AUTHOR: CHRIS LONGHURST
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1817: Camera Obscura
A small cardboard box with a pinhole in the front and film in the back. Used to take pictures of near enough anything. Flaunted openly be the wealthy and well-connected.

1990's: Obscured Camera
A large metal box with a camera and radar in it. Used to take pictures of speeding motorists. Often well hidden thus having no deterrant value, instead used to make councils wealthy by underhanded tactics.

We've all seen them, and some of us have even been caught out by them. Yes, camouflaged and well-hidden speed cameras seem to be everywhere nowadays. Here then, is the hall of shame for councils all over the country. Send me your photos (digital, or scanned) of the most obscure camera locations you can find. I want cameras hidden by bushes, trees, buildings, street furniture - anything you can find! Help me to prove for once and for all that a large number of cameras are simply placed to extract money from motorists pockets, with not even so much as a nod to accident prevention.
All submissions to clonghur@es.com - my work email for inclusion in this page!

Reading: midway down Southampton Street.
Obscured by: House, one-way sign, for-sale sign, lamp.
Photo credit: Chris Longhurst.

A40: between Beaconsfield and Gerrards Cross in South Bucks, near M40 J2.
Obscured by: Road sign, overhanging trees.
Photo credit: Timo Newton-Syms.

A4123: 1 mile north of M5 Junc.2 on the New Birmingham Road.
Obscured by: Road sign, lamp post.
Photo credit: "James".

A40: Between Cheltenham and Oxford.
Obscured by: Road sign.
Photo credit: Bernard Abrams.

A40: Between Cheltenham and Oxford.
Obscured by: Road sign.
Photo credit: Bernard Abrams.

A40: Between West Wycombe and High Wycombe.
Obscured by: Road sign, lamp post.
Photo credit: Timo Newton-Syms.

M4: Between Junctions 4 and 5 eastbound (Slough and Langley). Honestly, there is a GATSO in this photo!
Obscured by: Duh! Motorway sign.
Photo credit: To be completed.

M4: A329 in Lower Basildon heading towards Streatley.
Obscured by: Big bushes.
Photo credit: Timo Newton-Syms.

M4: A340 in Tidmarsh heading towards the A4.
Obscured by: Bushes and signs.
Photo credit: Timo Newton-Syms.

NEC: Stonebridge roundabout flyover near the NEC heading towards Birmingham.
Obscured by: Duh! A ruddy great big sign.
Photo credit: James Bancroft.

A10:Southbound carriagway in London just south of Carterhatch Lane.
Obscured by: A big tree.
Photo credit: Matt Collier.

A406:West bound carriageway of the A406 North Circular Road just before the Edmonton turn off.
Obscured by: A hospital sign.
Photo credit: Matt Collier.

A406:Eastbound carriageway of the A406 North Circular Road just before the Palmers Green (Green Lanes) turn off.
Obscured by: A bridge support.
Photo credit: Matt Collier.

A69:Haydon Bridge, as you leave the village.
Obscured by: A road sign.
Photo credit: Mark Print.

Cambridge: on Victoria Avenue going from Four Lamps roundabout to Mitchams Corner.
Obscured by: A line of trees, a roadsign, and it's painted green.
Photo credit: Scott ?

Colchester: on Lexdon Road.
Obscured by: Overhanging trees, and it's painted black!
Photo credit:??

A9: heading towards Inverness, near Dunkeld.
Obscured by: Road sign
Photo credit:Martin Walker

A28: Sturry Road, heading towards Canterbury centre.
Obscured by:A bus stop, and it's own warning sign...
Photo credit:Timo Newton-Syms