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i just went past a mobile camera van (it said safety cams on the side so it was NOT APNR) at 37mph in a 40mph temp speed limit on a dual carriageway in roadworks, and a flash came from inside it? i didnt know these flashed? the weather was very dull and overcast.

i'm hoping it was flashing the lorry behind me who seemed to be accelerating at that point and he looked to me like he was going over 40mph. just before that the lorry was going about 50 - 55mph (in the 40 limit) before he slowed down, then he seemed to be speeding up again when the flash happened.

or, there was a fixed gatso right behind the mobile van, so it might have been that flashing the car in front of me - and the flash was reflecting off the mobile van. but it looked more like the flash came from the inside of the van from his camera.

or maybe he was flashing me and his camera wasnt calibrated properly - in which case i will have no way of proving it and i am f*cked.

the van was exactly like this



heres the actual camera and the bumf about ithttp://www.suffolksafecam.co.uk/pages/about_cameras.html

i emailed them to ask if their mobile vans use a flash, and this was the reply



but it was fairly dark-ish at the time so it hasnt really answered my question! i am gonna email them back and tell them my specific story but not say i was driving at the time.

Welcome to SafeSpeed percy!! I'd post a link to your identical topic in MEG but unless readers here are members there they won't be able to see it as it's in a restricted forum!!

If a NIP does arrive as a result of this then get yer ass over to pepipoo as they'll fall over themselves to help. Make sure you read the FAQ first!!

ahem i was trying to stay anonymous

I'm no sherlock and I worked out who you were

Don't panic - fungusis a member here too

Yes, the RedFlex cameras can have a flash - Steve on the Cumbria forum said they were going to deploy them. Apparently they can be remotely placed away from the van and can be used in forward or rear facing mode. The flash is supposed to be Magenta, just like the Truvelo.

Gareth

I should bring some posters up to speed here, and apologise to stealthtax (althoug IMHO he and I have nothing to apologise for). We are both members of another forum where certain members have expressed many of the typically unhelpful responses to issues regarding safe speed.

I've drawn attention to stealtax's membership of this forum to readers of that other forum and he's concerned he will receive undue criticism as a result.

Stealthtax (may I call you percy ), I'm not always the best ambassador for the policies expressed here, but please don't worry and be assured that there are very respected people here who are not judgemental or confrontational with the speed camera issue.

Safespeed members, please re-assure Stealthtax.

Yep, nothing to worry about here.

I remember stealthtax mentioning something about being given a hard time elsewhere. Best thing to do is read up on Pauls pages (might need to give yourself a week off) then you'll have the facts.

We don't all agree with one another all the time but unless someone comes along with obvious antisocial tendancies (complaining of being done for handbrake turns etc.) then they will get a berating. The normal motorist who makes the occasional mistake has nothing to worry from us.

Oh yeah, back to the subject.

I think the question in this instance has been answered but there is also a mobile gatso which does flash.

i just got this more detailed reply from the scamera partnership so it looks like i am in the clear (i also asked them what speed the camera is activated in case i was doing say 41mph at the time when i thought i saw the flash)

Oooh, touchy.

Looks like they need a dictionary.