graememk
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| posted on 9/4/10 at 01:41 PM |
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i dont think they are police officers though are they ?
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jabbahutt
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| posted on 9/4/10 at 02:09 PM |
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Stand behind them and obstruct the camera with dark glasses on and a piece of stick painted white, would work better if you could borrow a labrador
dog
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boggle
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| posted on 9/4/10 at 02:14 PM |
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or turn up in a tow truck and clamp them, or start getting ready to tow them for being in a buss stop...
or call the police about a vehicle abandoned in the bus stop and give the reg to them......
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afj
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| posted on 9/4/10 at 02:18 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by graememk
i dont think they are police officers though are they ?
dont think it matters, when i recover a car from the roadside i have the same powers, like i can park where i like when i like to recover the car as
im acting under the instruction of the chief constable of cambridgeshire constabulary, one way streets the wrong way, reverseing down a motorway,
ignoring weight limets ect
eerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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morcus
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| posted on 9/4/10 at 02:31 PM |
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Send the pictures to you local paper and say you waiting for a bus, or better still, find and pld person to put there name to it.
Of course its not about safety, if it was they'd actually do something rather than just take pictures of people being
'dangerous'.
As said though, they make there own rules, though every one in vans seems to be bound by a completely different set of laws and highway code.
In a White Room, With Black Curtains, By the Station.
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Russell
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| posted on 9/4/10 at 02:37 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by T66
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Originally posted by Russell
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Originally posted by T66
Yes ......
Apparently its more socially acceptable to tell people your a paedophile than admit being a speed camera van operator or pcso.
No discretion , no mitigation, EVERYONE gets done.
Road policing at its very best
No, only EVERYONE that's speeding!
Yes well the friendly local force here prosecute at anything over 30mph..
So just remeber that at 31mph they HAVE NO DISCRETION and you get offered the highly valued road safety course at great cost.
beyond 33mph you get ticketed.
You must be under some illusion these things improve road safety ?
They dont !
Police officers in shiny cars used to do it
No, I don't like the darned things any more than anyone else who's commented on this thread.
BUT I've worked on road schemes, traffic managment and control, road operations, maintenance managment and road technology consultancy for 25
years and some of the things I've seen and been involved in have left me with a healthy respect for fast traffic (I'm sh1t scared of
working next to it!).
This type of speed enforcement is highly imperfect but unfortunately there are enough nutters out there to mean that we need something. When these
vans disappear be warned that they will be replaced with something even more onerous, so be careful what you wish for!!!!
I'm a bilingual illiterate. I can't read in two languages.
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T66
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| posted on 9/4/10 at 02:46 PM |
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Signage must be displayed highlighting it is a camera enforcement area, either permanently or otherwise.
And the vans are meant to be liveried up and not plain white "CIA" vans...
otherwise its called surveillance !
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T66
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| posted on 9/4/10 at 03:05 PM |
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No, I don't like the darned things any more than anyone else who's commented on this thread.
BUT I've worked on road schemes, traffic managment and control, road operations, maintenance managment and road technology consultancy for 25
years and some of the things I've seen and been involved in have left me with a healthy respect for fast traffic (I'm sh1t scared of
working next to it!).
This type of speed enforcement is highly imperfect but unfortunately there are enough nutters out there to mean that we need something. When these
vans disappear be warned that they will be replaced with something even more onerous, so be careful what you wish for!!!!
Main carriageways without doubt should be covered by cameras, average speed cams whatever is easier.
No doubt about it, when guys are working right next to traffic lanes, the speed should be heavily restricted.
But these vans do not do that, they skulk on roads where RTCs are not a problem, they skulk on roads where revenue is highest....
ie a 30 or 40 limit with a straight for example.
I want to see these vans on my estate clocking all the knobhead Nova drivers doing 60mph, not Ma Bates doing 33mph !
They only go where the revenue takes them, if you shout loud enough you might get them to survey the road then turn up twice a year to catch a few
out.
Dont get highways/motorway speed management mixed up with the thousands of pedestrians knocked down each year, it rarely happens in or behind a speed
camera.
And I wish for the return of the much maligned traffic cop ! knickers on the top of his flatcap, and an attitude that can make horrible people
melt.
Because if we had these back, the Billy Knobhead in his Nova wouldnt be so keen to fall foul , and we wouldnt see as much sh1t driving as we do
now.
Lets face it , you can drive anywhere in the country and count the moron drivers by the hundred.
Road safety is not just about signage, fancy dan matrixs, CHIPS highway patrol plebbs in Range Rovers, its still about Policing aswell.
Something this government has long since written off as "old fashioned"
And I suspect I may have been involved in road safety for about 25 years aswell.
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scootz
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| posted on 9/4/10 at 03:11 PM |
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You tell 'em Ivan!
It's Evolution Baby!
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Russell
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| posted on 9/4/10 at 03:31 PM |
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Ah well, drive safely (and legally) y'all.
I'm a bilingual illiterate. I can't read in two languages.
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T66
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| posted on 9/4/10 at 03:31 PM |
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Originally posted by scootz
You tell 'em Ivan!
The general election is coming Scott, the bullshat on the news every hour has me raised to fever pitch....
My knife is sharpened and lies close to hand for the 6th May.
Unfortunately I will miss it all as I am in Catalunya eating gambas and quaffing cava...
Postal vote bayonet is poised...
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scootz
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| posted on 9/4/10 at 03:43 PM |
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Yep... sounds like you need a hol - I can detect the pressure rising from here!
It's Evolution Baby!
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austin man
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| posted on 9/4/10 at 07:38 PM |
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Give this photo to the local paper, we had a similar issue in my village. A motorist who received a fine took a picture of the van deemed as to be
parked illegally. His fine was lifted as was anyone elses.
Life is like a bowl of fruit, funny how all the weird looking ones are left alone
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Simon
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| posted on 9/4/10 at 11:39 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by graememk
Took a photo of one stopped in a bus stop this morning? can they do this ?
Copy his reg no, make a fake plate, hire van and attach said reg no and drive past at slightly above limit
ATB
Simon
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:{THC}:YosamiteSam
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| posted on 13/4/10 at 12:47 PM |
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i always thought it was an offense to park in a bus stop.. cant see how someone can say 'i'm breaking the law' when they have to do
so to say it.. pot - kettle
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