Interesting speeding article

Winglider

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While we are on the subject of speeding, just recieved this from an artical in my local IAM groups may news letter.


Speed camera bike, not van!
Scottish police have a new weapon in their arsenal to tackle speeding motorists.
This safety camera motorcycle has all of the functionality of a full-sized van equivalent, but in a scaled down package.
Its smaller size means that the bike can park up where the van may have been too large or unable to before, meaning that riders and drivers will need to be extra vigilant when riding in Scotland.
The BMW R1200RT SE has proved to be the perfect machine for the job, providing all the space needed for the equipment. The camera and tripod are stored in the panni-ers and the top-box houses the main com-puter. Also, housed within the panniers are the power unit, which draws from the bike and the ancillaries required for the camera’s function.
Police Scotland’s motorcycle Inspector Ian Paul said: “The introduction of the safety camera motorcycle provides us with a very flexible and compact resource which can be used on stretches of our roads where safety camera vans or uniformed officers could not previously be deployed.”
The system uses a LTI 20.20 Ultralyte laser speed detection device, a Traffic Display