C63 - car being eyed up- coincidence/paranoia or sinister?

[MancMike]

Yes, very clever

It was a quick joke and a nod to your comment. It didn't need the patronising "Yes, very clever".

Anyway, it depends on the technology used. Radar only operates a few hundred meters. At motorway speed you're looking at that distance and beyond anyway, as you'll be there in a couple of seconds.

Laser guns are much less used but do have much longer range of about a mile.

Also the last thing you said about local communities being given speed guns to "generate revenue" isn't correct, as you can't be prosecuted, only get a warning letter.

Residents of villages and communities are sometimes given laser guns to check the speed of motorists through their town or village. Though they cannot result in a prosecution the information will be passed on the police and could result in a warning letter being sent.

The 10 are then trained to operate speed guns identical to those used by police and kitted out with official-looking high-visibility jackets.
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They are taught to work in pairs, with one volunteer operating the gun and another noting down the offending vehicle’s details, including... its speed, registration number, make, model and colour. This information is passed to police, who trace the driver and issue a warning letter.

 

[UrBusted]

Didn't know there was members who live this close to me. Most of my time is spent around Redbridge, but I live in Woodford/Chigwell

 

[-Ian]

It was a quick joke and a nod to your comment. It didn't need the patronising "Yes, very clever".

Anyway, it depends on the technology used. Radar only operates a few hundred meters. At motorway speed you're looking at that distance and beyond anyway, as you'll be there in a couple of seconds.

Laser guns are much less used but do have much longer range of about a mile.

Also the last thing you said about local communities being given speed guns to "generate revenue" isn't correct, as you can't be prosecuted, only get a warning letter.

My apologies. Lost in translation. I thought you were having a dig.

However I never said anything about local communities being given speed guns. I said that camera vans were manned by civilians and not serving police officers.