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Cadillac Forums: Drivers arrested for going 141MPH
I was watching the Gumball 3000 DVD, and at a gas station one guy was telling the story of how someone in the rally in a Ferrari F50 got clocked doing about 198. They had to bring out a helicopter to follow him.
I don't like the cameras. I don't like them at all...
The best sroty I've read about the cameras is the one where kids stole a license plate off of a police vehicle and repeatedly tripped the speeding cameras at 10-15 mph ove the limit. Can you imagine the look on the face of the cops when they started writing themselves tickets for speeding?
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I dont get it. How do these cameras work??? Ive ridden with many cops who have explained to me the complexities of running radar. Thats why all officers are sent to a radar certification school. There can be many mistakes made when using radar to catch speed. There could be large trucks nearby, there could be many other cars nearby, or large road signs. I police rookie cannot just start using radar the first day, they must get trained because there are many factors that go into making it work accuratly. So that leaves the question of how the hell these cameras possibly work?
A lot of time they are placed at specific distances from each other and use timing, or they place markings on the roadway and measure distance travelled in a time period by the marks. Oklahoma used to use "Bears in the Air" The highway markers (dashed lines) were painted very exacting lengths and a Highway Patrol flying overhead in a cessna would count how many marks travelled in a specific time period and calculate your speed.
A lot of time they are placed at specific distances from each other and use timing, or they place markings on the roadway and measure distance travelled in a time period by the marks. Oklahoma used to use "Bears in the Air" The highway markers (dashed lines) were painted very exacting lengths and a Highway Patrol flying overhead in a cessna would count how many marks travelled in a specific time period and calculate your speed.
you know that makes a lot more sense than what I had thought. I thought that they were operated via radar at which point was I was skeptical about it even working accuratly (ever driven by those speed limit signs that say your speed underneath? See how those numbers just jump all over the place?) The time distance thing makes more sense. We dont have those cameras here. Thanks.
Out here the freeways are marked on the shoulder. Giant thick white line every quarter mile. Only in some areas, but that'd be an easy way for the chopper or the cessna to time you...
