Mobile Speed Camera
 

You may have all seen this vehicle already but thought best put it on here anyway. There is an unmarked Nissan X-Trail, White in colour, that looks like a vehicle broken down on the hard shoulder putting itself around Dubai at the moment. It sits with its rear door open and the whole boot is full of camera and speed measuring equipment. I don't know if its a device that flashes (so you would know that you had been caught) or whether they are using similar equipment to the UK where flash isn't needed (during daylight).

I've only seen it South bound on the 611 most mornings & on Sheikh Zayed Rd near Al Barsha North bound but I'm not driving around all day so it may well have sweet spots that it goes to at varying times of the day.

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I saw it the other day literally hidden under the flyover near Mall of the Emirates, I have not idea how they even got the car in there!

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Dubai now has 2 of these bloody Nissan X-Trails kitted out, both White in colour. They also seem to be able to jack the camera equipment up as well because I've seen them a few times with the rear door closed but camera's visible through rear glass. When they first appeared the door obscured the camera when closed so don't take it for granted that because the door is shut, its not in operation any more!!

On the 611 I have seen U.A.Q Police using a very small pair of tripods with camera and speed measuring device, hidden behind concrete barriers.

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The two of them were parked next to each other at Barsha northbound on SZR this morning :confused:

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........ all of which reminds me of this recent story from the UK.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-12115179

A motorist who flashed his lights at oncoming cars to warn them of a speed trap has been found guilty of obstructing the police in their duties.

Bizarre - especially as the new "RAC Road Atlas of Great Britain 2011" clearly shows (presumably with permission) where speed cameras are situated............ :confused:

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there is more than any two !!

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I don't get you, sorry :confused:

As for speed camera's in the UK - Speed camera location maps and GPS positioners are fine, apparently (or were last time I owned one anyway), but Detectors are illegal. Doesn't make sense, does it?! One tells you there is a speed camera coming up, the other tells you your actually being measured for speed but by the time that happens its too late anyway!! So why ban that one? In the case of laser measuring anyway! The older radar gun at least has some "splash" from measuring the car in front of you etc so is useful BUT think most of these have been replaced by laser guns now.

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But isn't the point of speed cameras in the UK to slow drivers down at accident hotspots, pedestrian areas,built up areas etc- its more of a deterrent- whereas here they seem absolutely useless as so many drivers just pay the fines and off they go again- now if they bought in a points system like in the UK I wonder if there would be any difference? 12 points and you're banned...

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Absolutely not.

The point of speed cameras in the UK is not to discourage speeding - it is to raise revenue. Proof? My local council published its budget for the following fiscal year, and it included a certain (large) sum for speeding and parking penalties.

At the public meeting when the budget was revealed, someone in the audience asked 'what happens if nobody breaks a speed limit or parks illegally? will the council have a shorfall, and how will they make it up?'.

Response from the Leader of the Council?

Silence.

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They do have a point system here but not for speeding - apart from horrendous speeding, it seems. I think over 200kmh gets you a ban plus black points and a fine but generally it's just a fine where speeding is concerned. It IS published as a deterrent, you're right BUT it is a major money maker for the councils or government or whoever!?! The cameras were changed from grey to yellow in the UK, to highlight the fact that it wasn't a hidden money making machine, you can easily spot it but they are still allowed to use unmarked cars for monitoring speed and prosecution?! Hmmmm......

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you said two speed camera car thingies, I saw 4 just yesterday!

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Really? All white Nissan X-trails? I will have to keep a note of registrations to see exactly how many they do have!!

I take it you saw them all in a close period of time, rather than the same two relocating? They don't seem to sit for long in the same place :sneaky:

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under fly over at MOE, outside Wellington School, on flyover at Ranches and one near the Metropolitan Hotel, I am pretty sure there are more than 2. Also there are speed cameras every day on the road that leads from Knowledge Village, parallel to Al Sufouh Road down to the Al Wasl (runs behind Police College)

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I've had to curb my driving now, cost me 2700AED last month :( My own fault of course but doesn't make it any easier to accept :thumbdown:

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the road behind me is 60km, 60!!! I got done three times in 10 days for doing 70! hardly fast is it :(

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The road with the Co-Op on it?

That'll be the road I usually drive at 100 down, then... must be going too fast to see the speed cameras :rofl:

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There's a 60 limit on the dual carriageway that runs along side the E44 too, where it branches off for the E66 to Al Ain.......

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yes and you won't see them cos the sneaky twats hide behind the bin and the trees on the right, you will get a text soon, after you have accrued 3 at least !

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don't do street numbers, has it got any buildings on it?

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No hun, its just a dual carriageway. The E44 is Al Khail road and the E66 is the main route to Al Ain.

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I know the one, where the Dubai Outlet mall is :)

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Yeah, thats the 66. The dual carriageway I'm referring to has no buildings on it and is before you leave the 44 for the 66. Its only 1k long or so.

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I know where you mean, it is like the the one that goes from Al Khail to the Ranches which I think is 70 km?

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Could be. Either way, its a ridiculously low speed! Plus they have some new multi-camera unit fitted there (a grey tower with 2 or cameras in it, facing different directions) so I keep to what the sign says to be sure!

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Do tehy actually have speed signs anywhere- like 30 or 60 or 100- I can't say I've ever noticed any anywhere

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oh yes, all over the place but they are normally ignored, the new Bridge at the Greens in 40 kms an hour, no one does 40 on it, me included, but my eyes are wide open for cameras!

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Ah last time I went down there fast was a Friday morning three months ago, hopefully before they started ;)

Police site reports no fines by either licence number or plate... I'm still hoping to leave this place without ever having been caught speeding.

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Yes - some of them are split with both 'our' and 'their' numbers on them, e.g. 60 / Ù¦Ù .

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my first fines after 14 years, was gutted :(