Monday 19th December 2005

Lost Gatso found drowned

You won't escape our cameras, say officials

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Gatso transplanted

A speed camera that was ripped out of the ground, including its concrete base, has been found, semi-submerged, in a water channel 40 miles away.

The Gatso was originally planted next to the A14, and was later found by an angler, who spotted its poking above the waterline in an irrigation channel in Norfolk close to the Methwold Lode.

Officials said that those responsible went to a great deal of trouble to eliminate the device. Ten days or so ago, the perpetrators drove into a nearby field and attached a rope or chain to yank it over, which ripped out the concrete base. They then beheaded the camera and drove it away.

The local scamera partnership, Suffolk SafeCam, said it hopes to reclaim the device, and that it'll be using mobile cameras until the original is replaced because: “The cameras have been extremely effective in reducing the number of collisions in that accident reduction zone.''

^{Image courtesy of www.speedcam.co.uk}

[deltafox]

Suffolf safecam, you are the dumbest link.

[deltafox]

I liked this bit:

Suffolk safecam dipstick said:

you wont escape our cameras

And then thought: "Yes we will escape your scameras dopey, cos theyll keep destroying them".......God give me strength. These Adolfs making such statements need a visit in the wee small hours and a "re-education" policy applying to them in a field someplace....

(not a death threat just a Christmas wish).

[deltafox]

jazzyjeff said:

bunglist said: Whoever Did It, Nice One Chaps, Keep Up The Good Work!!!!!!!! Yeah, thanks a bunch guys!!? Scamerati will only replace it with a new one costing £x hundred thousands, which us taxpayers will have to fork out for. Not to mention the additional cost of overtime for the mobile plod employed in the meantime...

Wake up!!! Theyre NOT paid for by taxpayers! Theyre paid for by FINES!
Every one that gets clobbered costs THEM (the scamera partners) out of their "profit". It costs you mr taxpayer, NOTHING.

Quit whining.