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Old 27-06-2005, 12:14 PM
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Right, just say u were going way to fast to slow down for a speed camera, so you drive on the otherside of the road and miss the white lines in the road, would you still get clocked? or is it they have sensors in the cameras.............

Aint got a clue to be fair, I just wanna know for information purposes.........
Old 27-06-2005, 12:18 PM
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thr cameras have sensors the lines are used to show actual speed based on fact

shows the sensor aont wrong as for every line i belive thats 1mph over the limit ( not a garantee but what i was told, the deffo have sensors in the camera though not the floor
Old 27-06-2005, 12:21 PM
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I suppose that would be tooo easy if sensors were in the road, wouldnt it!.........lol

Cheers 4 that n e way, now I kno............
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Gatsos don't use sensors in the road, they use a radar to work out your speed. The lines on the road are purely for evidence purposes (it takes the two photos and you can work out how fast the car is going from these if there is a dispute)

Pretty much all Gatsos have the lines on both sides of the road to prevent people just cutting over to avoid being prosecuted.

As for Truvelos (the smaller forward facing Gatso like thing) which only has a small strip of sensors in the road just before the camera, I don't know! Their sensors only cover one side of the road from what I have seen.
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