Re: New GATSO cameras (A45)

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From: Gavin Hall
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 1998 00:00

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Adrian Vickers wrote:
> 
> Gavin Hall <Gavin.Hall@dial.pipex.com> went on and on like this:
> 
> >
> > Have you seen how many of the GATSO's are live? Not many! I counted them
> > from J10 round to Junction 11 anti-clockwise (I was travelling slowly
> > clockwise!) only a single GATSO on one lane was actually live, the rest
> > were all dummies! Apparently this is true for all of the variable-limit
> > section.
> 
> Interesting... Of course everyone might have been sticking to the speed
> limit :-) Do dummy cameras flash (I would have thought not, but...)
> 
> Maybe all the active ones are on the clockwise section?
> 

The Dummy boxes don't have a flashed installed! There is simply a black
space. If you look carefully (whilst in the usual traffic jam) the live
box stands out a mile, it's flash unit is very visible.

Of course when I say live, it may not have any film in, but at least it
has a flash to enable the picture to be taken ! :-)

Gavin

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From: Gavin Hall <Gavin.Hall@dial.pipex.com>
Subject: Re: New GATSO cameras (A45)
Date: 1998/04/29
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