Wow ,I like that.( and of course I'm not saying that I endorse vandalism of property).
But it's similar to the action that took place on other cameras in Coventry, where some person placed a cardboard rectangle on the flash window.You might like to pass on details to speedcam.co.uk - he likes to post up pics of self destructive cameras .

That's my website

Nice to see you ,to see you ............Love that site .
Wondered how long before the Ryton ones got hit. They didn't stop problems on the junction that the island was put in to cure. Several organisations campaigned to get them removed . Only one that I ( grudgingly) accept ( if it was advertised more ,and not hidden like some cash machine, which of course it is) is the one before the slip road from the Southam road .

Passed it today, it now has an orange "Out of Use" cover over it.

Truvelo,
great site you have, spent, toooo long on there!

One pedantic point re the cameras adjacent to speed limit commencement. The 30 starts at the sign, not someway past it. This was brought home to me on a Rolls Royce Chauffuers course, likewise the derestriction is from the sigh not 100yds before, so although i agree 100% with you commwnts onn the sneaky placement, if drivers were alert it wouldnt get any of them
regards

The limit starts where the TRO says it starts, the signs help indicate where that is.

Yes, but scenes like the one below are totally unacceptable. I wonder how much effort went into making sure the 30 sign was directly inline with the camera housing

A little bit loaded I think (since OK, at that particular moment in that particular place in the road it looks bad, but it would be plenty visible further back and as you get closer.

Is the site actually in use? I ask because it could be argued it breaches the visibility regulations they introduced to stop hiding them behind big signs etc and it doesn't seem to have any calibration/2nd check lines, so any tickets issued could potentially be contested and without a second check available could well be on shaky ground

I took the picture when it was installed hence the markings hadn't yet been painted.

This one is perhaps a little worse than the previous example and definitely would be out of view the further away you are. This is also an old picture and it was relocated due to the visibility problem.

I was following a Reliant Robin the other day on the A68 and after thinking 'I haven't seen one of those for years' became increasingly aware of how my eye kept becoming drawn to it's front wheel, especially as it appeared to meander randomly across the carriageway. So yes, I agree that it's unacceptable to site speed cameras near anything as distracting as a parked Robin.

You can add A17 Swineshead Bridge to the list of spontaneously combusting cameras, Lincs police are appealing for any information, although they proffer their 101 number so they obviously don't consider it a serious crime

One of the cameras at Hubberts Bridge was torched a few weeks ago but when I went there a few days later it had been repaired. If the one on the A17 is still burnt can someone take some pictures. I don't fancy another wild goose chase

Although there are some "hidden" speed cameras, I think they pale into insignificance next to a mobile speed trap. At the very least with a Gatso you have tell-tale white paint on the road, with mobile cameras they can get you 1092 yards away - before you even see them - and somewhat inevitably enforce the point three inches after a change of speed limit.

And indeed are all too often deployed at the locations where exceeding the speed limit is most common, and least dangerous - in many cases those with seriously underposted limits

On a related note, speed cameras must be about the only item of law enforcement paraphernalia where, on seeing one in a vandalised condition, many people will inwardly raise a small cheer

The one just before the bridge? I don't accept that at all! Bottom of a hill on a road where the limit is too low anyway...and when there's any amount of traffic there you're queuing thanks to tollbar island...

The two that I do sort of understand are the one that was removed at the top of the hill...and the one on the other side at the top of the hill...both are/were just before the central reserve gap or where the local road joins so I can sort of see the benefit.

The one on the bottom of the hill thats not burnt out is now redundant too, and it looks like one of the local farmers shoots it every time they go past if you look closely

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The one on the bottom of the hill thats not burnt out is now redundant too, and it looks like one of the local farmers shoots it every time they go past if you look closely [/quote]


Where you want to look is just outside Rugby. Every camera warning sign has multiple signs of damage from firearms .

A36 West Wellow, Hampshire. Truvelo camera has been vandalised with a disc cutter. Report here.

Can someone local take some pictures for me. I have no work in that area and it's a long journey to make just for a picture.

I've noticed the two Gatsos on Hillmorton Road, Rugby have been ripped out....and replaced with the more 'modern' ones like the two on Ashlawn road...

I've wondered this for a long time, can anyone tell me what the grey 'auxiliary' cameras are that seem to appear on new Gatso installs are?
Example here
http://g.co/maps/dbjun

Funnily enough that very question was quite recently: clicky

They are auxiliary flash units as the digital conversion kits need more light.

It's a bit late so I'm not sure if it has been tidied up since but I passed it the other day: