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Gatso
Gatso, n. Motoring. Brit. /ˈgatsəʊ/, U.S. /ˈgætsoʊ/ [Shortened < the name of Maurice Gatsonides (1911–98), Dutch racing driver, who invented the prototype.] A proprietary name for: a camera employed in police traffic control, which uses radar to measure the speeds of vehicles, photographing those...
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Captain Gatso
The name derives from speed cameras, some of which are manufactured by Gatsometer BV and referred to by the abbreviation Gatso. Gatso wore a plastic Tony Blair mask during stunts and photo ops, in reference to the prime minister of the time.
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Maus Gatsonides
He originally invented the Gatso speed camera to measure his cornering speed in an attempt to improve his driving. It is the last-known surviving Gatso car.
Gatsonides won the Monte Carlo Rally in 1953 driving a Ford Zephyr.
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Truvelo Combi
See also
d-cam
Gatso
Safety Camera Partnership
SPECS (speed camera)
References
External links
Truvelo Manufacturers official website
Truvelo UK
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Tom Riall
Riall was previously divisional chief executive responsible for the company's home affairs division, which provides Gatso speed cameras to UK local authorities
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Ace of Spades (junction)
The speed limit reduces from 70 miles per hour (110 km/h) to 50 miles per hour (80 km/h), with the first of many Gatso speed enforcement cameras before
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A77 road
Based on the digital SPECS system rather than the traditional fixed post GATSO film cameras, gantries with automatic numberplate recognition cameras are
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D-cam
See also
Truvelo Combi
Gatso
Home Office Type Approval
References
External links
Truvelo (UK)
Transport for London
Crown (UK) Ltd
Speed camera types
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A90 road
Previously, the trip from Dundee to Aberdeen along the A90 entailed over a dozen speed cameras including a majority of fixed Gatso types as well as locations
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Red light camera
History
Red light cameras were first developed in the Netherlands by Gatso. Netherlands-based Gatso presented red light cameras to the market in 1965, and red light cameras were used for traffic enforcement in Israel as early as
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Twickenham Bridge
In 1992, the first Gatso speed camera in the United Kingdom was launched on Twickenham Bridge.
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A316 road
The A316 was the first road in Britain to have stationary traffic enforcement cameras on it, when, on 13 October 1992, the first camera, a Gatso, near
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AutoRAI
variant of the "Suzuki Cervo")
1967
Ford Cortina Estate
Pontiac Firebird
1965
Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA
1963
DAF 33 Combi
1958
DAF 600
1948
Gatso
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A3 road
The speed limit at this point in the London-bound direction reduces from , with the first of a handful of Gatso speed enforcement cameras.
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Top Gear Live (show)
A 3D Gatso Camera/Dragon of the future battled it out with the Stig at MPH 2007.
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