Old camera data - with reference to Frant, E Sussex

M8TJT · Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 5:15 pm Post subject:

That's all very well, fine and dandy, but there are no fixed cams in Frant! Just the two flashing speed signs as seen on SV.

The Truvelo nearer Tunbridge W is still present and correct. So it was not outside the Abergavenny Arms he was caught unless it was a scam van parked thereabouts.

My 45 min return home via the 'scenic route' turned into 90 mins much to the chagrine of Mrs. M8

RSavage · Lifetime Member Joined: Jan 20, 2008 Posts: 43

RSavage · Lifetime Member Joined: Jan 20, 2008 Posts: 43

My friend has escaped with a 7 day ban and tiny fine!

We went through Frant this evening and he showed me the device that he is adamant took his photograph. It is a pair of cameras, one pointing towards Tunbridge Wells and the other into Frant, each of which appears to have two lenses and an IR source. They are atop a very tall green pole with a square base immediately opposite the entrance to the Abergavenny Arms. The base is surrounded by the 'egg box' concrete hard-standing for mobile camera vans.

He saw a flash as he drove into Frant from Tunbridge Wells and, when he received the NIP, requested a copy of the photograph. It is labelled 'Frant' and places him just south of Church Lane on Frant Road. He is going to send me a copy of the photograph. He knows two other people who have been similarly caught in Frant.

Very strange.

Richard

PS. In the feint hope of securing a lifetime membership, I have submitted a camera at the location in question.

R

M8TJT · Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:34 am Post subject:

Well, I don't know. There were no 'normal' fixed cams when I went through, but I did not notice any cams on a high pole, but that was probably because I wasn't looking for that sort of thing. When you get the photo, see if it was taken from a high angle, if not, it was almost certainly a mobile. If the cams you saw had infra red illuminators, he would not have seen them flash anyway. Could it have been a mobile van in the bus stop layby just north of the pub and south of church lane?

Keep us posted

Darren · Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 8:37 am Post subject: Re: Very odd.

RSavage · Lifetime Member Joined: Jan 20, 2008 Posts: 43

Hi yes I did take pictures - but in the dark! I will go out at the weekend and take some proper pictures.

RSavage · Lifetime Member Joined: Jan 20, 2008 Posts: 43

I've put some pictures here:

https://picasaweb.google.com/OldGit007/FrantCamera?authkey=Gv1sRgCLvknK-o1sXgUg

Please let me know if you can't access them. Sorry that the close ups aren't great - small, dark object against a bright background and poor camera.

Richard

Darren · Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 8:22 pm Post subject:

Ah now that is interesting. I'm pretty sure that's a C3 ANPR set-up. An automatic number plate reading camera, not a speed camer.

Your image:

C3 ANPR Camera:

http://ndi-rs.com/ukrs/static_systems
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RSavage · Lifetime Member Joined: Jan 20, 2008 Posts: 43

Almost identical, but the Frant camera has, what appears to be, two lenses behind a single screen and an IR source behind its own screen. Not three separate screens/lenses as in your picture.

I was using my cheap 'n nasty office camera. If I get a chance I will take a better camera with me when I'm next in that direction.

What would an ANPR camera be doing in Frant? They are for vehicle tracking purposes, yes? By which I mean they don't detect motoring offences, just note the location of number plates.

My wife commented that there is a similar set-up in Eynsford, Kent just down the hill from the garage at the junction with Gorse Hill (Death Hill). It has a pair of cameras to cover the road in both direction but she says that the IR sources are separate.

R

M8TJT · Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 8:38 pm Post subject:

The suspect cam looks like it is Here and the car photo was deffo not taken from those cams, angle too low, and was probably taken from the pub entrance Here
And that was the photo they used to prosecute him Shocked

I wonder if this is where they 'plug' it into?

RSavage · Lifetime Member Joined: Jan 20, 2008 Posts: 43

DennisN · Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 8:53 am Post subject:

ANPR cameras are not just for tracking - they identify a vehicle which is the subject of some notice or other for tracking - e.g. existing notice that the vehicle is know to have been associated with crime. And the ANPR function can check for Road Tax, Insurance etc.
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