Thread: 'Ending' "the war on the motorist"
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Old July 29th 10, 03:35 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
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Default 'Ending' "the war on the motorist"
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On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:01:56 +0100
Paul Terry wrote:

Ah, glad to hear that that loophole has been closed.

Did anyone believe it worked anyway?

Both the Home Office and the manufacturer confirmed so.

Why would anyone writing the software
make the cars lane part of the database key in the first place?

You misunderstand. Home Office approval applied only to systems that
recorded speeds of vehicles which maintained their lane when SPECS
cameras first appeared in 1999. So, while a change of lane didn't affect
the SPECS reading, any attempt at prosecuting a speeding driver who had
changed lanes between the two relevant SPECS photos would almost
certainly have failed on the basis that the system was being used beyond
its approved purpose.

As David pointed out, the Home Office closed this loophole in 2007 by
changing the regulations.

The best way of deafeting specs cameras is just remove your front
number plate which I've done on many an occasion.

Erm ... SPECS3 can read the rear number plate
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Paul Terry
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