Hull speed cameras sites 'picked to make most money'
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daytona355 said:
There you go again, accepting the 'tax' without question. So a covert camera nicks you on a street you once frequented at 60, and as you enter again at 60, notice the limit changed to 30, hit the brakes, but there's a camera 10 yards away in a driveway, you are nicked. But you won't care, it was your fault, you should have known, and they are totally fair being that close to the sign of course. BS, course it's not, if they are parked a ways down the road to catch those that saw the change and didn't care, that's fair, but on top of the sign knowing people won't all be so aware, that's a scam
So you're saying that you weren't sufficiently aware of your surroundings to notice either the signposts or the camera van (remember, they can't nab you unless there's a direct line of sight)?
NB: If you're going around a blind corner at 60mph (if, as you suggest, you can't see the signpost or van immediately around the corner) then surely you should reduce your speed to a safe level based on visibility. If you don't subscribe to this, then you don't really have anyone but yourself to blame.
(I'm preparing myself for a 'witty' comeback telling me how I'm a slave to the system, and how I must love being "taxed".)
C70R said:
(I'm preparing myself for a 'witty' comeback telling me how I'm a slave to the system, and how I must love being "taxed".)
And how much you love being arse-raped as well, of course. Then he will say that he himself has never been caught despite maintaining unfeasibly high average speeds, so his complaints about the system are theoretical, maybe even philosophical.
daytona355 said:
pinchmeimdreamin said:
I thought Daytona was flying to Greece today ?
Geneva, and don't you guys have international data on your phones/iPads, or you too cheap?Make sure and take plenty of photos of the Chiron and GTC4, Sadly I couldn't spare the time to go over this year.
Bet you all missed me!
Geneva is so much more friendly than the UK. I actually put my phone down while chatting outside, and promptly forgot to pick it up. I got three units over, went to the bathroom, and realised I had lost the phone. Panicking, had a mate ring the number, it got answered. Now in the UK, I would get a voice telling me 'hahaha, got your phone, FU'
This time, had a pleasant chat with a young Italian lady who had picked up the phone, and took it to her work station at the coat check. I thanked her profusely, my blood pressure returned to under 300, and I went along to meet her, retrieve the phone, and gave her €100 reward. What a lovely person, iPhones are worth good money even second hand I imagine, so that lady is a superstar. Losing the phone would have ruined a nice day, your life is pretty much stored in its depths.
Geneva is so much more friendly than the UK. I actually put my phone down while chatting outside, and promptly forgot to pick it up. I got three units over, went to the bathroom, and realised I had lost the phone. Panicking, had a mate ring the number, it got answered. Now in the UK, I would get a voice telling me 'hahaha, got your phone, FU'
This time, had a pleasant chat with a young Italian lady who had picked up the phone, and took it to her work station at the coat check. I thanked her profusely, my blood pressure returned to under 300, and I went along to meet her, retrieve the phone, and gave her €100 reward. What a lovely person, iPhones are worth good money even second hand I imagine, so that lady is a superstar. Losing the phone would have ruined a nice day, your life is pretty much stored in its depths.
daytona355 said:
Bet you all missed me!
Geneva is so much more friendly than the UK. I actually put my phone down while chatting outside, and promptly forgot to pick it up. I got three units over, went to the bathroom, and realised I had lost the phone. Panicking, had a mate ring the number, it got answered. Now in the UK, I would get a voice telling me 'hahaha, got your phone, FU'
This time, had a pleasant chat with a young Italian lady who had picked up the phone, and took it to her work station at the coat check. I thanked her profusely, my blood pressure returned to under 300, and I went along to meet her, retrieve the phone, and gave her €100 reward. What a lovely person, iPhones are worth good money even second hand I imagine, so that lady is a superstar. Losing the phone would have ruined a nice day, your life is pretty much stored in its depths.
Maybe it's just the kind of places you frequent in the UK. A mate of mine found someones phone on the train and did a similar thing, rang the owner so they could get it back.Geneva is so much more friendly than the UK. I actually put my phone down while chatting outside, and promptly forgot to pick it up. I got three units over, went to the bathroom, and realised I had lost the phone. Panicking, had a mate ring the number, it got answered. Now in the UK, I would get a voice telling me 'hahaha, got your phone, FU'
This time, had a pleasant chat with a young Italian lady who had picked up the phone, and took it to her work station at the coat check. I thanked her profusely, my blood pressure returned to under 300, and I went along to meet her, retrieve the phone, and gave her €100 reward. What a lovely person, iPhones are worth good money even second hand I imagine, so that lady is a superstar. Losing the phone would have ruined a nice day, your life is pretty much stored in its depths.
Devil2575 said:
Maybe it's just the kind of places you frequent in the UK. A mate of mine found someones phone on the train and did a similar thing, rang the owner so they could get it back.
I think it may even be regional, I rarely frequent the centre of Bristol these days as it seems so rough, I've had clients have their cars damaged, tyres slashed, even cars pissed on, and this is during the day!, not even overnight in a rough part of town, in the the centre!My expectation of British youth is pretty low as a result I guess, but I certainly was surprised to be able to get the phone back, it would have been so easy for someone to take.
When I was a kid my cousin and I found a wallet, which had nothing but a five pound note and a few pieces of paper in it. We handed it into the police station, and were told to come back after a certain time, if it hadn't been claimed, it was ours. Well, in those days, £5 would buy us five or six top twenty singles!, so we went back on our bikes after the suggested time had elapsed. The wallet hadn't been claimed, but the fiver certainly had, no doubt by the local copper! Threw the wallet in the bin and went home pretty cheesed off!
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