Latest Safety Camera Updates

Anita · Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:11 pm Post subject:

Not if the cameras have been removed!
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MaFt · Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:31 pm Post subject:

a removed 'active' mobile will show on the map but a removed pMobile will not.

coordinates will do as i can look in the master database to see what cameras were in the vicinity

MaFt

Anita · Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 11:10 pm Post subject:

There's nothing in that area in the map on the submissions page.

Try Mobiles 7591 & 7592, MaFt. They are in one of my September backups but not my current map.
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MaFt · Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 11:25 pm Post subject:

They were both removed due to no reports of having been 'seen again' - ever

i'll look tomorrow as to why they are not showing as inactive on the map

MaFt

Snudge · Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 12:47 am Post subject:

batties · Lifetime Member Joined: Jul 07, 2006 Posts: 111

Here is the link to the actual cameras (with covers)

http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/3644456.2_speed_cameras_to_stay_for_good

Snudge · Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 11:16 am Post subject:

Batties - sorry I worded my message wrongly. I didn't mean to suggest you were not correct; I meant was the pgpsw procedure correct in removing a camera from the database just because it has a cover over it temporarily. There is one near me that is regularly vandalised and has a red cover for a few days before it is mended. I would prefer it to stay on the database as it will be back in use. Thanks for link though.

...so what is the official view on this please?

batties · Lifetime Member Joined: Jul 07, 2006 Posts: 111

Snudge,

No worries mate. I didn't think for one minute you were trying to suggest I wasn't correct. I thought I would post the link (with actual camera) as I too was a bit surprised these cameras are being removed from the PGPSW database. Like you say smudge, these type of cameras could be come active again at very short notice!

Regards,

MaFt · Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 1:20 pm Post subject:

Snudge · Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 2:47 pm Post subject:

Ok thanks for clarification MaFt - fair enough.

DennisN · Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:08 pm Post subject:

Funny, you know. I'm a Verifier who wanders a lot, as opposed to Verifiers who "patrol" their own localities. So sometimes I'll go one way only once in a year, another time I'll go that same route 4 times in a month. That's what happened with a couple of Gatsos on the A420 east of Swindon. They were bagged during roadworks and I did nothing. They remained bagged afterwards and on the guess that they'd be up and running again any day, again I declined to remove them. They stayed bagged for months, but I still thought they should be kept on there - the posts and boxes were still definitely sitting there. I haven't been that route for months now and I now see they've been removed from the database - whether because they've come down, or another Verifier has been that way and concluded enough is enough.

We make a judgement call. For weeks, I refused to accept a mobile camera reported on a motorway overbridge - I'd been up there, stopped, got out and stood looking to be quite sure there was no way a camera van could possibly operate in that small width of bridge. A couple of weeks ago, the flaming van was sitting there happy snapping like no tomorrow. Red face? Too true!! Happy ending, we gave the submitter a free lifetime membership and the mobile is now in the database.

As for "seen again" reports. I do them EVERY TIME. That means the inactivity period is reset back to zero, extending the life of the mobile for another x months.
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Daggers · Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:25 pm Post subject:

Forddriver · Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 5:58 pm Post subject: Speedcamera Updates

Hi Guys,
Sorry been away in "sunny" Scotland!
All I can say is the TomTom worked on the mobile sites I drove past in Scotland. Whether that was a complete set of mobiles I can't say.
I will work on the other TomTom when I get the chance over the next couple of days. However mine is still "missing" the sites mentioned, so if they have been withdrawn, lets wait to see if the sites are re-used. I will re-submit.
Thank you for all of the replies, I will update my machine again and recheck the results.
Your work is really appreciated.
Dave M.

Darren · Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:28 pm Post subject:

Cheers for the update, if you seem them shout loudly Wink

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