Safe Speed Forums

I recently got flashed by a new forward facing camera at Lee On The Solent, Hampshire, I have been offered the fixed penalty for doing 38 in a 30 zone (I have signed and sent the form, and recieved the fixed penalty offer), I noticed when I drove past the camera again yesterday that the front of the camera is white, and the back is yellow, the camera is on the left side of the road approaching it, and it flashed me from the front, should the front side of the camera also be yellow?

Yes, but that won't affect the speeding charge. If it's not yellow front and back then the SCP can't claim back the money for it. Or that's how I understand it.
However if the flash was white (not magenta) then the photo can't be used as evidence.
Haveing admitted you were driving however it may be hard to get the photo or anything.

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Andrew.

Damn! I need to give myself a kick in the balls for not researching before I filled the form in, who do I write to to try and get the photo?

Here, let me help you...


Whoever sent you the NIP. Whatever address they have on there for you to reply to.

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Andrew.

It would be interesting to know how you do that, unless you are a contortionist, or you have them in an unusual place.

richard_uk - have a look on this - www.speedcam.co.uk - shows most types of camera - so you can find out if it was type approved to flash in your face.

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lets bring sanity back to speed limits.
Drivers are like donkeys -they respond best to a carrot, not a stick .Road safety experts are like Asses - best kept covered up ,or sat on

Sounds right to me.

Any chance of getting a picture of it, Richard?

I can get a pic of it in about a weeks time, I live up in the West Mids, its my mum that lives down Portsmouth way, I was down there picking her up when I saw it the other day, I'll be taking her back down in a week or so, I'll get a pic then, just hope they haven't painted it yellow by then, I'm not sure if it was originally yellow and someone painted the front white, it also has a £ sign graffited on the back

Was the cam in Lee-on-the-Solent or Portsmouth? What road? I might know it.

it's at Lee On The Solent, Marine Parade West (the main sea front road, near the end), if you live near there go take a photo before the b@st@rds paint it yellow

Sorry, don't know that area.

I think I found it on Google - is this the one? It looks like a front facing Truvelo (and I think I can see a couple of yellow pixels on the cam)

I see there's an easy way to circumvent that camera.......

yeah thats the buggar, easy to circumvent if you know its there, if you don't know its there its very hard to spot until you're right on top of it.