Heads up all you Hoons

[slofox]

MOBILE SPEED CAMERA

Twice in the last week I have seen a 2003 Red Mitsubishi L300 van, reg No BCH 769, parked alongside the highway in the Waikato/Bay of Plenty area.......BEWARE! It is full of speed cameras.....which look out the back window......
First seen on Monday 27th Oct on SH 29, east of the Kaimai summit facing west bound traffic. Seen again today, 30th Oct, on SH 1 just north of Tokoroa, facing north bound traffic. Both times it has been parked WELL off the road in a gateway or against a fence, looking for all the world like some workman's van. Both times it has been well out of view of the oncoming traffic - today it was obscured by a hill - by the time you see it it would have you in its sights....
Both times it has been unattended as far as I could see - unless someone is lying down in back of something....
Very cunning piece of revenue collection if you ask me.......

[Bonez]

Were've you been? This sort of thing has been quite common for a while now.

[spookytooth]

yep that red mitzy has been around tga for months

[ManDownUnder]

Bastards!!!! They use cameras now?

That's a brilliant idea. F'n microwave's will be next...

[wbks]

You should stop to see if it is unattended next time you pass it. If It isn't, maybe leave a little surprise on the door handle for them?

[CookMySock]

looking for all the world like some workman's van.

uh uh. Always look way ahead and question the purpose of ANY vehicle parked on the side of the road. If there is no clear reason why it should be there, then get the picks out pronto. After a while you can smell them.

DB

[Farm]

Jamming kits are about $1,500, I considered installing one but it's a lot of money when I have only had one ticket in the last 10 years ($120).
I suppose it just makes sense to stick close to the speed limit for your own safety anyway

[slofox]

yep that red mitzy has been around tga for months

First time I have seen this particular one - and twice within three days...bugger must be stalking me....

Purpose of the post is merely to inform what this one looks like......plus the rego......but if you are close enough to read that it's too late to slow down.....

[slofox]

You should stop to see if it is unattended next time you pass it. If It isn't, maybe leave a little surprise on the door handle for them?

Today I slowed way down to have a good look but didn't have time to get out and really explore......was paying someone by the millisecond to mind my store while I was away.....

[Winter]

Its FULL of speed cameras? like 6 of them? Do they give you six tickets at once?

Or perhaps its a van with only 1 (singular) speed camera in it.

[slofox]

Its FULL of speed cameras? like 6 of them? Do they give you six tickets at once?

Or perhaps its a van with only 1 (singular) speed camera in it.

It's a big mother of a camera - plus various other bits on it - not like the usual ones I have seen locally......so yes, the van does look FULL.....but prolly only the one actual camera....hyperbole you know.....

[racefactory]

Are there any fuckers actually manning these vans whilst they snapping people?

[Odee13]

Keep a watch out for Silver Grey Holdens in the Greater Wellington area too. There is at least 2 of them

[slofox]

Are there any fuckers actually manning these vans whilst they snapping people?

If there was anyone in this one today they was layin' low....even when I slowed to a crawl past no heads bobbed up or anything.....might've been off havin' a piss I suppose.....or other in the bushes.......the mind boggles...

[Bonez]

Keep a watch out for Silver Grey Holdens in the Greater Wellington area too. There is at least 2 of them

Black Holdens in Wangavagas. Red Holdens around Hawera. White and Blue vans on the Napier-Taupo road. Red vans around Taranaki. And some funky white Holdens with telecom logos on them all over the place. But wait there's more....

Help they're all out to get me.