Camera Van A30 / A322 Bagshot or something else?

[KrisP]

Only noticed this as I came off the a322 onto the a30 this evening and saw the unmarked van parked atop the bridge with what looked like two remote mounted cameras on tripods (one for each lane?). Not seen a setup like this before, so is it there to catch those above the speed limit, or for ANPR reasons, or something else?

[King Eric]

ANPR van most likely so relax

[Landshark]

It is an ANPR van.

[Frimley111R]

I saw that too. Thank goodness it was an ANPR as I may have been a fraction over the speed limit there!

Just a quick related 'heads up' but I have noticed a fair bit more mobile scammera activity in the last few week in our area. I think I may have dodged one on the A3 southbound near Burpham but I am sure I was less lucky on the trip to Goodwood

[KrisP]

time will tell if something drops through the letterbox, but thanks for the reassurance

[Landshark]

The Hants one was out on the A331 the other day again.

[PK42]

Yeh thats just not playing fair its a lovely road

Was it at North Camp as usual on the bridge there over the A331?

[Landshark]

PK42 said:

Yeh thats just not playing fair its a lovely road

Was it at North Camp as usual on the bridge there over the A331?

Yup, I think the Audi driver was very happy that he joined northbound just behind us!!

[bigdom]

Although at Sainsburys bagshot road, they've just installed a combined speed/red light camera at the traffic lights, this is on the way out of Bracknell towards the M3.

[FuryExocet]

KrisP said:

time will tell if something drops through the letterbox, but thanks for the reassurance

Its 1000000% the ANPR van, you'll see me parked up a bit further down the road

[Russellely]

Frimley111R said:

Just a quick related 'heads up' but I have noticed a fair bit more mobile scammera activity in the last few week in our area.

Got to make some more money this month and top up the quota, I'm not interested what others say, when I see mobile camera vans parked in hard to see places ( they say safe places) it's for no other reason than to make it hard for you to see them until it's too late and you've been zapped .

If they want people to slow down and reduce crashes and deaths , why don't they park in highly visible places to become easily visible and have maximum impact on reducing drivers speed.

[NormanD]

Yes. I thought the rule was that if the Mark 1 Eye ball judged that someone was speeding then the use of another meens of measuring the speed was to be actuated

Now it seems that they rely just on the second part, the first part to say YES in court

[Landshark]

Russellely said:

Got to make some more money this month and top up the quota, I'm not interested what others say, when I see mobile camera vans parked in hard to see places ( they say safe places) it's for no other reason than to make it hard for you to see them until it's too late and you've been zapped .

If they want people to slow down and reduce crashes and deaths , why don't they park in highly visible places to become easily visible and have maximum impact on reducing drivers speed.

To be fair the ones I've seen in Surrey have been fully in view, even the hants one on the A331 wasn't hiding. They can't just ping everything as that would show on the video.

ETA: doesn't mean I agree with camera vans btw!!