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Speedcam Anywhere Screenshot 2New smartphone app to allow public to submit evidence of speeding drivers
A new smartphone app will allow members of the public to submit evidence of speeding drivers to police forces.
The app, called Speedcam Anywhere, can also be used on tablets and is currently being trialled by volunteers from the 20’s Plenty For Us charity, which campaigns for lower speed limits.
Currently available on the Google Play Store (some users in the reviews report problems logging in, an issue which apparently has been fixed in an update), an iOS version is also said to be on the way. According to its developers, who also have a comprehensive FAQ on their website,
Speedcam Anywhere turns your smartphone or tablet into a portable speed camera. Simply install the app, stand in a safe place at the side of the road and point your camera at a passing vehicle and tap to capture a short video, which will be analysed to accurately calculate its speed.
Your videos will be uploaded to our servers and analysed using AI to create a full and accurate report that will be emailed to you. Your report will include where and when the video was taken, the speed of the vehicle and the speed limit of the road it was driving on. It will also include details of the effect of the speed on air quality, stopping distances and pedestrian fatalities.
20’s Plenty For Us says that the through enabling anyone with a suitable device to obtain evidence of speeding and send it to the police for processing, it can lead to wider enforcement of and compliance with speed limits.
Rod King, Founder and Campaign Director for 20's Plenty for Us said : “By allowing communities and local authorities to submit clear and unambiguous evidence of careless and inconsiderate driving this technology will be a game-changer in speed limit enforcement.
“It allows police forces to align with community needs for compliance without imposing an increased load on the police. We expect it to be welcomed by all those interested in making our communities safer,” he added.
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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This more evidence of an alternative universe- this app is completely worthless. You may be able to send stuff to the police, but they won' be paying attention to it and it will be immediately filed in the bin. I think there are still people even on this site who don't appreciate the police modus operandi! It is: Bin Everything
The lorry with the number plate below indisputably went through a red light. The lorry is clearly labelled Brand's Scaffolding of Poulton-Le-Fylde. The compny has 5 directors, all named Brand. The premises are an industrial estate by the main road. The vehicle has had no tax or MOT for 12+ years. The police response is: NFA 'as the registration number provided is not allocated to a vehicle'.
The lorry would be easily identifiable- either it's carrying a false plate or it's been on the road for 12+ years with no VED or MOT, or the police have phoned them up and warned them to put a different plate on
Strange response from the police if that is on a red Daf truck.If so raise a complaint as it's on the truck the DVLA says it should be on.
Strange response from the police if that is on a red Daf truck
There's no doubt that the lorry belongs to Brand's Scaffolding of Poulton. The rear plate is convincingly MX66 YKN, and no number believably close to it comes up as a likely candidate. The firm's publicity shows a Mercedes lorry whose cab looks like this one and has a MX plate, but has a hoist mounted just behind the cab. I will go out to Poulton spotting some time, but Lancashire Constabulary has a lot of form letting HGVs off red light offences, either by not responding at all or by thinking up stupid excuses like "the NIP was accidentally sent to the wrong address". This one also got away with it.
Maybe you should have got someone to proof read your submission?
Maybe you should have got someone to proof read your submission?
Occasional mistakes creep in, but there isn't one in the submission to the police. MX55 YKN is the one which comes up as a red DAF
Most people already have an app on their phone for reporting illegal parking and red-light jumpers. There is also a mode for missing or illegible number plates.
Nice idea in the concept, but even if you report drivers via their official website/portal, no action is taken and it is only for 'statistical purposes' only. The police are far too overwhelmed and underfunded sadly to bother with speeding motorists - sadly.
Of course, the driver narrative then says "money making scam", etc when they do carry out enforcement for speed.
Nice idea, I'm 99% sure the police and courts would not accept this as evidence though.
It depends - evidence of speeding doesn't have to be from an approved device. All that qualification means is a change in how the evidence is introduced and an assumption of reliability that yiu have to,overturn.
courts use Newton hearings all the time to establish an approx value for speed as regards sentencing, and so this can be used here. The offence is exceeding tehe speed limit, so if you can prove that using video evidence and show the speed is then at least x value you can sentence.
From memory, police speed check duties start by verifying that the signage at either end is in place. The Home Office approved speed guns are pretty much irrefutable evidence, but as you say, aren't the only source of evidence.
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