RE: The Thin Blue (rinse) Line
Thursday 11th October 2007
Slow it down sonnyThey could be the very Old Bill, because elderly volunteers have been brought in as part of a community team aimed at cracking down on drivers who flout the law for speeding.
The man behind the scheme is a long-time fan of speed cameras, the Chief Constable of North Wales Richard Brunstrom, nicknamed the Mad Mullah of the Traffic Taliban.
The volunteers have been spotted pointing speed cameras at passing cars in Colwyn Bay. If a vehicle is found to be over the limit a note of the registration is taken and the details of the car are then passed to the police and an advisory letter is sent to the owner of the car. No fine or penalty points are issued.
The force said the letters have no legal standing.
The Thin Blue (rinse) Line
OAP's are out to get you
Slow it down sonny
The man behind the scheme is a long-time fan of speed cameras, the Chief Constable of North Wales Richard Brunstrom, nicknamed the Mad Mullah of the Traffic Taliban.
The volunteers have been spotted pointing speed cameras at passing cars in Colwyn Bay. If a vehicle is found to be over the limit a note of the registration is taken and the details of the car are then passed to the police and an advisory letter is sent to the owner of the car. No fine or penalty points are issued.
The force said the letters have no legal standing.
Discussion
This has become a new hobby in Dorking too. Couldn't believe it when I saw some locals playing with speed guns. Struggled even more to believe it when I got a letter in the post telling me I'd been yellow carded and if it happened again I'd be prosecuted. I'd like to see them try that one!
Laird said:
If it makes em feel they are doing something useful so what? It has no value other than that.....there's also the fact they will become pretty unpopular with their neighbours as these 'notices' start dropping through their letterboxes
yeah, because its not like they'll see 'Betty' from the old girls club doing 40 from the 60 zone through into the 30, but because its Betty she wouldnt be speeding...oh look, there comes that young 'un in his flashy car - he did 62 before slowing to 28 for the 30 - we better send him a letter saying he did 62 in the 30! that'll slow him down!
Yet another loads of absolute bo
ocks from the speeding Nazi's. I recently drove past a load of these good for nothing whining old wrs in Weedon and they didn't look like they had a clue what they were doing.
So we have a bunch of old folks, who's eye sight and ability to judge speed will be less than that of other (younger) road users, running/wobbling about with their Zimmer frames telling us we're going too fast? Me thinks I may have to speed past them all now. Absolutely no legal standing at all, so even if they used people who could accurately guess you're speed, which they're supposed to do before reaching for the laser gun remember, it would mean bugger all. Yellow card my arse. Bring it on old people.
Arrrrgggghhhhhh.
Off for a calming beverage now me thinks.
ocks from the speeding Nazi's. I recently drove past a load of these good for nothing whining old wrs in Weedon and they didn't look like they had a clue what they were doing.So we have a bunch of old folks, who's eye sight and ability to judge speed will be less than that of other (younger) road users, running/wobbling about with their Zimmer frames telling us we're going too fast? Me thinks I may have to speed past them all now. Absolutely no legal standing at all, so even if they used people who could accurately guess you're speed, which they're supposed to do before reaching for the laser gun remember, it would mean bugger all. Yellow card my arse. Bring it on old people.
Arrrrgggghhhhhh.
Off for a calming beverage now me thinks.
I can see a lot of people with noisey cars getting letters.
When I had the crash in my Honda Integra, witnesses spoke of me flying past at one hell of a speed, engine screaming. That was because I was overtaking them in second gear at 6000rpm in a car with little sound proofing and a bloody big spoiler on the back! I was about 10mph under the speed limit, yet the car always looked and sounded like it was doing a lot more!
When I had the crash in my Honda Integra, witnesses spoke of me flying past at one hell of a speed, engine screaming. That was because I was overtaking them in second gear at 6000rpm in a car with little sound proofing and a bloody big spoiler on the back! I was about 10mph under the speed limit, yet the car always looked and sounded like it was doing a lot more!
They're popping up all over the place!!
The other day was going through a village (on the limit GPS reading not speedo) but making rather too much noise (turbo overrun can be such fun
), got the haridryer pointed at me and then 2 old gits making notes so turned round to see what they recorded me at......31 was their answer...when asked why they've recorded my number....they advised me that even though it should 31mph they still thought I was speeding....what's that all about??
Whilst I do have some empathy with the issue of speeding cars through Villages (I live a village just 100m from the NSL and round a blind bend) and it is dangerous to cross the road at times surely there's got to be better ways of getting drivers to reduce their speed without the blue rinse brigade!!
The other day was going through a village (on the limit GPS reading not speedo) but making rather too much noise (turbo overrun can be such fun
), got the haridryer pointed at me and then 2 old gits making notes so turned round to see what they recorded me at......31 was their answer...when asked why they've recorded my number....they advised me that even though it should 31mph they still thought I was speeding....what's that all about??Whilst I do have some empathy with the issue of speeding cars through Villages (I live a village just 100m from the NSL and round a blind bend) and it is dangerous to cross the road at times surely there's got to be better ways of getting drivers to reduce their speed without the blue rinse brigade!!
10 Pence Short said:
I can see a lot of people with noisey cars getting letters.
Mine does make a little bit of noise. I regularly get pulled by plod who were parked in side streets as I 'race' by. Very close gears, 123dB, stripes and low, stiff suspension make it appear I'm traveling at 3 times the actual pace. Once I was told I'd been doing 76 in a 40 by an hysterical officer. A surprisingly precise estimate given that she'd only seen/heard me drive past a side road. I was doing somewhere between 45-50 at the time.
The way I see it, the point is at least as much about keeping the perennial whingers busy as it is about dubious enforcement of speed limits by untrained personnel.
Plus, they might start realising that some of the worst offenders for speeding are the locals. The number of times you see a car go flying down a road, or tailgating and weaving behind you, only to pull into a driveway halfway down...
Plus, they might start realising that some of the worst offenders for speeding are the locals. The number of times you see a car go flying down a road, or tailgating and weaving behind you, only to pull into a driveway halfway down...
Timberwolf said:
Plus, they might start realising that some of the worst offenders for speeding are the locals. The number of times you see a car go flying down a road, or tailgating and weaving behind you, only to pull into a driveway halfway down...
That is well known and understood by anyone seriously involved with the issue . .. it's one of the reasons they use to justify the blue rinse brigade!Gassing Station | Speed, Plod & the Law | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff