!!

M8TJT · Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2020 6:22 pm Post subject:

And I bumped into the first category around Pevensey Castle a few years ago.

cliffbrown · Lifetime Member Joined: Mar 06, 2008 Posts: 184

seen this little blighter again yesterday at a different location near Chesterfield, I was doing about 35 in a 30 Evil or Very Mad

sussamb · Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2020 1:29 pm Post subject:

Need to slow down then Evil or Very Mad

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