Gatso's in Hollingwoirth and Mottram In Longdendale

topbanana4 · Lifetime Member Joined: Dec 11, 2005 Posts: 59

hi,
when on a trip from Leicester to Manchester the other day( went to see Take That) i drove through the towns of Hollingwoirth and Mottram In Longdendale. 4 gatso's popped up on camera alert database ( Gatso 59@30,Gatso 1677@30, Gatso 2550@30 and Gatso 60@30. i coundn't see the cameras when driving ( might be going blind ) but as i wll not drive that again ,could somebody please check the cameras around this area.
thanks for everything

DennisN · Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 11:00 am Post subject:

They are/were Watchman cameras. I don't know whether they are still there, but have a read of this thread and you'll understand why you may not have seen them - they are almost camouflaged! The cameras come paired with a speed display sign.
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topbanana4 · Lifetime Member Joined: Dec 11, 2005 Posts: 59

no i'm not around that area .

mikealder · Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 3:13 pm Post subject:

The camera ID's you have given are indeed the Watchman type which you tend to find around the South East part of Manchester and its outer regions, here is a Google street view of Gatso 59

No doubt what type that is, they tend to be painted dark green although there are some dark blue ones and at least on I have seen thats postbox red!

That said they could have been recently removed, I will check the road soon as I am often in and around the Manchester/ Hyde area - Mike

exportman · Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 3:45 pm Post subject:

Hi

They were still there last time I came through a couple of weeks ago

They are painted green and hard to spot.

Duddy · Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 1:18 am Post subject:

Mike

I think you meant the Watchmen were gathered around the Eastern area of Greater Manchester.

These were only installed in the Tameside Council Area, at the time of purchase the council thought they would become approved speed devices but they never were.

There was a period when drivers caught exceeding the speed limit, via these devices, received an official looking letter warning the driver he had exceeded the speed limit but obviously no penalty could be applied.

Sorry but I don't know what they are doing with them now but they used to be painted blue.
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