Did I get caught?? Help please

You will know for definite in a couple of weeks




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Did you see a flash?? There's usually a flash.

Is the flash from front or back?

I actually can't recall any flashes because I panicked and the car behind were closing in soo I don't really know

I'm sure you get some leeway, so it would depend on just how fast you was going when the camera starts to watch/record.

I'm always scared of this happening to me, so now I make sure I always have my sat nav up because it tells me the speed limits and bleeps when there's cameras and goes red if there's a camera and your over the limit. it's quite useful for me lol


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The flash would have been from the back I've been in a car that sped through a camera you would know it.

I am same as you i got tomtom but today me being me trying to find my way without using tomtom messed up real bad today hopefully I didn't get flashed else am pissed


Hopefully didn't get flashed mate else I am pissed do you know if it flashes ones or twice Dere seem to get mixed reviews online also did you get flashed in morning or night? Is it also noticeable in daylight?

I saw it in the day.

Is the flash from front or back?

I actually can't recall any flashes because I panicked and the car behind were closing in soo I don't really know

It flashes from the back on a Gatso speed camera, otherwise the flash might dazzle you and cause you to have a crash. This is the most popular camera in the UK.

If it's a Truvelo camera, it faces the driver and doesn't flash. The rubber strips in the road calculate your speed and the Truvelo Camera just captures your vehicle registration and face for prosecution later.

Have a look at this helpful website for more info/pics of what speed camera you might have encountered: http://www.ukspeedcameras.co.uk/guide.htm#Traffic

You're allowed to do speed limit+ 10%+ 2mph so in your case that's 35. If you slammed your brakes on and went down to 20, you're probably going to be alright.

Hey I looked in the website but what I am trying to find is that do the camera take pictures when your on the line or before or after you don't happen to know this do you?

X
---> lllllllllllll
........... l

I stopped like half way as above

---> my car
X camera


Is that for all camera or only 30mph

Hey I looked in the website but what I am trying to find is that do the camera take pictures when your on the line or before or after you don't happen to know this do you?

X
---> lllllllllllll
........... l

I stopped like half way as above

---> my car
X camera


Is that for all camera or only 30mph

Yeah the 10%+ 2mph is a guideline, however cameras trigger at this speed (as far as I know- don't rely on it in future).

It applies to all speed limits.

The camera takes two pictures and then works it out the average speed over a short distance, as explained above

It might also be worth noting that not all cameras are active (have film in to capture photos if you're speeding) but there's no real way of knowing for a couple of weeks, especially if you're not sure if there was a flash.

You're allowed to do speed limit+ 10%+ 2mph so in your case that's 35. If you slammed your brakes on and went down to 20, you're probably going to be alright.

I was driving my car to Uni today I thought the road speed was 40 so I was doing around 38 then suddenly as I went into camera lines I noticed its 30 mph so I slammed my brake and my speed came right down to 20 i then changed gear and slowly moved away...

So you guys think I should be okay?? Because I braked like half way to the lines

Thanks