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Hi
I have been wondering if somebody could clarify the following as nobody seems to sure:
If you are caught by a copper with a hand held device can you be sent a fixed pen notice like when a camera gets you, or are hand helds used when a patrol car is nearby to pull you?
Cheers
Ed

They CAN but they DON'T.

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Paul Smith
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paul, this might sound weird then - but i saw a copper the other day with what im sure was a hand held (dark and i had do a double take as i had never seen one on that road).
i was going dead slow so looked for a patrol car and nothing. what would the police be doing then? possibly getting speed info with a view to targetting rd in future?

Could be loads of things.

Testing, training, speed survey with a view to improving road safety, speed survey in support of crash investigation, site evaluation for future enforcement, speed survey on behalf of residents... and so on.

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