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Title: Police Speed Camera Vehicles.
Post by: UIZ733 on July 26, 2016, 11:08:27 AM
Are the engines left running when these vehicles 'are on roadside duty'? I walked by one last week (it was running) and on the way back approximately 45 min later it was still there and running. Normal practice?
Title: Re: Police Speed Camera Vehicles.
Post by: Cruiser 105Tvan on July 26, 2016, 11:10:27 AM
YES!
Title: Re: Police Speed Camera Vehicles.
Post by: Rumpig on July 26, 2016, 11:14:30 AM
Don't reckon I'd like to sit inside a vehicle in Summer for a few hours without the air con going, so can't blame them for doing the same...likely be a OH&S thing at a guess. Wonder if the vehicle needs to be running to charge up whatever camera and flash system it is they run also?
Title: Re: Police Speed Camera Vehicles.
Post by: UIZ733 on July 26, 2016, 12:52:58 PM
Don't reckon I'd like to sit inside a vehicle in Summer for a few hours without the air con going, so can't blame them for doing the same...likely be a OH&S thing at a guess. Wonder if the vehicle needs to be running to charge up whatever camera and flash system it is they run also?
It is probably a combination of these two factors.
I wouldn't like to purchase a vehicle (particularly a modern diesel with DPF) that had been treated in such a manner, however.
For the record, the vehicle I observed was a late model Mercedes Vito diesel.
Title: Re: Police Speed Camera Vehicles.
Post by: GBC on July 26, 2016, 01:24:09 PM
To be sold at 60 000 kms and 5000 hours - commercial vehicles should have hour meters.
Title: Re: Police Speed Camera Vehicles.
Post by: oldmate on July 26, 2016, 02:06:08 PM
Are the engines left running when these vehicles 'are on roadside duty'? I walked by one last week (it was running) and on the way back approximately 45 min later it was still there and running. Normal practice?


 How could you walk by if it was running?. Must walk fast. Be good at catching pokomons
Title: Re: Police Speed Camera Vehicles.
Post by: RallyDog on July 26, 2016, 02:06:44 PM
Got a friend that's the Sargent in town they leave the cars running all day or night because of all the gear they need to run the patrol cars. They are fitted with 3 battery's so they can run all the two ways and computers.
Title: Re: Police Speed Camera Vehicles.
Post by: scblack on July 26, 2016, 02:06:52 PM
. Wonder if the vehicle needs to be running to charge up whatever camera and flash system it is they run also?
Rallydog beat me to it.
Title: Re: Police Speed Camera Vehicles.
Post by: RallyDog on July 26, 2016, 02:12:18 PM
Sorry sclack.
Title: Re: Police Speed Camera Vehicles.
Post by: terravista on July 26, 2016, 02:38:09 PM
Some may say the donut machines and coffee percolators draw heavy amps.
Title: Re: Police Speed Camera Vehicles.
Post by: ronmac on July 26, 2016, 02:59:27 PM
Pie heaters may be. cheers Ron.
Title: Re: Police Speed Camera Vehicles.
Post by: UIZ733 on July 26, 2016, 04:26:22 PM

 How could you walk by if it was running?. Must walk fast. Be good at catching pokomons
There's always one....................................................smartar$e.  :cup:
Title: Re: Police Speed Camera Vehicles.
Post by: oldmate on July 26, 2016, 06:55:46 PM
There's always one....................................................smartar$e.  :cup:


I try to make it me everytime, but I can't be everywhere at once.
Title: Re: Police Speed Camera Vehicles.
Post by: davenmarcia on July 26, 2016, 07:59:06 PM
I saw a Highway patrol parked up on the grass strip he'd been there a few hours would chase cars come back to same spot. 3 days later big brown dead patch of grass too atleast 3 months to recover lol. Its  funny I haven't seen him back in that spot since.
Title: Re: Police Speed Camera Vehicles.
Post by: bobnrob on July 31, 2016, 09:30:14 AM
they leave the cars running all day or night because of all the gear they need to run the patrol cars

As with Ambo's, Fire, SES etc vehicles
Title: Re: Police Speed Camera Vehicles.
Post by: speewa158 on July 31, 2016, 09:38:34 AM
CFA run pumps & trucks on fire ground all the time . lf it ant running you can be in trouble quickly  :cheers:
Title: Re: Police Speed Camera Vehicles.
Post by: kylarama on July 31, 2016, 09:51:41 AM
A mates wife trained speed camera operator's for a while.

Cars a left running for all reasons  listed above.

Heating / Cooling.
Battery Charging.
But the reason its made mandatory is to enable a quick get away if they get stalked.

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Title: Re: Police Speed Camera Vehicles.
Post by: edz on July 31, 2016, 11:53:22 AM
I saw a Highway patrol parked up on the grass strip he'd been there a few hours would chase cars come back to same spot. 3 days later big brown dead patch of grass too atleast 3 months to recover lol. Its  funny I haven't seen him back in that spot since.
So Im guessing round up was on sale that week  ;D ;D