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hi, i was travelling down the A 606 earlier its a single carriage way with national speed limit signs ,and speed cameras...question if i travel at 60 mph or just under im ok but if im towing a caravan then im speeding but if the camera is only a numberplate reader it wont know im towing a caravan will it?
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A work colleague was done in a van. It was over two tonnes, and therefore restricted to 50MPH on a single carriageway, de-restricted road. He was doing closer to 60MPH.
ANPR linked to DVLA?
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doesn't someone just look at the pictures and see the size or type of vehicle and then process or not accordingly?
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Gatso speed cameras can also identify between cars/vans and HGVs separately. For example, if the speed limit was 60mph for cars/vans and 40mph for HGVs the camera will enforce the two separate limits.
dvd
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a quote from Gatsometers on the ukradardetectors website:
Radar is a trustworthy and flexible method of measuring speed. The technology requires no interference with the road surface. One radar pole at the roadside can supervise three lanes, both approaching and receding traffic, up to two measurements per second. With its radar beam, the Radar 24 casts a radar curtain of aligned 22° vertically and 5° horizontally across the road. No vehicle can slip through unobserved. Vertical alignment of the radar beam is not necessary, which makes the Radar 24 ideal for stationary mobile speed measurement. And since the system takes not one but a few hundred readings while a vehicle passes, errors are practically eliminated. Radar reflections between vehicles and beam interference are ignored. The Radar 24 can also distinguish between cars and trucks, which allows the use of separate speed thresholds.?
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yep , but it will take the vehicles numberplate as a car but it wont see the caravan its pulling?
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Firing of a Gatso is determined by radar (big = lorry speed limit, small = car/bike limit). A film based Gatso camera does not read a number plate. That's down to a person.
But if a car triggers a Gatso when pulling a caravan... how long for the second flash? Will it read the number plate at all? Any caravan owners tried this?
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Isn't the whole point of towing a caravan to go a lot less than the speed limit in order to annoy motorists behind, particularly if it's single carriageway ;-) So no danger of speeding. Unless you're in a Dodge Viper trying for a speed record.
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rtj70 has it spot on. It's a rule of the Camping & Caravan Club that drivers must (a) always drive 20mph below the speed limit, (b) ignore any traffic queues that build up behind the caravan, (c) not bother checking that lights etc are working, (d) have a different number plate on the caravan to the car that's towing it, (e) not have a clue where they are going, so stop for 2 mionutes at every road junction, (f) always insist on using single track country roads that are really too narrow, (g) have no experience at all about turning or reversing a vehicle with a caravan attached.
Any other rules?
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I pesume there should be a smiley on the end of that last post?? ;-)
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Phil
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The only speed limit that is different for towing and solo vehicles is the National Speed Limit, ie 60/70 on dual carriageways and 50/60 on single. Where any other speed limit applies then there is no difference when towing. For example, on any dual carriageway with 60/50/40/30 limit posted, the same limit applies to towing and solo vehicles - they may of course have a lower limit imposed because of their vehicle class (HGV, LGV etc).
The DVLA database can be, and is, checked by many computer processes as the vehicle class is recorded against the registration number - the camera doesn't need to detect the type of vehicle.
I suspect a bit of a black hole exists when photographing trailers because the tow vehicles registration plate can't usually be seen from behind so the registration on the trailer has to be used which may (illegally) differ from the tow vehicle!
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