Civilians with Speed Guns
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Three warning letters I believe Marlboro, but I really do fear for any civilians safety who chooses to point those things at motorists in our present society which see's the battering (nay.. the killing) of passers by for FUN, or at most, a MOBILE phone..... 
Would YOU let YOUR granny do it?.........
Would YOU let YOUR granny do it?.........
It's an evolution of care in the community called 'how to come out of the closet as a gullible nerd with few friends but too much time with nothing to do and a desire to seriously p155 off everyone in the neighbourhood'.
While wearing a hiviz jacket, a hairdryer and a clipboard, and inflating your own sense of self-importance in comic buzzlightyear stylee.
Extry Extry Read Allabaht It. Repost gets Rereply.
While wearing a hiviz jacket, a hairdryer and a clipboard, and inflating your own sense of self-importance in comic buzzlightyear stylee.
Extry Extry Read Allabaht It. Repost gets Rereply.
Blimey! I'm about a mile from Jacobswell. Never seen them myself. Must say it is quite sad. Probably due to the fact that the BiB no longer respond to locals requests for speed enforcement. If enough people whinged to the local nick we used to go out and fly the flag, stick on a few motorists (usually locals!). Now we send a polite letter if the area complained about is not a casualty reduction site.
Tonto said:
He forgot his tee shirt, it reads "Mr. Inadequate."
Hang on, they are holding hair dryers!
(apart from the woman at the end, she looks like she's got a Flash Gordon ray gun_ !!
You are right! I am guessing this story has come from a local paper with a report such as 'locals are so annoyed with the plod's response to speeding they are taking matters into their own hands'.
I am thinking, what would happen if their antics actually caused an accident? Would they be held accountable?
Similarly isnt it an offense to point or aim something which looks like a firearm in public!?
streaky said:
9 ... 9 ... 9
"Emergency. Which service to you require?"
"Police, and quickly! There's some lunatic with a gun pointing it at passing cars in Jacob's Well."
Trigger arrival of ARU (who'll probably register at well over the speed limit).
Streaky
ROFLMAO ! What a brilliant idea !
Tonto said:
Hang on, they are holding hair dryers!
(apart from the woman at the end, she looks like she's got a Flash Gordon ray gun_ !!
That "ray gun" is a Remington Big Shot Plus hairdryer. It just so happens that my wife has one, which I have never ever used for "heat shrinking" electrical insulation or for drying damp out of carpets, no sir, not me... (It's bloody good at it though... allegedly)
justinp1 said:
I am thinking, what would happen if their antics actually caused an accident? Would they be held accountable?
Similarly isnt it an offense to point or aim something which looks like a firearm in public!?
I should hope not - road designers have to (legitimately) measure vehicle speeds regularly to calculate 85%iles (see separate thread!) to meet the right design standards and I haven't heard of any being arrested yet.
tvrgit said:
Hang on, they are holding hair dryers!
(apart from the woman at the end, she looks like she's got a Flash Gordon ray gun_ !!
That "ray gun" is a Remington Big Shot Plus hairdryer. It just so happens that my wife has one, which I have never ever used for "heat shrinking" electrical insulation or for drying damp out of carpets, no sir, not me... (It's bloody good at it though... allegedly)
justinp1 said:
I am thinking, what would happen if their antics actually caused an accident? Would they be held accountable?
Similarly isnt it an offense to point or aim something which looks like a firearm in public!?
I should hope not - road designers have to (legitimately) measure vehicle speeds regularly to calculate 85%iles (see separate thread!) to meet the right design standards and I haven't heard of any being arrested yet.
I thought they used the rumble strips for that to get a wider reading over all times of day?
The differerence also is that the road designers have a legal and legitimate reason for doing what they are doing.
justinp1 said:
I thought they used the rumble strips for that to get a wider reading over all times of day?
The differerence also is that the road designers have a legal and legitimate reason for doing what they are doing.
Well you can do it that way but it's not as accurate - the speed gun is better (yes I know it might not be accurate either but you have no idea how crude some of the auto-counters can be).
And anyway, legitimate or not, it's too late when some nitwit mistakes you for a do-gooder and sprays you with cat-pee (see suggestion above)!
"Larry, Curley and Moe never did get the hang of this "speed gun" lark."
Edited to add: If someone crashes as a result of these stupid feckwitted morons, then i hope the law is used to its fullest extent to prosecute each and every one of these nanobrained macrohead muppets.
>> Edited by deltafox on Saturday 18th March 17:54
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