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• WARNING: New Speed Camera 13 Sep 2009 (Forum)
  I have had a meeting with the contractors today and thought it wise to advise everyone that from sometime next fully active speed cameras will be in place and in operation. The Safer Roads Partnership vans will also be enforcing the 40mph speed limit through the road work section. During the day it may appear that no work is taking place.
• Uninsured cars and ANPR - again! 26 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  We all know insurance is expensive but if you can't afford it you can't have a car, can you? Tough. But where's the ANPR system then? You can't go on the road without being tracked by cameras and police forces like to hold onto the data. But what are they doing with it? Why can't it be used to take uninsured people off the road? If you put this together with the suggestion the other day that 1 crime is solved for every 1000 CCTV cameras, you come to the conclusion that the sacrifice of our privacy to all sorts of snooping cameras isn't worth the benefit in the maintenance of the law.
• The man in the Speed Camera van... 24 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  \_____________x_________________ -> NSL "B" road There was a SCamera van just inside the limit sign, camera pointing back towards the corner. I stopped for a quick chat, being interested. Bear in mind that this was a big bright white transit-sized van, with highly visible markings, parked partly on the verge.
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  Can I get a USB powered dash cam? 16 Jun 2022 (Ask HJ)
  I have a Skoda Octavia that was registered in 2021. I want to install a dash cam but there is no 12V power source in the front of the car. There is a...
• BMW 320i - Bought a new car - forgot to tax when I paid it 24 May 2024 (Forum)
  It was already taxed, but halfway down the motorway I realised I hadn't taxed it myself. Obviously a lot of ANPR cameras. Would the police or DVLA come after me and issue me a fine for this? Or is it ok as it is already taxed just not in my name (I know since 2017 you have to tax it at sale, but presumably to an ANPR camera it will still show as taxed).
• Nextbase DUO HD Dash Cam Faulty after 15 months - Nextbase DUO HD Dash Cam Faulty after 15 months 7 Mar 2019 (Forum)
  Hi Any advice on how to get NextBase to replace a camera that screen failed on after 15 months? Warranty is 12 months. Modern electronics should last longer. I remember reading about batteries vs capacitors and NextBase replaced cameras.
• Private parking signage. 6 Jun 2017 (Forum)
  Ten days later I got a "parking invoice".  I've been parking there for years but only recently have they installed cameras.
• Recent speeding ticket (mobile camera) 13 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  Ive just received a notice of intended prosecution for a week ago, stating I was doing 50 in a 40 zone (in Staffordshire) I remember seeing the van and...
• No trade plates 13 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  Both number plates back front were obsquered / replaced by white APPROVED USED BMW plates. It had no trade plates back or front. If it had passed a fixed camera at 80 mph on the motorway what would have happened? If the Police had stopped it {I assume no tax} with no trade plates what would have happened. Seems a good way be beat the speed cameras? Paul Paul {Forest of Bowland}
• Speeding (mostly excl cameras) Vol 33 18 Oct 2005 (Forum)
  HJ in yesterday's Telegraph: ". . . It's best to drive with one wheel over the middle of the hump and the other on the flat. You get more of a shock and...
• Speeding (mostly excl cameras) XXVIII 2 May 2005 (Forum)
  I thought my old Cav V6 was rapid, but it was nothing to the Vectra being driven by the police officer in this story "A police constable accused of driving...
• The Speed Camera Thread - Volume 9 7 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  I was done for speeding last Saturday - doing 43 in a 30. The road was wide (two lanes in each direction and about to turn into a 40). What annoys me is...
• Astucia 10 May 2001 (Forum)
  Yet what they do not say on the website is they are developing a road stud which looks like any other, yet can measure speed, contains a camera, and can communicate via radio to the "road authorities" ie police.
• Lexus ES - yellow box trap 3 May 2024 (Forum)
    I would say 2/3 of the car was in the yellow lines, however I did not impede traffic that wanted to turn into the road on their right, not that that matters I guess.  Anyway as you can see on the map there doesn't appear to be a camera, however when I checked the dashcam footage, there is a tall pole just beyond the traffic light with a CCTV like camera pointing downwards into that box.  So perhaps it was included recently and so it looks like I'm getting fined.
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  Parking Eye fine - cameras set to wrong time 9 Dec 2021 (Ask HJ)
  I was recently pinged by Parking Eye for a £100. It turned out they had forgotten to move all their camera clocks in the same car park back by one hour...
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  What's the most comfortable hatchback? 17 Aug 2020 (Ask HJ)
  I love just crusing around in a really quiet, comfortable car. I'm not too bothered about steering dynamics or a fun drive. I just want to glide along...
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  What is the best front and rear parking assist system with a screen? 12 Feb 2020 (Ask HJ)
  What is the best front and rear parking assist system with a screen?
• N/A - Speed camera idiocy 27 Oct 2015 (Forum)
  About and hour and a half into the journey back on the A30 on a dual carriageway (the exact location isn't relevant) there is a section of road with a dip. A speed camera is sited at the bottom to deter those who are inclined to let their speed increase excessively downhill, preceded by the usual warning signs. It's pretty quiet, traffic-wise; I'm in Lane 1.
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  Can you recommend a good in-car camera? 15 Jun 2014 (Ask HJ)
  Are there any driving tracking devices that can be used to prove fault in an accident? I was hit by a car that came round a blind bend, on a single track...
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  Do French gendarmes have the right to check your GPS for detecting speed cameras? 21 Jul 2012 (Ask HJ)
  The strange thing is about satnavs warning of speed camera locations is that a French gendarme only has the right to investigate your GPS if you give permission,...