ScoobyDriverWannabe

Are they allowed to be deployed during the dark.

Just seen them parking one up behind the bus stop not far from where I live.

I always of the mind they could only be used during daylight. First time I have seen one this late anyway.

what would scooby do

Isn't it always dark in Sunderland ?

ScoobyDriverWannabe

Mostly that is true.

Not quite as bad as 30 days of night.

But we do get a little sunlight every now and then

andy97

iTrader: (1)

They can do what they like to keep the gravy train going. For them to read the registration, the video is inverted, eg white becomes black

corradoboy

The original vans could only operate in daylight conditions, but a few years ago Cumbria trialled night time vans. I don't know if they got approved or are in use anywhere yet, but it is possible and probable.

JonnyFresh

I got done at night a few years back. It was about 11 oclock and got told because there was a school there. It was a fair cop but the lecture about the school at the time of night was a bit odd.
That was by the plod with a laser on a tripod. I don't know if they work to the same rules as the camera vans.

Adrian F

i read that south wales was making so much profit they bought night vision for they camera vans so they could earn more by operating after dark

Mrfastbaz

ye i read this somewhere as well wish making money by normal working was as easy as these vans do it lol

Lee247

There was one doing the rounds in Washington, last year. He always managed to hide himself behind bus shelters.
Plod must be looking for cash to pay for the Christmas do
Oh and he was always gone by 5:30pm

Leslie

They do have targets to make you know!

Les

dpb

Cos obviously nobody would ever think of breaking the speed limit at night

gallois

fkin right, get all the 7mph over the limit crime-lords to slow down slightly, this way, the police will gain massive public support and when you ring the police to report a theft or burgulary, and they don't turn up for 3 days, or even at all, you will forgive them, and understand that they are 'short staffed'.

CaptainJohn

Better news this week :

http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/re...errerPath=news

Twenty-six staff at the unit that runs Cumbria’s speed cameras have been handed redundancy notices.

Nine people in the safety camera unit and 17 workers in the control ticket office in Penrith have been told their jobs are under threat.
That group includes Kevin Tea, manager of the Cumbria Safety Camera Partnership.
Mr Tea remains confident the unit will survive, though, and that the speed cameras in the county will remain at their present level.
Doubts first emerged over the future of the partnership last year when the Government cut the national road safety budget by £38m.
Cumbria lost £255,000, of which £213,000 was for speed cameras.
Talks are ongoing between Cumbria County Council and Cumbria Police to decide where funding for cameras will come from in the future.
Mr Tea said: “The redundancy process has been undertaken purely as a legal process while the council, police and other agencies decide who will pay for what.
“I am very confident the unit will continue though there may be some job losses in some way.
“I am confident the present level of speed cameras in Cumbria will be maintained when the process is complete.
“Since the Government came to power it has cut off funds for cameras.
“That has meant we have been forced to look for alternative ways of funding and negotiations are ongoing to see how that can be achieved.”
Cumbria has four mobile speed cameras, which can be deployed at 250 sites. There are six sets of static cameras: on the A595 at Howgate; the A69 at Low Row; the A685 at Kirkby Stephen; the A590 at Barrow and Witherslack; and the A591 at Ings.
Another pair at Corby Hill, between Carlisle and Brampton, will be in place by December.

alcazar

iTrader: (2)

Lying Labour did us all a favour when they decided they wanted 100% of the fines levied under speed cameras.

Until then, the camera partnership got 50%, so it was all good fun, count the revenue.