I suspect that they meant to say that a number of cars were detected exceeding the limit but could not be identified - nice to see the BBC upholding grammaer and reporting standards
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Am I the only one who wonders how they managed to form prior opinion the car was speeding, laser it, then laser it again on a motorway when they couldn't even make out the shapes of the cars?
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Presumably Doppler RADAR unit?
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I assumed that at first but I'm not aware of any GATSOs on the M6 in that area; although it has been a while since I was last there.
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I would find it hard to accept that any form of camera could make a remotely accurate reading (as much as they do anyway!!!) in foggy conditions, the water droplets would defract the beam something terrible.
Maybe those better educated in such matters could either confirm or deny that theory.......
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I would find it hard to accept that any form of camera could make a remotely accurate reading (as much as they do anyway!!!) in foggy conditions, the water droplets would defract the beam something terrible. Maybe those better educated in such matters could either confirm or deny that theory.......
Quite easily, the radar part of the GATSO finds that the fog, rain or spray is quite transparent to radiowaves (your radio doesnt stop working in the rain does it?) the optical camera part takes the picture but it is useless as the optical wavelengths are obscured or scattered.
StarGazer
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(your radio doesnt stop working in the rain does it?)
NO but sky TV has problems!
I nit pick tho, the radar is sufficiently powerfull and the range of object is short enough not to cause a problem in any weather. Without a piccy tho its useless.
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RF - currently 1 Renault short of a family
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Or in other words Mr Gatso knew they were speeding but the camera couldn't take the photo to prove it.
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Isn't it the flash that's the problem?, like running high beam in fog just gives a white glare. Funnily enough I was suggesting running up the local bypass on Monday to set them off, in a light-hearted way of course.
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