A new camera on A303?

Wazza_G · Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 2:44 pm Post subject: A new camera on A303?

I don't know if anyone else has noticed a what appears to be a new pair of cameras on the A303 near Mere, Wilts.

I saw a guy in a silver car with a laptop next to them (calibrating?) on Friday whilst in slow traffic, it's located on the two way section Chaddenwick Hill & the turning for Burton, it's on the Eastbound side, they may just be ANPR cameras, however with Wiltshire/Dorset having one of the worst records for sneaky & underhand tactics I thought I ask/let you know of their presence.
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Darren · Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 5:23 pm Post subject:

What do they look like? I don't know the area so hard to identify!
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Wazza_G · Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 5:50 pm Post subject:

IIRC there are two of them one for each direction, they seemed to be cylindrical & longish, it was hard to tell as I was concentrating more on traffic conditions than them.
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Darren · Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 6:40 pm Post subject:

Fair enough, I'll have a look at submissions in that area and see if I can pinpoint them!
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marmitebcfc · Lifetime Member Joined: Jan 11, 2009 Posts: 27

Been down the A303 today past the location in question. I can confirm the camera's in question are ANPR.

Wazza_G · Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 7:45 pm Post subject:

Cheers for that. So speed monitoring by stealth... Rolling Eyes

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M8TJT · Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 6:57 am Post subject:

MaFt · Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 10:07 am Post subject:

Wazza_G · Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 10:22 am Post subject:

Ah maybe, however it is possible, to use them by A-B timings.

Never trust them when it comes to money, especially the money grabbing oinks of Wiltshire & Dorset.
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Darren · Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 10:34 am Post subject:

Wazza_G · Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 10:47 am Post subject:

Oh forgot to say beware the roadside bushes down there, they sometimes sprout arms... With a speed gun attached!

Also innocuous looking shoeboxes lying beside the road in the Christchurch area, you'll find it has a wire leading to a van nearby!
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pcaouolte · Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 12:39 pm Post subject:

Do shoebox cams have Home office approval?
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Wazza_G · Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 12:54 pm Post subject:

I suppose it depends on what camera is inside.
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spook51 · Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 1:04 pm Post subject:

I would have thought these days a shoe box with wire attached at the side of a road would be far more likely to lead to a controlled explosion courtesy of Bomb Disposal.

Wazza_G · Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 2:32 pm Post subject:

Probably. But I & two others on bikes noticed the van + operator parked a short distance away. 3 tickets narrowly missed! Very Happy

Sly money grabbing vermin. Evil or Very Mad

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