Speed Camera Flashed For No Reason?

[FastR1Red]

Was driving down KooWeeRup rd yesterday just out of Healesville and every car that passed me flashed their headlights..OK so there's a speed camera ahead thanks guys.

So the cars in front of me back off to 80kmh and I'm sitting behind them. It's a 100kmh road, clearly signposted at both ends. Looked at my speedo and yep I was doing 80kmh as well, but I got FLASHED!!!! WTF?? I've been sitting at 80 for the past 2km.

[arm79]

Hopefully it was them getting flashed for doing 20 under the limit. But I doubt it that little pipe dream of mine would come true.

I'm to understand that every few cars that go past, the camera is required to do a self test... Which triggers the flash... And ultimately scares the crap out of some poor unsuspecting driver.

There is a good thread about this on AFF in the Pub or Bar section I remember reading. Spells it out pretty well.

[FastR1Red]

Ah good thanks for that, I try and find it.

Yeh it's a real PITA people hitting the picks at 100kmh to 80 when their quite ok doing 100,,,they'll get rammed by a truck soon.

[_John_]

Stationary / permanent speed camera? Was a guy there testing it maybe?

I fuggin HATE people who are tooling along 110+ kph they see the camera and brooooooort down to 80 and then back to 110+ soon as they`re through it.

I drive through a speed camera twice a day 6 days a week, its been there 18 months? Never ever seen it flash once and ping anyone.

lol I don`t think it makes much dough cause they are always testing it..

[Stazza_Brendan]

If mobile one ive heard they can do it to calibrate/test the machine.

[FastR1Red]

Yeh it was a mobile camera, in one of those small AWD,s. Saw 2 that day, and not one today which really surprised me.