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victor melvictor mel Posts: 4,963
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Hello, a camera flashed once when my relative drove towards it on the other side of the road. I looked it up & I think it's a Gatso type. I was wondering can you still be fined driving towards a camera?

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    chrisjrchrisjr Posts: 33,282
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    More likely it was the sun reflecting off the lens.

    If it was a Gatso type then that only photographs vehicles travelling away from it. And they flash twice. There are front facing cameras and may have an infra red flash so as not to dazzle the driver (ie you don't see it flash).

    http://www.speedcamerasuk.com/speed-camera-types.htm
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    RoushRoush Posts: 4,368
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    Truvelo cameras look somewhat similar to Gatso cameras to an untrained eye. They flash once from the front and can be on either side of the road.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 5,383
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    Roush wrote: »
    Truvelo cameras look somewhat similar to Gatso cameras to an untrained eye. They flash once from the front and can be on either side of the road.

    BIB - well yes, but Truvelo don't have a visible flash, so this can't have been what the OP saw;

    "Does a Truvelo speed camera flash?

    The Truvelo speed camera does not 'flash' like a Gatso speed camera. Instead Truvelo cameras uses an infra red flash which produces no visible 'flash' to the approaching driver    ."

    http://www.speedcamerasuk.com/truvelo.htm
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    RoushRoush Posts: 4,368
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    Truvelo cameras do have a visible flash. I know - I was caught by one a few years ago.

    It's tinted a magenta-ish colour and not as bright as a gatso flash, but flash they do.

    edit: here you go: http://s14.postimg.org/ib0nfi3ox/lols.jpg

    And accompanying story of the driver complaining it was too bright: http://www.saxperience.com/forum/showthread.php?t=418100
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    victor melvictor mel Posts: 4,963
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    If cameras flash is there definitely film in them?
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    Black BoxBlack Box Posts: 765
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    The Truvelo has a flash the same as a Gatso, but it has a magenta gel over the lense to stop the flash from dazzling the driver.

    I suspect most speed cameras are digital now and don't use wet film like they used to.
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    victor melvictor mel Posts: 4,963
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    I think it was a Truvelo camera then. The way he explained how it flashed.
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