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• #VAN LIFING DRIVERS#

But she gets the job done - and doesn’t really complain that much about it.

Yes, she has bad clearance and even worse gas mileage. And she has for the most part been a total rock star. From that point on, Terra has been our mode of transport on numerous road trips. Once the motorcycle trip was finished, we both agreed to never do another road trip without Terra - at least on USA soil.

But by about night three of that motorcycle adventure, we were already missing our cozy van (the constant rain didn’t help). We bought a very large, cross-country motorcycle, packed it up, quit our jobs and hit the open road (funny enough that is where the name Backroad Packers came from). We didn’t have to worry about paying rent, instead we got to worry about where we wanted to go that weekend.Īfter those 8 months we decided to switch it up and instead road trip across the country… on a motorcycle. It was tough, but it was also really freeing. We lived in our van in the crazy city for over 8 months. Funny enough, our van life journey actually started back in the San Francisco Bay Area when we decided to forgo spending hundreds of dollars on rent (at an apartment we didn’t even like) and instead bought a 1995 Dodge Van that we promptly named Terra Yacht (or Terra for short). We have been van lifing off and on for the past couple of years. By combining your home and your vehicle, you seriously open up a whole new level of exploration and adventure possibilities. “Motorists should be aware that other police forces across the country, too, could be rolling out these covert camera vans and should watch their speed wherever they travel.Van life is a truly wonderful way to see the world.

#VAN LIFING DRIVERS#

The RAC reports: "Police departments across the UK are able to do this as it is not a legal requirement for either local officers or councils to alert drivers about any upcoming speed cameras."Īnd now Bradford in Yorkshire, along with South Gloucestershire, Great Yarmouth, and Birmingham have been selected as the pilot areas for the scheme.Īfter the trial was announced, Road Angel’s Founder Gary Digva told the RAC: “Introducing these undercover mobile speed camera vans is a positive step forward in reducing the amount of speeding drivers on UK roads. It is commonly believed that mobile speed cameras have to be clearly marked so that drivers can see them - hence the bright colours - but this is in fact not true. The so called stealth vans are re-liveried speed camera vans that are a light grey in colour instead of the standard bright orange or fluorescent yellow that we've become accustomed to slowing down for.īy using grey vans, it's hoped that it will stop 'speed camera surfing', whereby motorists slow down for the cameras just to speed up again afterwards.īut the RAC has warned drivers about a myth involving the colour of the vans. Read More: Race Across The World Canada setting sparks common complaint from viewers The vans are being rolled out in Northamptonshire but they will be coming to Yorkshire, the RAC has reported.Īnd the breakdown experts have urged drivers not to believe a common myth surrounding speed cameras and how visible they legally have to be. Yorkshire has been chosen as one of the areas to trial a new generation of 'stealth' speed cameras, painted grey to make them harder to see.