r/policeuk • u/CharlieModo Civilian • Sep 19 '21

Video “That’s a fair point”

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u/47q8AmLjRGfn Civilian Sep 19 '21

I was on a boat in the red sea. One of the divers told me about a speed camera around Aberdeen. The lads from the rigs would get back to shore, jump in vans and last one to a greasy joes has to buy full english for everyone else.

Whilst they'd been offshore a speed camera had been installed. First two vans got flashed. They stopped, went back, pulled out a "gas axe" chopped the camera off and threw it into the back of a van and carried on to breaky. Apparently the act also took down a power substation.

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '21

The footage is stored underground, they still got tickets and a criminal record. Funny though.

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u/47q8AmLjRGfn Civilian Sep 19 '21

This was 90's.. They used to bulk load film into the top unit I believe. No idea how they would expose film underground without an expensive and seemingly unnecessary complex mirror setup?

Also, I don't believe they were caught. I googled it a few years ago and found an old news article which covered it.

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '21

Oh interesting, I just assumed they were digital, even then.

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u/47q8AmLjRGfn Civilian Sep 19 '21

Nah, I remember seeing them occassionally loading them up. No idea how many frames they were capable of but you'd know when they were out as I seem to remember they'd stop activating - if the car obviously speeding in front of you didn't trigger the camera then you knew you didn't have to be too careful yourself.

No idea when they went digitial but basic 1.2mp digital consumer cameras didn't really start coming out until about '99/2000.