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A metal pole that was pushed up and out of the earth from hell by the devil himself.
The government make money out of them with the pathetic excuse of saving lives. Because of these devices there are less police on the road to look for the more dangerous unregistered, unlicensed or drunk drivers.
"Lets put another GATSO on a strait section of downhill A-road to "save lives"......and make millions of £ more revenue!" - DFT.
GATSO by tickle-me-elmo September 26, 2005
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Short for "Gatsometer" - a Dutch made "photographic trap" system used in the UK and Europe to identify speeding motorists. The GATSO traps are unmanned and take a photo of the rear of the speeding vehicle.

"Gatsometer BV" was founded in 1958 by Maurice Gatsonides, who was a famous rally driver and invented the "Gatsometer". This was the world's first reliable speed measuring device.
Fucking GATSO camera photographed me speeding on the A449. I wish those cunting police officers would invest more time and money in catching burglars instead of implementing another of the government's plethora of stealth taxes.
GATSO by Dan Fox July 28, 2003
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Gas Assisted Turd Squeeze-Out.

The phenomenon, where an act of discharging feces from the rectum is made easier by a gas pocket situated directly behind said feces.
Man, that was a real GATSO! Glad I had that coleslaw yesterday, otherwise I would still have been wiping my ass.
GATSO by teX3000 April 28, 2010
A clever device invented by a swedish rally driver to help him improve his driving, but once the UK government got to know about it then the little grey money boxes started appearing in places where they would make the best profit. They are just another one of Tony Blairs (see arsehole) schemes to milk and piss off all of his precious voters which I'm proud to say I'm not one!
GATSO cameras rarely have anything to do with road safety!
GATSO by Blair Hater February 23, 2005

gatso-raped 

being depicted by speed camera
i was coming back from the doctors', when i got gatso-raped!!

fucking speed camera gatso-raped me!!
When you get flashed by a Gatso branded speed camera
Tom was Gatso'd going 53 in a 30.
Gatso'd by Jack Spank9049 April 9, 2024
The act of driving past a speed camera over the posted speed limit.

Could be any speed camera (including average speed), not just Gatso cameras.
Jamie: Has Tom got his car?

Terry: Nah he got Gatso'd down the M27 50mph speed limit and he lost his licence in turn as he was on 3 points already on.
Gatso'd by Jack Spank9049 May 22, 2024
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