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at94btinternetcom
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 Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 4:10 pm Post subject: Anyone any idea whats going on here please ? |
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Hi All
First of all apologies for the poor quality picture, only had a very cheap camera phone with me at the time
Saw this today on the A46 Dual Carriageway in Grimsby
Van positioned between 2 gatso's in the central reservation
Large mast at the side of the van with what I presume to be a 360 degree camera & an antenna on the top of it (also antenna'a on the van)
Said something like Industrial CCTV on the side of the van
I first thought maybe something like a survey but the strange thing is that they had put blue covers on top of both gatsos (you can just see this in the background to the left of the van)
Any ideas please
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Mark
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Darren
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Hard to say. That is typical of survey equipment used for a variety of reasons. I can't identify what that equipment is on the tripod though.
Interesting.
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Hi Darren
I don't think that the yellow thing behind the van is a tripod
Pretty sure it was a pair of yellow step ladders
Why would survey guys be covering up Gatso's though ?
That's what I couldn't understand
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| Quote: | Why would survey guys be covering up Gatso's though ?
That's what I couldn't understand |
It's possible the equipment they are using could interfere with the GATSOs or the other way round. |
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| at94btinternetcom wrote: | I don't think that the yellow thing behind the van is a tripod
Pretty sure it was a pair of yellow step ladders |
I was referring to the equipment to the right of the van.
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| Darren wrote: | | at94btinternetcom wrote: | I don't think that the yellow thing behind the van is a tripod
Pretty sure it was a pair of yellow step ladders |
I was referring to the equipment to the right of the van. |
Is that not the, open, passenger side door?
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Darren
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| JockTamsonsBairn wrote: | | Is that not the open passenger side door? |
Now you mention it, yes I think ity is 
I thought it was a tripod with something atop 
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JockTamsonsBairn
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| Darren wrote: | | JockTamsonsBairn wrote: | | Is that not the open passenger side door? |
Now you mention it, yes I think ity is
I thought it was a tripod with something atop |
I can see why! There is either a light, or a space through the greenery, behind that.
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On the subject of strange erections
On all roads approaching junction 17 of the M5 (Cribbs Causeway) the following cameras have appeared
They are even placed on a private access bridge over the motorway lanes, one covering each lane both north and southbound (7 cameras installed on poles on this one bridge).
I presume they are some sort of traffic flow monitoring as this area can get totally gridlocked at times when the nearby retail parks are doing big business. Just after New Year people were abandoning their cars and walking home. The local Asda allowed shoppers to store their frozen/chilled purchases in their freezers until they could be collected later. |
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| Rick-uk wrote: | | On all roads approaching junction 17 of the M5 (Cribbs Causeway) the following cameras have appeared |
Almost certainly survey/census equipment as you surmised.
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