So This Is Christmas

Merry Christmas is such an infectious feeling I like to feel that way all year around.

So if you are visiting just before Christmas, just after Christmas or even here on Christmas day I am sure you will find something of interest for you and in the spirit of Christmas.

It may be said that Christmas is no longer a celebration but this must be spoken by people that have never had trouble closing their eyes on Christmas Eve in an expectation of what maybe left for them on the carpet under the tree.

I continue to look forward to the surprise on my Grandchild's faces to this day at Christmas events.

Merry Christmas - Merry Christmas - Merry Christmas

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Types Of Speed Camera

By Ben Walsh


There are many different cameras patrolling the road which may all have a very different way of delivering a speeding fine to unlucky drivers. The following, attempts to clear up what they are and how they're built to issue a ticket. Please be aware there are other techniques that the police force will use but I want to outline the most applicable.

Current Speeding Cameras

The Gatso

The most widely known of all the varied cameras now in action, The Gatos will take effect when you enter the speeding trap i.e. The white lines you drive over as you drive away from the camera. A radar beam is projected on to the car which tracks the velocity and if you're over the speed limit 2 pictures are taken to ensure the clearness under all circumstances.

The Truvelo

The Truvelo is a forward facing camera, the idea behind this is that it is simpler to make a prosecution if you've a picture of the driver as well as the license. In contrast to the Gatso which has a flash and is thus considered dangerous for forward facing pictures, the Truvelo uses infrared technology for an invisible flash. This coupled with under road pressure loops that sense a vehicles speed on approach with no previous alert to you make this a daunting camera. You will never know you've been clocked till it is too late!

Specs Camera

The specs cameras are essentially used to ensure a speeding for astretch of road customarily a motorway or dual carriage way, makes use of plate recognition software and has 2 cameras mounts together both with infra red so that they can work both night and day. They're set up occasionally along the stretch of road and your driver is timed as to the lenght of time it takes to go between the points, creating effectively a speed controlled sector.

Peek Speed camera

Not very talked-about compared with its very similarcompetitor the Gatso uses either radar or underground speed loops to estimate the rate of passing cars. Like the Gatso it works via a flash picture taken as the driver is moving away from the camera.

Hand-held Speeding Camera

There are 3 popular speeding cameras used presently. Them being teletraffic, mini Gatso and the TSS system. The teletraffic is the traditional laser pointer, often pointed at the license plate of the car as the coating on it's a good reflective surface. The beam is bounced back to the camera giving a speed reading. The mini Gatso is pretty much what it says on the tin, a smaller version of the Gatso (see above) and the TSS is a fixed road side sensor device in which a police unit can plug in to as and when they desire and take recordings of offenders.

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