UK Deploys DVD Based Speed Cameras
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obey obey obey . there are new cameras popping up around our roads which are primarily to catch you 'not paying attention while driving'.
http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/21/2147.asp
you'll also get fined for showing 'disrespect toward cameras by offering a "V-sign"
i dont know about you guys, but sometimes when im driving i like to stretch my hands to prevent cramp and keep circulation flowing and occasionally my hand does form a V-sign! I dont smoke and i always wear my seat belt but i do not want myself or my passengers filmed without my consent
surely there is a privacy law on our side somewhere??
emigrating is a word that pops into my head more and more often
http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/21/2147.asp
you'll also get fined for showing 'disrespect toward cameras by offering a "V-sign"
i dont know about you guys, but sometimes when im driving i like to stretch my hands to prevent cramp and keep circulation flowing and occasionally my hand does form a V-sign! I dont smoke and i always wear my seat belt but i do not want myself or my passengers filmed without my consent
surely there is a privacy law on our side somewhere??
emigrating is a word that pops into my head more and more often
1984, here we come.
This is also very worrying:
This is also very worrying:
the newspaper said:
Australia: Speed Cameras Causing Truckers to Drive Blind
Truck drivers in New South Wales, Australia find a number of dangerous techniques can help them avoid speed camera citations.
Truckers in New South Wales, Australia are turning off their headlights and driving in the dark in order to avoid being ticketed by speed cameras. In some cases, truck drivers have been seen swerving into the other side of the road in a desperate bid to avoid receiving a photo ticket that, because it carries license points, could ruin their career.
So far, police have found between twenty and thirty drivers running without lights. NSW Liberal Party members are blaming the new problem on the lack of human police on the roads that follows from the government's over reliance on speed cameras.
"As thousands of families prepare to travel on NSW roads over this holiday season, the Iemma government must do all it can to ensure motorists' safety," opposition roads spokesman Andrew Fraser told Fairfax Newspapers.
Source: Truckies flying blind under the radar (Australian Associated Press, 12/16/2007)
http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/21/2127.aspTruck drivers in New South Wales, Australia find a number of dangerous techniques can help them avoid speed camera citations.
Truckers in New South Wales, Australia are turning off their headlights and driving in the dark in order to avoid being ticketed by speed cameras. In some cases, truck drivers have been seen swerving into the other side of the road in a desperate bid to avoid receiving a photo ticket that, because it carries license points, could ruin their career.
So far, police have found between twenty and thirty drivers running without lights. NSW Liberal Party members are blaming the new problem on the lack of human police on the roads that follows from the government's over reliance on speed cameras.
"As thousands of families prepare to travel on NSW roads over this holiday season, the Iemma government must do all it can to ensure motorists' safety," opposition roads spokesman Andrew Fraser told Fairfax Newspapers.
Source: Truckies flying blind under the radar (Australian Associated Press, 12/16/2007)
Edited by Funk on Tuesday 1st January 16:47
Jasandjules said:
georgeM400 said:
you'll also get fined for showing 'disrespect toward cameras by offering a "V-sign"
Under what Legislation I wonder? It seems Guy Fawkes had the right idea.
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georgeM400 said:
obey obey obey . there are new cameras popping up around our roads which are primarily to catch you 'not paying attention while driving'.
http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/21/2147.asp
you'll also get fined for showing 'disrespect toward cameras by offering a "V-sign"
i dont know about you guys, but sometimes when im driving i like to stretch my hands to prevent cramp and keep circulation flowing and occasionally my hand does form a V-sign! I dont smoke and i always wear my seat belt but i do not want myself or my passengers filmed without my consent
surely there is a privacy law on our side somewhere??
emigrating is a word that pops into my head more and more often
I've got this mate..... We'll call him Abdul. Anyhooo....http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/21/2147.asp
you'll also get fined for showing 'disrespect toward cameras by offering a "V-sign"
i dont know about you guys, but sometimes when im driving i like to stretch my hands to prevent cramp and keep circulation flowing and occasionally my hand does form a V-sign! I dont smoke and i always wear my seat belt but i do not want myself or my passengers filmed without my consent
surely there is a privacy law on our side somewhere??
emigrating is a word that pops into my head more and more often
I tell you, they're gonna get a really crisp picture of the RPG he sold me!
Isn't this part-way towards what we've been asking for, though? Less reliance on adherence to an arbitrary figure, and more focussing on actual dangerous or careless habits. Admittedly, trafpol are to be preferred, and the bit about flicking a v-sign (if true) is pathetic, plus I loathe the heavy-surveillance-because-we-assume-you're-going-to-be-naughty culture, but any move away from reliance on a non-diagnostic measure of bad driving should a move for the better.
(Didn't RTFA, so if the cameras are primarily speeding detectors as well, then forget all the above and nuke the lot of 'em.)
(Didn't RTFA, so if the cameras are primarily speeding detectors as well, then forget all the above and nuke the lot of 'em.)
Major Bloodnok said:
Isn't this part-way towards what we've been asking for, though? Less reliance on adherence to an arbitrary figure, and more focussing on actual dangerous or careless habits. Admittedly, trafpol are to be preferred, and the bit about flicking a v-sign (if true) is pathetic, plus I loathe the heavy-surveillance-because-we-assume-you're-going-to-be-naughty culture, but any move away from reliance on a non-diagnostic measure of bad driving should a move for the better.
(Didn't RTFA, so if the cameras are primarily speeding detectors as well, then forget all the above and nuke the lot of 'em.)
The problem, IMHO is that they are just recording everything in order to maximise the take and ensure they miss nothing.(Didn't RTFA, so if the cameras are primarily speeding detectors as well, then forget all the above and nuke the lot of 'em.)
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Major Bloodnok said:
Isn't this part-way towards what we've been asking for, though? Less reliance on adherence to an arbitrary figure, and more focussing on actual dangerous or careless habits. Admittedly, trafpol are to be preferred, and the bit about flicking a v-sign (if true) is pathetic, plus I loathe the heavy-surveillance-because-we-assume-you're-going-to-be-naughty culture, but any move away from reliance on a non-diagnostic measure of bad driving should a move for the better.
(Didn't RTFA, so if the cameras are primarily speeding detectors as well, then forget all the above and nuke the lot of 'em.)
No, because a ticket in the post will not address such behaviour.(Didn't RTFA, so if the cameras are primarily speeding detectors as well, then forget all the above and nuke the lot of 'em.)
There are only two ways to stop such problems, one is with better training, the other is with police patrols.
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