Portsmouth Speed Cameras

[John Dimmock]

I have it on good authority that there are several "new" 20mph speed limits in place in and around Portsmouth which according to my informant are being "policed" with some enthusiasm

[greenman]

Do old Merc campers do more than 20mph?

[C2LLN]

Keep it to yourself, I had some white paint left over from my spell at British Airways, it was for Concorde and as such can withstand extremes in temperature, expand and contract by to ridiculous tolerences...AND is molecularly constructed to vastly improve air flow!

I applied generous coatings of this paint to the nose of the said Merc .... all that the big guys ever noticed is the brakes don't seen to be stopping him like they used to! It will never go supersonic though, if it did .....would the Portsmouth speed cameras pick it up? ;D ;D ;D

[norfolkdick]

Greetings,

The ability to beat speed cameras was tested on the TV programme Top Gear a couple of years ago; they worked fine up to 170mph at which stage they had to find a faster car; this they did with a Maclaren and the cameras ceased to record speeds in excess of about 180mph!

Should not be a problem for John or Dan as they both carry heavy loads on the the back of their vehicles which interrupts the air flow at the rear and keeps their speeds down to double figures!

Regards Dick

[Batchoy]

No only can speed cameras be fooled by very high speeds, they can also be fooled by reflections. During the building of the Baldock By-pass a local resident got two speeding tickets minutes apart. The main thing in his defence was the they were take on the same camera with his car in an identical position being stopped at a temporary red traffic light. When it was investigated it was found that reflections from the high sided vehicles going in the opposite direction were triggering the camera. The guy had the tickets quashed.

[lubin]

If you look at Dan's number plate on his mercedes: BUILT FOR COMFORT NOT SPEED remember the tale of the hare and the tortoise, its often the first on site and the last to leave and he does not have to worry if he has or HAS NOT connected his caravan on the back of his Skoda only to blame his wife, but he did manage cover 50yards after hitching his caravan only to discover he had not connected his anti-snake device MORE HASTE LESS SPEED

[Bonefish]

Remember in the eyes of the law, it is the drivers responsibility to check the vehicle is fit for use on a public highway !

[C2LLN]

I,m sure it was posted on here years ago, worth repeating however ;D

Beware: Speed Trap Ahead

Two traffic patrol officers from North Berwick, Northumberland, UK, were involved in an unusual incident, while checking for speeding motorists on the A1 Great North Road .

One of the officers used a hand-held radar device to check the speed of a vehicle approaching over the crest of a hill, and was surprised when the speed was recorded at over 300mph. The machine then stopped working and the officers were not able to reset it. The radar had in fact latched on to a NATO Tornado fighter jet over the North Sea, which was engaged in a low-flying exercise over the Border district.

Back at police headquarters the chief constable fired off a complaint to the RAF Liaison Office. Back came the reply in true laconic RAF style.

'Thank you for your message, which allows us to complete the file on this incident. You may be interested to know that the tactical computer in the Tornado had automatically locked on to your 'hostile radar equipment' and sent a jamming signal back to it. Furthermore, the Sidewinder Air-to-ground missiles aboard the fully-armed aircraft had also locked on to the target. Fortunately the Dutch pilot flying the Tornado responded to the missile status alert intelligently and was able to override the automatic protection system before the missile was launched'.

[dreamcatcherwolf]

;D ROFL - nice one Collin.

I don't know which way you lot are trying to get to Southsea, but I won't be going into any 20 mph zones on my way there tomorrow...

[wallace]

Spot on B.J.. there are speed cameras in place on the road works
at the hayling island Havant Exits...take care
(mac)