FW: Speed camera's.....

["Martin Wilson" <banzaibandit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Anybody seen these ?
What do they look like ?

Martin W.
Triumph Sprint ST (99)
Bandit6
Too Dangerous to live, Too Stupid to Die
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Subject: Speed camera's.....


>This might be old news but I thought it might be of interest . . . .
>
>
> > New Type of Speed Cameras on M1 & M20
> > Speedcheck SVVD or SPECS went online last weekend on the M1, netting
>4,300
> > offenders in a single day. The system does not use instantaneous speed
> > like the cameras we're all familiar with, instead measuring the average
>speed
> > of every vehicle over a distance of about a mile. How? By reading your
> > license plates and matching them up camera-to-camera. Kent and
>Leicestershire
> > police are so impressed with it that systems are being erected in their
> > enforcement areas too.
> > This is a new system which has now entered service after
> > successful trials on the M1 and M20 in the UK. Speedcheck SVDD (Sureway
> > Video Detection Device) is a system similar in concept to the GATSO, but
> > with a new twist. SVDD deploys cameras at either end of a measured
> > baseline(up to 500 metres) to monitor vehicles 24 hours a day. Using
>machine
> > vision,
> > vehicle numberplates are read, and the precise time of each observation
> > recorded and as a vehicle passes the second camera, the numberplate
> > records
> > are matched, and an average speed for the vehicle is calculated. If this
> > is above the trigger speed, then the vehicle's identification is
>recorded
> > along
> > with it's speed. It is also flashed up on a huge illuminated sign
>further
> > down the road to embarrass the driver into slowing down. When triggered,
> > the
> > detection technology used in these cameras automatically records the
>date,
> > precise time, location and speed of the offending vehicle, along with a
> > full
> > colour image of the front of the vehicle, which clearly records the
> > numberplate, make, model and colour of vehicle. There's five overriding
> > reasons for the habitual speeded to be afraid of this system:
> > It works 24 hours a day, needs no film, uses no flash, and uses no
> > radar....so bad luck all those of you who think that radar detectors
>work.
> > It's been proven to be over 99% accurate in almost all weather
>conditions.
> > It doesn't do spot-speed checking. A GATSO can only check the speed of a
> > vehicle within a certain range so the tactic most drivers use now is to
> > slow
> > down for the camera and then speed up again once past it. Speedcheck
> > measures average speed over a known distance. So if you do 60mph under
> > each
> > camera and then speed up to 80mph in between, your average speed is
>likely
> > to be near 70mph - 10 over the limit imposed - you're nicked. SVDD say
> > this
> > means that the system can impose a far smoother flow of traffic
> > eliminating
> > slow-fast driving that GATSO cameras provoke. Because it's automated,
>the
> > system is entirely self-sufficient. It's hooked up to the DVLA
>computers,
> > and can automatically process the fines and send out notices in the
>post.
> > It's Big Brother. Don't believe for a moment that this technology will
> > only
> > be used to catch speeders. It could eventually be used to keep track of
> > where every single car in the country is at any given moment in time
>once
> > the network of these things becomes broad enough.
>
>
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