Speeding? Then watch the sky in Essex / Kent.

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Wed 27 Aug 2008 14:15
Speeding? Then watch the sky in Essex / Kent. - henry k
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/7583788.stm

I guess this occurs in other parts of the country.

From the above link
" But Nigel Humphries of the Association of British Drivers said speeding should only be monitored from the ground.
"The way it should be worked is that the police officer decides a person is going too fast for the conditions, then uses the radar gun to check what speed they're doing," he said.
"Then they can produce evidence to prosecute them for that. You can't do that from 3000 feet." "

I suspect the heli is more likely to notice vehicles that are way over the limit so the " for the conditions" would not apply.
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Wed 27 Aug 2008 14:34
Speeding? Then watch the sky in Essex / Kent. - BazzaBear {P}
The roads around Buxton have had aerial surveillance signs up for a year or so now, along with dropping the speed limits to 50.

Makes perfect sense. The speed limit is 60mph. People keep crashing while doing way more than this speed. How shall we reduce accidents? Reduce the speed limit.
So the people who were driving safely anyway either have to perform their journey more slowly or worry about a ticket. For the maniacs who were doing well into three figures and causing all the accidents - nothing has changed.
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Wed 27 Aug 2008 15:11
Speeding? Then watch the sky in Essex / Kent. - jc2
Most certainly can do you from the air! They time you between fixed points;they had cars with this equipment in the past.
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Wed 27 Aug 2008 15:18
Speeding? Then watch the sky in Essex / Kent. - Old Navy
I believe that the small white squares painted mid lane are for speed checking, and could be used from the air.
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Wed 27 Aug 2008 20:23
Speeding? Then watch the sky in Essex / Kent. - jc2
VASCAR was the equipment-Visual Average Speed Computer.
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