Speeding fines repaid (SO FUNNY!)
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I know its early but I saw this and the bold bit made me laugh! Sorry if its been done before. from www.carkeys.co.uk
[i]Speeding Fines Repaid
(Mon 26 Sep 05)
Car Parts Direct has admitted to refunding customers' speeding fines to the tune of over £10,000. The mail order company, which supplies the Quintezz speed camera spotter, offered to reimburse the £60 fine if any of its customers bought a Quintezz device and was subsequently caught speeding.[b] The large number of claims has been caused partly because Car Parts Direct did not specify that the detector had to be switched on at the time of the offence[/b], but spokesman Mark Cornwall says that it is "mainly due to a massive increase in mobile speed cameras.
"We have sold over 11,000 Quintezz units in the last two years," he adds. "That means that 98.5% of our customers have not needed to claim - they have stayed within the law. That's good news for us, our customers, other road users and pedestrians. We will continue to supply the Quintezz complete with our £60 cashback guarantee and review the claims situation in January 2006."[/i]
[i]Speeding Fines Repaid
(Mon 26 Sep 05)
Car Parts Direct has admitted to refunding customers' speeding fines to the tune of over £10,000. The mail order company, which supplies the Quintezz speed camera spotter, offered to reimburse the £60 fine if any of its customers bought a Quintezz device and was subsequently caught speeding.[b] The large number of claims has been caused partly because Car Parts Direct did not specify that the detector had to be switched on at the time of the offence[/b], but spokesman Mark Cornwall says that it is "mainly due to a massive increase in mobile speed cameras.
"We have sold over 11,000 Quintezz units in the last two years," he adds. "That means that 98.5% of our customers have not needed to claim - they have stayed within the law. That's good news for us, our customers, other road users and pedestrians. We will continue to supply the Quintezz complete with our £60 cashback guarantee and review the claims situation in January 2006."[/i]
And here it is:
www.hexcentric.com/cpdcatalogue/so_radardetector.cfm
The thing is, unless you can react and scrub off your excess speed within 0.3 seconds of the alarm activating (of course you can't), the laser detector is only useful for telling you that your car has been pinged - or in the case that you were speeding: telling you that you've got a fine/endorsement/summons in the post!
I think their refund strategy is just a clever a way to tempt more fools part with their money. £200 for a laser/radar detector is very, very steep; the1.5% partial refund rate is barely a drop in the ocean in comparison.
www.hexcentric.com/cpdcatalogue/so_radardetector.cfm
The thing is, unless you can react and scrub off your excess speed within 0.3 seconds of the alarm activating (of course you can't), the laser detector is only useful for telling you that your car has been pinged - or in the case that you were speeding: telling you that you've got a fine/endorsement/summons in the post!
I think their refund strategy is just a clever a way to tempt more fools part with their money. £200 for a laser/radar detector is very, very steep; the1.5% partial refund rate is barely a drop in the ocean in comparison.
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