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Old 12-07-2005, 12:05 AM   #1
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How fast does a car have to go before the picture is too blurred to see the car. Im just curious as me and a mate were having an argument over it.

Oh and I'm not doing this to find out what speed I have to go so I won't get booked either, but it would be good to speed through a camera and get away with it (in a way)

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Old 12-07-2005, 12:11 AM   #2
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It all depends on the speed of the camera shutter. Somehow I doubt you'll be driving quicker than 1/250 of a second (or whatever it's set to).
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Old 12-07-2005, 12:13 AM   #3
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Probably only applies to F/A-18 pilots. Probably cheaper to cop the fine than turn the afterburners on anyway.
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Old 12-07-2005, 12:15 AM   #4
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i cant recall if its warp speed or rediculous speed have to confer with spaceballs
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Old 12-07-2005, 06:21 AM   #5
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i cant recall if its warp speed or rediculous speed have to confer with spaceballs
LMFAO oh that is brilliant! You, my dear, have won the "I made Bindi spit her coffee onto the PC monitor" award this morning. Congrats.
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Old 12-07-2005, 07:45 AM   #6
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i cant recall if its warp speed or rediculous speed have to confer with spaceballs
Sheesh, everyone knows it Plaid.
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Old 12-07-2005, 09:42 AM   #7
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I remember a few years ago they did this test on Top Gear. Anyway, they set up a speed camera on their runway and had 3 cars do drive-by's. I forgot what they wre but one was a crapper, one was a mid spec sports car and one was a high spec sports car.

The first 2 tripped the camera and got photographed but the third didn't trip the camera at all. I can't recall the speed but it was pretty damn fast.
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Old 12-07-2005, 09:48 AM   #8
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I use 'ludicrous speed' to beat the speed camera. Only problem is you can't stop, you have to slow down first.
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Old 12-07-2005, 09:54 AM   #9
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Bah, speed is irrelevant, according to my gregorys manual my XP has deflectors. As soon as I find the Cloak and the Phasers you better believe there will be a reckoning...
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Old 12-07-2005, 10:00 AM   #10
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Painting your vehicle entirely in a blur finish can result in authorities doubting the validity of their camera equipment and thus not issueing ingringements. Many vehicles from Campbelltown and Sydney's south western suburbs, have parts of the car or even entire panels treated this way to evade detection.
Only a whole car treatment with pressure pak undercoat will render the vehicle as true speed camera stealthy.
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Old 12-07-2005, 10:21 AM   #11
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How fast does a car have to go before the picture is too blurred to see the car. Im just curious as me and a mate were having an argument over it.

Oh and I'm not doing this to find out what speed I have to go so I won't get booked either, but it would be good to speed through a camera and get away with it (in a way)
Last I heard.. current gen speed cameras are good to 299.9mph (479.84km/h). Unless you own the Thrust SCC, a Top Fuel Dragster or a Fighter Jet.. you're going to get caught.
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Old 12-07-2005, 10:25 AM   #12
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Unless you own the Thrust SCC, a Top Fuel Dragster or a Fighter Jet.. you're going to get caught.
or a daiwoo cielo, but for an entirely different reason.
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Old 12-07-2005, 10:47 AM   #13
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Sheesh, everyone knows it Plaid.
It's ludicrous speed.
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Old 12-07-2005, 01:32 PM   #14
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Well, if you can contract the Klingons to install a cloaking device, then you don't need to worry, as long as you don't come out of cloak mode to attack the speed camera.

I'm sure the Daewoo Cielo would be safe - they'd look at the picture and say "A Cielo speeding, impossible!"
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Old 12-07-2005, 03:04 PM   #15
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Lets post this same question on the Fully sick VL turbo forum and see how many D1ck heads tell us they have not been caught at ?????? speed.....ROFL......
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Old 12-07-2005, 03:12 PM   #16
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Lets post this same question on the Fully sick VL turbo forum and see how many D1ck heads tell us they have not been caught at ?????? speed.....ROFL......
hahahahah :voldar02:
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Old 12-07-2005, 04:31 PM   #17
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i always thought it was around 280km/h but that was untill a road bike got done doin 315km/h.....damn imagin the fine he would have got :gren:
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Old 12-07-2005, 05:33 PM   #18
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Lets post this same question on the Fully sick VL turbo forum and see how many D1ck heads tell us they have not been caught at ?????? speed.....ROFL......
Hehe, or cos of there hektic dark tint the camera didn't see them.
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Old 12-07-2005, 05:58 PM   #19
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Duh yeah I was gowin fuwwwy sik man.
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Old 12-07-2005, 07:20 PM   #20
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i always thought it was around 280km/h but that was untill a road bike got done doin 315km/h.....damn imagin the fine he would have got :gren:
Older cameras could only read until 199.9mph (319.84km/h).. but most new stuff is closer to 500km/h...
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Old 12-07-2005, 07:28 PM   #21
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Older cameras, Steffo?
Australia went metric in 1975, there were no speed cameras back then.
Don't you remember........
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Old 12-07-2005, 10:35 PM   #22
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I have known of a vehicle that was in a hurry one day, and it went out around a few trucks on an open outbeck road, and just held the throttle open a bit, about 6200 in 4th, then up to about 4500 in top, and "flash" the camera went off......

Nothing ever did come to him in the mail.....very silly, lucky bugger....
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Old 12-07-2005, 10:40 PM   #23
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Older cameras could only read until 199.9mph (319.84km/h).. but most new stuff is closer to 500km/h...
i beg to differ.
i remember years ago the COMBIE VAN that got clocked doing 1003km/h through a set of traffic lights.
made front page of the paper too. :
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Old 13-07-2005, 12:07 AM   #24
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Dont speeeeeeeeeed and you wont have a problem :

Then Bracks will find another way of getting money out of you :
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