Can Speed Cameras on roads work if there are no lines in the road to measure the speed of the vehicle?

James

yes, because the lines in the road are only used for a secondary check (if needed) to verify your speed... or if the speed camera flashed at two cars going past (on a motorway or dual carriageway) which one to prosecute.

The Speed Cameras themselves are trigged either by radar or by sensor wires buried in the surface of the carriageways. They do not "need" the painted white lines at all.

I don't know if a speed camera prosecution would fail because of a lack of visible white lines in the photo though.

GOOCH

sorry matey but no mate i dont know which country your in but there everywhere here,, they work on a infa red light jiggy that picks you up more less like a radar then takes a photo of you an you number plate an the speed your doing they dont work good on corners though an i have had a couple an like a lot of people they tell you there not real accurate like i was doing 160 not 140.
then they charge you $15 for the photo plus the fine so its not worth testing them just watch out for them an drive safe....Wazza

woody

The speed cameras dont catch you by judging the speed between the lines, they catch you by radar. Thats why the picture of your car has the speed posted in the corner.

Thomas S

They work by radar or Lazar.

The lines are only needed when there are 2 possible vehicles that may have triggered the camera.....ie, on a dual carriageway, with two cars travelling alongside each other.

PollyPocket

yes, there are many types of camera.

brian h

Of course, check for black criss cross lines, these are the sensors and will be used for further big brother activities in the future.
I asked a passenger of mine to see how many of these he could spot on a twenty mile journey.
He was shocked at the result and found it incredible that he was not aware of thier purpose.
Be warned, even on the motorways you should check for these black lines, before and after the junctions,(traffic monitoring for now?)

dennis s

speed camera's don't use lines to measure your speed. hand held speed camera's have a laser that is transmitted from the device which when pointed to a moving car, the laser hits it and the information is transmitted back to the camera. the speed is calculated by the time the laser takes to recieve the information. road camera's are the same but fixed, when the camera calculates your speed via laser, when you pass it, it takes a picture of the car's rear.

oadbywonder

Yes, its all done by bouncing laser beams now

jenny

yes they can I went through road works on the M62 at 93 mph

a sign said 50 mph but it was early in the morning and no traffic about and i was in a hurry I know its no exuse bbut I sped passed the road works I know its not big or clever .
I got a ticket :(

Akkakk the befuddled

Yes, They function by bouncing radar against your car and timing how long it takes to bounnce back to the camera.The radar travels at a set rate so they determine how fast you are going by the time it takes between the first radar "bounce" and the second.

Eldude

Don't need lines in the road. That went out YEARS ago with the advent of radar and now laser technology.

NOT TELLING YOU LOL

yes and i hope you get caught

ADAM M

Yes and no,

If it is a standard gatso camera (most common square lensed UK one) then no even though it may flash they can only prove it if the 2 photos it takes has lines so they can show how far the vehicle has travelled. If you are going the opposite direction to the camera and it flashes then there is no way they can take any action against you.

jayktee96

Possibly not, the camera has to take two pictures a few milliseconds apart, then the cars position is gauged against the road markings to calculate the speed.

But some cameras will have a Doppler radar system built in which can calculate the speed without any road markings.

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