[Jules59]

How fast do you have to go to beat a speed camera?

If you want to avoid a speeding fine then don't speed - simple. But it seems there may be another way to avoid getting snapped by a speed cameras.

Physics students at the University of Leicester have discovered that you can escape detection if you drive past a speed camera very, very fast. So fast that the camera does not see your number plate.

So what's the catch? Well it seems that for this trick to work, you'd need to be travelling at one sixth the speed of light, or 119 million miles per hour.

[andydutton]

I remember reading a few years ago with the technology at the time you could escape detection at 177mph!

[Needbmwpartzz]

[zltm089]

i tried it...and it works! ...cracked 120 million mph.

[xPETEZx]

It depends on the type of speed camera, I remember them trying this on MythBuster and they worked on a system where the camera only needs 1 picture.
I do not think they managed to go fast enough to avoid getting caught.

However in the UK I believe 2 pictures need to be taken. Along with the lines on the road and the time stamp of each picture the speed can then be worked out just from the pictures.

I heard that over 160 Mph you would be going fast enough that you would be out of shot by the time the camera took the second picture.

[Digitalize]

Top Gear did this too.

[Kassim786]

+1 Vote for the O.P. To give it a go ?

[JackR]

Originally Posted by Kassim786

+1 Vote for the O.P. To give it a go ?

+1

[ssc330d]

Originally Posted by Needbmwpartzz

It is just worthless

[Jules59]

Originally Posted by JackR

+1

Id need one of these instead of the 330D

[JackR]

Originally Posted by Jules59

Id need one of these instead of the 330D

That should work!


The 160+mph thing is something I've heard too, shutter speeds etc.

[DuckySpud]

Originally Posted by Digitalize

Top Gear did this too.

Yep, remember seeing this as well, Link

[acerboo]

think it was an aston they used, what better reason do you need to get an aston!

[MAN15H]

http://www.ghostplates.com/

This but if the police catch you with these on then its game over.

[Alex.J]

Best way to beat the camera, will never catch you, if you find out the speed limit, then, drive slower than it!

It's crazy, but works

[JackR]

Originally Posted by Alex.J

Best way to beat the camera, will never catch you, if you find out the speed limit, then, drive slower than it!

It's crazy, but works

[G82Dude]

Presumably though, if it took you on the first picture, but missed you on the second, you have cleared ALL the predefined white markers, ergo you're speeding!

[Reece]

Or go paint all the white lines black it wont be able to give a distance and time between the lines as there wont be none, simple

I do have a question though, near mine is a 40mph road with a camera if your coming head on to the camera doing anything over 44mph it flashes, why and how does this do it? Ive been driving with the camera now facing the rear someone coming head on and its flashed me but obviously i didnt make the lines quicker than the time so no ticket etc???

[parapaul]

Originally Posted by Reece

Or go paint all the white lines black it wont be able to give a distance and time between the lines as there wont be none, simple

I do have a question though, near mine is a 40mph road with a camera if your coming head on to the camera doing anything over 44mph it flashes, why and how does this do it? Ive been driving with the camera now facing the rear someone coming head on and its flashed me but obviously i didnt make the lines quicker than the time so no ticket etc???

No idea - there was a scamera near my last house that used to do exactly the same. I used to set it off deliberately in the hope that it had a film inside that would be used up with empty pictures...

[Reece]

Ha yeh never thought about it that way, im on a mission now

[Digitalize]

You're aware that some cameras can do both sides of the road...

[Reece]

Yeh i know the sort that can but this one is fixed on 1 side of the road and no lines on the other