Snowball + GATSO

[Raify]

Just an idle + hypothetical question. I awoke yesterday to 5-6 inches of snow...

If I were to throw a snowball at a GATSO, not damaging it, but obscuring the lens. Would that constitute an offence? Would I be dragged away under the prevention of terrorism act?

[Mr Whippy]

Good idea, but it'd soon melt off.

Better to get a tin can on a string and waste all the film (or so I hear)... until they ban swinging metal objects around quickly on string then get on with it

Dave

[zumbruk]

www.gizmos-uk.com/Paintball%20Guns.html

[Parrot of Doom]

Trouble is with paintguns, the paint is water-based to wash out easily.

You want something that fires blobs of POR15

[bryan35]

go to a music shop and buy a tuning fork.

that's what they test gatso's with.

Not sure which note gives you which speed reading, but presumably the higher the frequency the better. Give it a tap and put it infront of the radar.

flash flash flash flash...............................

[Raify]

bryan35 said:

go to a music shop and buy a tuning fork. that's what they test gatso's with. Not sure which note gives you which speed reading, but presumably the higher the frequency the better. Give it a tap and put it infront of the radar. flash flash flash flash...............................

Really? If so, I'll need one for my weekly jog past the GATSO! So far, I've satisfied myself with a particularly large 'grolly' aimed at the opening mechanism.

[gozomark]

'grolly' - had to look that one up ! - for those as unaware as me -

a wad of mucus from the nose

"I sneezed out a green grolly with hairs in."

www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=grolly

[Raify]

Grolly = spit. According to my school playground dictionary.

[zumbruk]

Parrot of Doom said:

Trouble is with paintguns, the paint is water-based to wash out easily.

Dang, I didn't know that. (I've never been paintballing, and probably never will.) Presumably the ones sold for agricultural use (marking sheep) aren't, though? Otherwise what would be the point?

[Raify]

zumbruk said:

Parrot of Doom said: Trouble is with paintguns, the paint is water-based to wash out easily. Dang, I didn't know that. (I've never been paintballing, and probably never will.) Presumably the ones sold for agricultural use (marking sheep) aren't, though? Otherwise what would be the point?

for some reason, the idea of running around a field, shooting sheep with a paintball gun fills me with mirth! Imagine the bleeting little fellas, running in all directions, not knowing why their rumps suddenly stung and their fur was purple

[Mr Beckerman]

A lot of the sheep markings are from a raddle (thing you tie to a Ram) so that farmer Giles knows when his ewes have been covered.

Now there's a thought, get a randy Ram (vicious sods) to have a go at a Gatso covered in a ewe's fleece......

[S works]

Well just in case the snowball doesn't melt, I'll be happy to come and help you get it off with my new snowball removal device:



I'm sure the safety camera partnership will be pleased that I'm helping to increase the effectiveness of their cash machine, ohshitsorryImean life-saving unit.

[Flintstone]

bryan35 said:

go to a music shop and buy a tuning fork. that's what they test gatso's with. Not sure which note gives you which speed reading, but presumably the higher the frequency the better. Give it a tap and put it infront of the radar. flash flash flash flash...............................

Can anyone elaborate on this, purely for the sake of discussion you understand.

>> Edited by Flintstone on Friday 14th April 23:19

[225]

..cough..old tyre....petrol....match....ahem.











joking obviously...

[kenp]

Raify said:

Just an idle + hypothetical question. I awoke yesterday to 5-6 inches of snow... If I were to throw a snowball at a GATSO, not damaging it, but obscuring the lens. Would that constitute an offence? Would I be dragged away under the prevention of terrorism act?

There is plenty of case law to the effect, that if you recklessly or deliberately prevent something from performing its intended function (even without damaging it or permanently diabling it), you may be guilty of causing criminal damage.

[Raify]

kenp said:

Raify said: Just an idle + hypothetical question. I awoke yesterday to 5-6 inches of snow... If I were to throw a snowball at a GATSO, not damaging it, but obscuring the lens. Would that constitute an offence? Would I be dragged away under the prevention of terrorism act? There is plenty of case law to the effect, that if you recklessly or deliberately prevent something from performing its intended function (even without damaging it or permanently diabling it), you may be guilty of causing criminal damage.

So, if I'm aiming at my buddies head and hit the GATSO accidentally, I'm o.k?

[CombeMarshal]

That tyre and petrol thing, they did that to a Camera at a very bad junction (Yeah, a place that actually needed one!) round here, there must have been at least one crash a month there before the camera went up, the camera went up and there was not a crash there since, then some idiot decided to tourch it, lo and behold 2 weeks later there was a very bad crash there, Is they want to tourch it at least do it to a camera that is totally pointless

[kenp]

Raify said:

kenp said: Raify said: Just an idle + hypothetical question. I awoke yesterday to 5-6 inches of snow... If I were to throw a snowball at a GATSO, not damaging it, but obscuring the lens. Would that constitute an offence? Would I be dragged away under the prevention of terrorism act? There is plenty of case law to the effect, that if you recklessly or deliberately prevent something from performing its intended function (even without damaging it or permanently disabling it), you may be guilty of causing criminal damage. So, if I'm aiming at my buddies head and hit the GATSO accidentally, I'm o.k?

Note the 'recklessly' qualification. Recklessly means amongst other things 'indifferent to the likely consequences'. So if you ignore the consequences of missing your friend or him ducking out of the way, then it is construed as deliberate.

[streaky]

[quote=RaifySo far, I've satisfied myself with a particularly large 'grolly' aimed at the opening mechanism.[/quote]Isn't that an incitement to racial hatred? Seems to me that people have been given a severe talking-to and threatened with prosecution for displaying gollies in shop windows - Streaky

[WildCat]

streaky said:

[quote=RaifySo far, I've satisfied myself with a particularly large 'grolly' aimed at the opening mechanism.

Isn't that an incitement to racial hatred? Seems to me that people have been given a severe talking-to and threatened with prosecution for displaying gollies in shop windows - Streaky[/quote]

We used to collect the jam jar tops for that cute badge.. I still have it.. does that make me a criminal? He ist so cute! It was something .. they sold the jam in the local Spar in Wildhaus. We liked buying English Marmelade und Blackberry Jelly! It work in doughnuts too