How to beat speed cameras

[brimway]

[Ryan_R]

How do you know it wasn't the bird that was speeding?

[dylan8]

HA!
have always wondered if other things set them off.
there was a myth busters episode on it, but I cant remember the result

[brimway]

How do you know it wasn't the bird that was speeding?

I think this camera is set to detect the speed of oncoming traffic, but it could be set to detect the speed of departing crows. Either way, someone was speeding.

[gareth_oau]

umm ah, the naughty bird doesnt have a number plate!!

[Ryan_R]

HA!
have always wondered if other things set them off.
there was a myth busters episode on it, but I cant remember the result

Yes the bird did set off the camera in that episode

[wai]

I've driven on the Calder Fwy from Bendigo near the Harcourt turn off where there was a camera car parked trying to catch motorists. Unfortunately it was an extremely windy day and the sensor was being triggered by the tree leaves being blown around with the flash going off like it was in a disco!

This is why before a mobile speed camera car can be parked anywhere, or a hand-held or car mounted mobile unit can be used, a site survey has to be carried out to ensure that there are no false triggers.

There was a classic one where one particular spot was raking the fines in. This was until one motorist realised that the radar gun was pointing down the line of the local aerodrome runway, and the speed being recorded was the take=off speed of light aircraft.