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Speed vans

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  • 05-07-2016 6:24pm
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    Mikey15106
    Registered Users Posts: 39 ✭


    Can speed vans catch you speeding at angles say if I see one on a straight and I'm small bit around a bend say a bend shaped like an S and I'm half way through it and its there. I think the cameras are set up on straight roads to catch you there anyone know


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    Effects
    Registered Users Posts: 9,761 ✭✭✭Effects


    No. It's designed to catch you on the bend. You have no time to see it. It's only a few quid and some points. Don't stress it.


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    Mikey15106
    Registered Users Posts: 39 ✭Mikey15106


    It's for a mate who wanted to know I'm with boxy mo insurance so id get in trouble for speeding mate


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    savagethegoat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,297 ✭✭✭savagethegoat


    Effects wrote: »
    No. It's designed to catch you on the bend. You have no time to see it. It's only a few quid and some points. Don't stress it.

    you only have no time to see it if you have ignored the warning sign.


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    bazz26
    Registered Users Posts: 51,171 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    Mikey15106 wrote: »
    It's for a mate who wanted to know I'm with boxy mo insurance so id get in trouble for speeding mate

    Lol, all your posts to date are regarding speed vans or speed cameras so you must have a keen interest in them all the same. :p

    To answer your original question though, the target area of a speed camera is a boxed target zone calibrated from the rear of the van so it cannot see round corners. It would depend on when you pass through that target zone.


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    Truckermal
    Registered Users Posts: 6,048 ✭✭✭Truckermal


    bazz26 wrote: »
    Lol, all your posts to date are regarding speed vans or speed cameras so you must have a keen interest in them all the same. :p

    To answer your original question though, the target area of a speed camera is a boxed target zone calibrated from the rear of the van so it cannot see round corners. It would depend on when you pass through that target zone.

    When he said speeding at angles I was visualising a Dukes of Hazard scenario..:pac:


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    Mikey15106
    Registered Users Posts: 39 ✭Mikey15106


    Ah yeah I'm fascinated by the speed vans lol its nice to know these things as I do hate speeding and know many people being caught


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    shietpilot
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,881 ✭✭✭shietpilot


    I wouldn't worry about Boxymo. They would only cancel your policy if you exceed 160 km/h. They don't need a speed van either because the black box is tracking the car when there is no speed cameras around!


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