Hey boys and girls...theres a new unmarked volvo..havent seen it yet..but its dark blue...and not a T5...think its an s50...not sure havent actually seen it yet...but the cameras an lights etc are VERY VERY well hidden apparently.
Its brand spanking new and paid for by the council as part of the roadsafe scheme...targeting mobile phone users and speeders...got ANPR and VASCAR in it...and will be driven by advanced drivers....so yes it WILL chase you...
as soon as i get the reg plate/any more info I will update!

Cheers matey, much appreciated... no excuse for speeding or using the mobile phone though, so we should all be okay haha!

indeed..but you know i play fair and on a level playing field!

Cheers matey agree with matty but its good they are cracking down on this

Whats VASCAR?

Are they on a no-tolerance aswell, or is it still the 10% + 4mph over the speed limit guidelines.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VASCAR

VASCAR?
Tracks your speed over a distance.

Then Nicks you.

I was introduced the VASCAR The first day that fix fines
for speeding was introduced

so is it an average speed over a certain distance as in:

They just work out the time it took you to get from point a to point b, and then get the average speed from the distance covered between the two points.

Either way, VASCAR is one of the tools that can catch you speeding.

So if your on a 50mph road, i,e new ferry bypass. and the a-b points are at either end. then you can do 70 half the way, as long as you only do 30 for the rest of the way, lol

Lol yeah, summit along them lines.

SPECS are the ones that you can usually avoid, the ones that are randomly along some UK motorways. Tis good because it means if you creep over the speed limit for a short while, even by a great amount, it gives you a chance to redeem yourself lol.

wonder if ANPR can be acquired for personal use.

suppose accessing the database would be the downfall of my plan.

Just write off to DVLA give a fair enough reason
that you want the details of the reg plate,

and wam bam, you have the details of a car..

Its all over watch dog at the moment,
how these private parking companies just acquire the details
willy nilly..

I meant whilst on the road, using a ANPR mounted on your rear bumper reading the reg of the car behind, accessing the database and telling you if it is a copper.

I think they have a Vascar installed permantly on laird street.. Camera out side the fisherman and the one on the man island on the junction of mallaby street when theres a Stop check in the Arriva or when the mobile camera is out im sure they would use it

Ooooo shit... I hope it dont work often... I know a lot of people that do in excess of 35 down that road heh!

Think VASCAR is vehicle and helicopter based

I'm sure Auditastic can confirm, but as far as I know, ACPO guideline is 10% + 2 MPH (& that's when they start ticketing, not what they allow).

Cheers, Chris.

I used to work for the software company that wrote one of the ANPR systems that UK Police use and our MD was driving home one day on the M1 when he got pulled doing 65.

When he enquired why, they Police said "have a look at our screen". It turned out that the test data hadn't all been cleared out of their system and whoever had been testing it had done it the car park at work - the boss's car produced some kind of rude message and instructions to stop that car at all costs!

10 % plus 3 is ACPO....but as indvidual officers we tend to use our "powers of discretion" and set it a little higher...depends on the day/location/officers/attitude of offender really.

Thanks for the clarification.

Lets just hope he just hasn't bought an Audi

Or we will be getting done for getting it the car lol

Interesting - does this have the extra RVM on the N/S pillar for the passenger?

rvm...what are you on about...?

and hell yes...someones gonna pay for my audi!

Just leave him too it, i dont think even he does

if hes saying room..and therefore insinuating that some of my colleagues are a little..."chunky"....id say hes probably right...but best not to say really!

er no..sorry!

Your skint ->>

Rear View Mirror - dont the traffic cars have an extra mirror above the wing mirror for the passenger?

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nope..not all...T5s tend to but not always...they are more for the driving school cars...

Alpha is wirral..and you tuned out to the beeps....

pmsl, sheer genious, i woundered what the hell you were going on about, the penny has just dropped.....took awhile to read though

North Wales obviously has different rules. I got done for 34 in a 30, was well pleased. was in a line of about 25 cars all doing the same speed, an easy £1500 for North Wales Constabulary

Thats Pro Speed Trapping... Gutted.

I wonder if they have a wall chart of Best Hits of the day.

Ahhhhh there's a fine art to this shit

You can hear them

"Now Sarg, Now Sarg"

As he lines up a shot...

er folks..it appears ive given you some duff gen...the car is SILVER not dark blue...and its an s50 estate....

Bloody hell that Audi really screwed you up

it doesnt help...when i havent seen the sodding thing yet!..been off work for the last 2 weeks nearly...

lol

It spends many hours on the New Ferry Bypass going from Lairds to the Village Hotel and back (mid day during week). I've seen it pull over many cars in the past few weeks.

I'll have to get the reg.

There was a pug estate down new Brighton last night, Silvery colour, Thats all i know sorry

right folks..Ive seen it properly..its an 07 plate..s50 silver estate...something like PN07...cant remember the rest.
its got Digital Video Vascar in it and they boys in it are having a field day issuing tickets...showing NO mercy whatsoever... so dont expect any!
lights and camera all round..very very well hidden..
One of my er...colleages fell foul of it and was promptly and rightly dealt with...the same as everyone else!

Basically just look out for any car with a PN registration @_@

spotted a blue jag on the 53 on thursday, had pulled some1 on the sholder just after the clatterbrige exit

yup..it been around for ages...and is a bag of spanners!

so for people that do not know the phonetic alphabet the above translates to :-

IS WIRRAL STILL CODE NAMED ALPHA ?AND I BET YOUR GLAD THOSE BLEEPS ARE GONE

lol scott

I know it due to being in the army

I hear the jag has gone ? This true ?

nope..the jag is still in liverpool..sorry folks
it does play over here every now and then

Had some nice officers stop me in a vw people carier things the other day SILVER nice lads kept me 25mins after checking everything on me apart from my underpants let me go

yep pn07 volvo on woodchurch road with 3 police checking cars earlier tonight sitting in lewis reeds entrance quite often see it sitting in bowness road

i take it you mean Renault Wirral? Lewis reed sold up about xmas time, Brother in law works there.