Scamera vans raking it in
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peterfield781

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lancslad58

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25 months

Sunday 25th August 2024
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peterfield781 said:
Why is it a scam ?

Dingu

4,893 posts

47 months

Sunday 25th August 2024
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Tax on fools perhaps.

MadCaptainJack

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57 months

Sunday 25th August 2024
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Is it true that many of these courses are taught by retired or off-duty police officers?

Glassman

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232 months

Sunday 25th August 2024
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MadCaptainJack said:
Is it true that many of these courses are taught by retired or off-duty police officers?
AA driving instructors.

GasEngineer

1,592 posts

79 months

Sunday 25th August 2024
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Use of the word "Scamera" is one for the "Things That Annoy You Beyond Reason" thread !

JulianHJ

8,851 posts

279 months

Sunday 25th August 2024
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There clearly aren't enough cameras and traffic patrols given the proportion of speeding vehicles, particularly in urban environments.

LosingGrip

8,382 posts

176 months

Sunday 25th August 2024
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JulianHJ said:
There clearly aren't enough cameras and traffic patrols given the proportion of speeding vehicles, particularly in urban environments.
I'm currently one of three PCs on traffic today for my force.

We are all at one crash.

There isn't enough. But it's the same in all departments.

NDA

23,447 posts

242 months

Sunday 25th August 2024
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lancslad58 said:
peterfield781 said:
Why is it a scam ?
I think many people would use the word scam because the camera are there, ostensibly, for safety reasons.

Mark V GTD

2,702 posts

141 months

Sunday 25th August 2024
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Surely the opposite is the case?

RS_MAN_CHILD

567 posts

286 months

Sunday 25th August 2024
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From what I have seen the traffic police need way more resource to catch DUI & using mobiles while driving offenders they should concentrate on those first & foremost as so many clearly driving like that right nowI! Its shocking how little resource they have right now.......

anyoldcardave

860 posts

84 months

Sunday 25th August 2024
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RS_MAN_CHILD said:
From what I have seen the traffic police need way more resource to catch DUI & using mobiles while driving offenders they should concentrate on those first & foremost as so many clearly driving like that right nowI! Its shocking how little resource they have right now.......
Perhaps if the money from cameras was invested in road policing more people would be acceptable of them, but it is not, and disappears into black holes of waste, like everything else aimed at making those who own car pay for the privelage.

Driving on gas, weed or coke is rife, so is phone use, from a lofty perch in a truck, I see it so often, far more than I see the Lesser Spotted Traffic cop.

Can go from London to Scotland, and back again, and not see a single marked car and have done.

Policing is reactive, not preventative, as the Ofiicer has stated, all 3 traffic cops at one incident, reacting to it, while the rest do as they wish with no actual road polcing, probably county wide by the sounds of it.

Nothing will change though, the country is bankrupt in real terms, there is no money to improve anything.

The Mad Monk

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134 months

Sunday 25th August 2024
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Mark V GTD said:
Surely the opposite is the case?
Que?

Getragdogleg

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200 months

Sunday 25th August 2024
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JulianHJ said:
There clearly aren't enough cameras and traffic patrols given the proportion of speeding vehicles, particularly in urban environments.
Or the limits are too low if the majority are speeding...

119

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53 months

Sunday 25th August 2024
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Getragdogleg said:
JulianHJ said:
There clearly aren't enough cameras and traffic patrols given the proportion of speeding vehicles, particularly in urban environments.
Or the limits are too low if the majority are speeding...
hehe

Mandat

4,299 posts

255 months

Sunday 25th August 2024
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JulianHJ said:
There clearly aren't enough cameras and traffic patrols given the proportion of speeding vehicles, particularly in urban environments.
If the limits are set unreasonably below the natural speed for a particular road, then it is not a surprise that many will continue driving up to the natural speed.

Patio

1,251 posts

28 months

Sunday 25th August 2024
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NDA said:
lancslad58 said:
peterfield781 said:
Why is it a scam ?
I think many people would use the word scam because the camera are there, ostensibly, for safety reasons.
What about average speed cameras where speed limit is reduced for air quality?

MDMA .

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118 months

Sunday 25th August 2024
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JagLad

109 posts

17 months

Sunday 25th August 2024
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MDMA . said:
A bit like 83% of road deaths are caused by sober people but it’s the drink drivers that get a bad name.
Seems like it's far safer to be ratted whilst driving then. Much less chance of having an accident. smile

Terminator X

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221 months

Sunday 25th August 2024
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Dingu said:
Tax on fools perhaps.
The only fools are those that don't see any problem at all with limits reducing around the country whilst speed cameras rise up.

TX.