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PostPosted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 11:42 am    Post subject: US Police trial Starchaser GPS tracking bullet Reply with quote

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Police chases are dangerous, often so dangerous that Police are forced to call off a chase. Now a company in the US has come up with an unusual solution that allows law enforcement to track a suspect vehicle without the need for a chase situation.

Starchase have developed a GPS tracker 'bullet' that can be fired by compressed air from a launcher fitted to the front grille of a patrol vehicle. The GPS module is able to stick to the target vehicle and from there it can be remotely tracked and followed at a distance.

Source:Starchase.com

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 2:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sounds a great idea - unless the "bullet" might hit a pedestrain.

Meanwhile, can someone tell me this. Can the standard grey speed camera now take photos as you head towards it?

The road was empty except for our car and sure as a horse drinks water flash flash it went!

I had previously only seen these flash when driving away from them!!

God help us....
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 10:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Only Truvelo can do that. But some standard GATSO's, when operating in Dummy Mode, i.e. no camera pack installed, will flash at vehicles travelling in either direction.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 10:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

gem wrote:
Can the standard grey speed camera now take photos as you head towards it?
I was under the understanding that speed cams were yellow and only redlight cams were usually grey. Or has the requirement for high visibility been rescinded?
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 11:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

M8TJT wrote:
I was under the understanding that speed cams were yellow and only redlight cams were usually grey. Or has the requirement for high visibility been rescinded?


There has never been a requirement, only advice. In my experience the vast majority of GATSO speed cameras are battleship grey. Very few are high vis.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 12:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Darren wrote:
In my experience the vast majority of GATSO speed cameras are battleship grey. Very few are high vis.
And in my limited experience they have always been Hi Viz.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 12:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Did some research and, according to Wikipedia:

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Gatso cameras in the UK previously had deployment requirements, in common with all fixed speed camera types operated in the UK by Safety Camera Partnerships (SCPs) under the National Safety Camera Programme (NSCP). They had to be marked, made visible, located in places with a history of serious accidents, and where there was evidence of a speeding problem, or where was a local community concern.

Since April 2007 however, such requirements have been removed. It is still recommended that cameras be made visible and roads with fixed ones, clearly signed, but they can now be placed at any location, regardless of its crash history. Cameras operated solely by the Police, outside the NSCP schemes, do not need to comply with visibility requirements.[3]


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So it seems that there are some requirements after all, but only for cameras operated by SCP's.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 1:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

M8TJT wrote:
Darren wrote:
In my experience the vast majority of GATSO speed cameras are battleship grey. Very few are high vis.
And in my limited experience they have always been Hi Viz.

Me too, Trevor, but maybe our ageing eyes don't spot the non Hi Viz ones. Surprised

Darren obviously doesn't visit our corner of East Sussex.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 1:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Shame there's not a 'like' button here! Stupid Wink
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 11:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Tameside cameras are green to blend in with the trees Exclamation
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 1:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The original offer from the government to the local highway /police was that if the cameras were high visibility, they would get a proportion of the fines transferred to their coffers.

If they left the cameras grey, then the funds stayed in the central pot that collects fines for other purposes.

But things are muddled now that the enforcement has been privatised. The priority now is to maximise income for the privatised "partnership".
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 8:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

And this is all Off Topic for the story so let's get back on track please.
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