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Thread ID: 110216 2010-06-08 05:16:00 Speedcamera Photo coldfront (15814) PC World Chat
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1108048 2010-06-09 04:58:00 Of course it is revenue gathering and anyone who says otherwise is an idiot.

Why do you think the pole camera on Ngauranga Gorge is such a great earner?

Cos it is on a downhill road and as most modern cars are automatics they naturally speed up going down hill.
Zippity (58)
1108049 2010-06-09 05:06:00 I dont much about cars with auto transmissions but I thought they had brakes. like their manual cousins.
The only idiot in my humble opinion is a person who wastes money on the consolidated fund.
prefect (6291)
1108050 2010-06-09 05:06:00 It is also true to say that radar ( actually microwave ) can give false readings.

They can read speeds of vehicles going in the other direction and just once I picked up a low flying aircraft going about the business of top dressing. There was no car in sight so it had to be the plane.

Thank you thats the kind information I was looking for.

:clap
coldfront (15814)
1108051 2010-06-09 05:46:00 Thank you thats the kind information I was looking for.

:clap

You need to ask Sweep whether it was a Tiger Moth top dresser or relatively recent. One of the NZ radar detector sales sites refers to speed camera radar now being low power narrow beam which would make it less likely to false trigger from distant objects. Angled across the road rather than down the road the camera can monitor both directions. The photo should indicate which direction triggered the camera.
PaulD (232)
1108052 2010-06-09 06:44:00 TR6 Radar on a patrol car and a Fletcher top dresser. Sweep (90)
1108053 2010-06-09 10:40:00 You need to ask Sweep whether it was a Tiger Moth top dresser or relatively recent. One of the NZ radar detector sales sites refers to speed camera radar now being low power narrow beam which would make it less likely to false trigger from distant objects. Angled across the road rather than down the road the camera can monitor both directions. The photo should indicate which direction triggered the camera.

Well its worth challenging on the grounds of possible interferance from the other vehicle. Just in case the "quality control people" missed it when they sorted the images.

I do hope Nomad never gets called for Jury service :badpc:
coldfront (15814)
1108054 2010-06-09 11:56:00 But then where are they gonna get their money from?? If nobody speeds?
it has to come from somewhere

Funding comes from the taxpayer including those who don't get fines.
Sweep (90)
1108055 2010-06-09 15:25:00 Dammit, I gave at the office. R2x1 (4628)
1108056 2010-06-10 01:47:00 IMO, how should one deter speeding if we did not use fines? Go to jail or community service or some other thing? 3 strikes and you lose the license for a year or something? Or just say no worries carry on ..... sorry to bother you, you have an importance to speed.

That aside if you use fines, then it is a debate if it is money gathering.

The same old, you might be less likely to speed if you see a police car, you might not speed in your driving test so why do it?
Nomad (952)
1108057 2010-06-10 01:49:00 Well its worth challenging on the grounds of possible interferance from the other vehicle. Just in case the "quality control people" missed it when they sorted the images.

I do hope Nomad never gets called for Jury service :badpc:

I think you have the right for a review.
Nomad (952)
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