Flying speed cameras - Essex warning

[zelbo]

As reported in the Herts and Essex Observer this week the BiB are targeting speeding drivers along three roads in the county, with a helicopter in the sky !

Aparently 26 signs have been placed on the roads in question, so take care if you see one.

B184 Onger - Great Dunmow
B1052 Great Dunmow - Finchingfield
B1012 Lower Burnham road

[TCEvo]

eyes on the skies...

Seriously how does it work then, can they identify & send out a ticket from the chopper or do they alert bib on the ground?

[zelbo]

the artical did not say, but i am not gonna volunteer to find out

[Lensey]

Saw all the signs up around Finchingfield and Bardfield last week, it hasn't seemed to have slowed the bikes down, another accident on the Finchingfield road yesterday.

[StevieBee]

It works by timing cars between two markers (usually white squares on the road). The choppers are equipped with a camera that can read number plates. It's nothing new - technology has been around for years.

The good news however (from a a BiB buddy) is that its hardly ever likely to get used.

Firstly, it's very difficult to assess excessive speed from the air so the pilots have to guess which cars to measure.

Secondly, it's hugely expensive and does not provide a value to the force over existing facilities.

[m3jappa]

Surely people will just slow down between the markers as thats the only place they can get you?

[TCEvo]

StevieBee said:

It works by timing cars between two markers (usually white squares on the road). The choppers are equipped with a camera that can read number plates. It's nothing new - technology has been around for years.

The good news however (from a a BiB buddy) is that its hardly ever likely to get used.

Firstly, it's very difficult to assess excessive speed from the air so the pilots have to guess which cars to measure.

Secondly, it's hugely expensive and does not provide a value to the force over existing facilities.

Veiled threat then rather than something that'll actually make an impact. Cheers for the info.

[jdbecks]

StevieBee said:

It works by timing cars between two markers (usually white squares on the road). The choppers are equipped with a camera that can read number plates. It's nothing new - technology has been around for years.

The good news however (from a a BiB buddy) is that its hardly ever likely to get used.

Firstly, it's very difficult to assess excessive speed from the air so the pilots have to guess which cars to measure.

Secondly, it's hugely expensive and does not provide a value to the force over existing facilities.

I was thinking that too, considering how much it would cost to mount such crack down on speeding drivers the force would not gain much profit from it, wonder how much it costs for the chopper to go on a sortie

[Jaguar steve]

I think the idea is the bib are trying to create the impression they'll cheerfully nick you if they are up on another job and happen to see an evil bunny killing car driver doing more leptons than he should be.