What if speed camera snaps you from the front?

**TOTO** · 29th October 2007, 00:49

Hey guys, another newbie here. Dont have a bike yet , but getting a UZ125 soon... anyway, do you know if there is a way for speed camera to give you a fine if it snaps the paticular biker from the front ?

Alwas was curious about that.

Cheers

TOTO

**skidMark** · 29th October 2007, 00:58

Originally Posted by TOTO

Hey guys, another newbie here. Dont have a bike yet , but getting a UZ125 soon... anyway, do you know if there is a way for speed camera to give you a fine if it snaps the paticular biker from the front ?

Alwas was curious about that.

Cheers

TOTO

no....... but your gunna get roasted by everybody for mentioning speeding LOL

**Pancakes** · 29th October 2007, 01:04

Nah you'll only get roasted for getting pulled over 30+ times a year. If a speed camera is gonna get you from the front? SMILE!

**PirateJafa** · 29th October 2007, 05:47

Just rock on by, revelling in the fact you aren't in a cage.

Or you can give Aunty Helen a token wave of appreciation for the commendable effort she puts into collecting taxes. One finger usually suffices.

**BMW** · 29th October 2007, 05:52

the guy sitting in the van CAN type into the lappy your rego as ya go past. That way ya locked in and will get the fine. Most of the time that guy is asleep or not fast enough.

Yes they can get ya at anytime!

**T.I.E** · 29th October 2007, 06:27

i started waving to the camera as i went past, did it quite a few times, now the guy in the van (local i assume) waves back to me?????????/

im not sure whats hes upto.
but ya should be good, and oh by the way, what the hell are ya doing speeding ya know the laws are there in place.... blah .....blah.....blah........
dont forget to smile.

im sure there is a wall in some police station somewhere with all the spped camera photos of motorcyclists from the front.
bloody big wall.

**Coyote** · 29th October 2007, 06:36

Originally Posted by PirateJafa

Or you can give Aunty Helen a token wave of appreciation for the commendable effort she puts into collecting taxes. One finger usually suffices.

There's a fixed government surplus collecting installment near by my place. I've often thought of doing just a bit over and giving the double deuce to the camera, but I've always had the paranoid thought that they'd use such photos as evidence to get bikes to have number plates up front. Or the Ford Commodores around town would be placed on high alert for a black VFR with a primer-erd tail.

**Dargor** · 29th October 2007, 07:17

Yea, dont do just for fun.
If they realise there missing out on alot of revenue they'll do something about it, and were not going to like that something.

**TOTO** · 29th October 2007, 09:46

Originally Posted by Dargor

Yea, dont do just for fun.
If they realise there missing out on alot of revenue they'll do something about it, and were not going to like that something.

Yea , I agree, we are not going to like it. Thanks For the info.

TOTO

**scumdog** · 29th October 2007, 09:51

Originally Posted by T.I.E

i started waving to the camera as i went past, did it quite a few times, now the guy in the van (local i assume) waves back to me?????????/

im not sure whats hes upto.
but ya should be good, and oh by the way, what the hell are ya doing speeding ya know the laws are there in place.... blah .....blah.....blah........
dont forget to smile.

im sure there is a wall in some police station somewhere with all the spped camera photos of motorcyclists from the front.
bloody big wall.

You DO realise that if you ARE speeding they can take your photo - and then manually write down your number as you go past them don't you????

And then send you the ticket??

**PuppetMaster** · 29th October 2007, 10:19

Theres that van on the Hutt motorway, he sometimes sits on the north bound side between kelson and the haywards in the evenings. Its very dark there, you can be quietly minding your own business at 112kmp and "poof".

**Disco Dan** · 29th October 2007, 10:21

Originally Posted by PuppetMaster

Its very dark there, you can be quietly minding your own business, and "poof".

yeah heard that one before..

**Mikkel** · 29th October 2007, 11:11

Originally Posted by scumdog

You DO realise that if you ARE speeding they can take your photo - and then manually write down your number as you go past them don't you????

And then send you the ticket??

Not a problem - pop a wheelie the second you get hit by the flash and don't drop it until 100 m further down the road.

They'd have to be seriously quick with their note taking or have a camera in order to grab your number though.

**unhingedlizard** · 29th October 2007, 11:25

Hey, does anone remember those two on a couple of sportsbikes (one was a blade, thats all i remember) in the south island that were snapped at 120plus sitting on the bars by a front facing camera? Did they ever catch up with them?

**90s** · 29th October 2007, 11:26

There was a recent thread about this issue in the UK (search - links to newspaper articles). This dude used to regularly get photoed from the front giving the finger.
Certainly got the attention of the cops and they hunted him down, starting by phoning all the bikeshops and getting lists of buyers. Pretty serious expenditure, but they got him then threw the book at him.

So yes, if they want to they can get you.