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njw

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106 posts

281 months

Tuesday 16th July 2002
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Whilst out driving in my girlfriends car, I noticed an unmarked van perched on the opposite side of the road with a chap sitting in a fold up chair behind a black box (speed gun).
Question is...although there are speed camera warning signs along the road, shouldn't the van/bloke/speedgun be visible, ie, not hidden away and up to no good...the bas***d! I thought speed cameras had to be highly visible now.

diz

22 posts

277 months

Tuesday 16th July 2002
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I thought so too. They have not made a great job of advertising the one round my way either. Did you get pulled or see anyone else being trapped?

simpo one

89,336 posts

281 months

Tuesday 16th July 2002
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The 'mobile stealth Plod vans' round here, busy enforcing a needless 30 limit, wasting police time and taxpayer's money, have big reflective stripes on the back and a sticker on the side that implies 'more speed cameras = less dead children'. Of course they have no data to support this. If you want to know more about this subject please see - and preferably join - the ABD at www.abd.org.uk. Scary stuff indeed.

simpo one

89,336 posts

281 months

Tuesday 16th July 2002
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Oops - in answer to your question, no, only fixed speed cameras have to be visible. Mobile ones are exempt - theones round here are only marked now because of public anger - like the van in Basildon that got stoned by youths. And that sentiment from a peaceful non-violent white middle-class chap. When they have lost our support what will they have left?

njw

Original Poster:

106 posts

281 months

Tuesday 16th July 2002
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I thought so too. They have not made a great job of advertising the one round my way either. Did you get pulled or see anyone else being trapped?


I didn't think you knew when you've been caught until a letter arrives through the door. Is this correct?

Phil Dicky

7,193 posts

279 months

Tuesday 16th July 2002
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Yes unfortunatly you have 14 days to wait for your NIP to arrive to formally ruin your day.
Have faith though I passed two three weeks ago and nothing came through, its just a pain having to wait to find out.

shpub

8,507 posts

288 months

Tuesday 16th July 2002
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Yes unfortunatly you have 14 days to wait for your NIP to arrive to formally ruin your day.
Have faith though I passed two three weeks ago and nothing came through, its just a pain having to wait to find out.




I think you'll find the 14 day period is actually six months...

Steve

scottster

627 posts

281 months

Tuesday 16th July 2002
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Steve/All,

Nope, is actually 14 days - ask Madcop, he's been on the front line and knows all the ins and outs of these things.

D

Neil Menzies

5,167 posts

300 months

Tuesday 16th July 2002
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Oops - in answer to your question, no, only fixed speed cameras have to be visible. Mobile ones are exempt...


Mobile ones the operator must be visible and wearing highly relective/visible clothing.

graham b

1,361 posts

299 months

Tuesday 16th July 2002
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I got caught by a mobile speed trap admittedly about a year or so ago now. It was a plain white escort van with a speed camera hidden in front of it.

3 points and £40 fine. The annoying thing was it was on a dual carrageway, no houses, pedestrians just grass one side and armco in the middle - but stupid 40mph speed limit.

Got the letter in the post a couple of weeks later.

Bastards.

Graham

mattjbatch

1,502 posts

287 months

Tuesday 16th July 2002
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Fcukers. They've just put new fixed ones on a dual carriagway near me. 50 limit. 30 limit the other but thankfully no camera that side. You should see the number of skid marks from people not seeing them early enough and then panicing. Stupid thing is they can defend the placement because there are crashes quite regularly when people get it wrong going on and off roundabouts therefore its an "accident blackspot". B@stards

TVR_4_ever

358 posts

278 months

Tuesday 16th July 2002
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You know if you wanted to you could wander up to plod sitting in his chair next to his police van on side of road and ask him if he's on an emergency call (he won't be) You then tell him that he has to move his vehicle because police have to respect the laws like you and me unless they are on an emergency call.

bye bye plod

roadsweeper

3,789 posts

290 months

Wednesday 17th July 2002
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Matt: Which road is that then? Best get some warning before I found out the hard way!



roadsweeper.

NICE EH

108 posts

281 months

Wednesday 17th July 2002
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Fcukers. They've just put new fixed ones on a dual carriagway near me. 50 limit. 30 limit the other but thankfully no camera that side. You should see the number of skid marks from people not seeing them early enough and then panicing. Stupid thing is they can defend the placement because there are crashes quite regularly when people get it wrong going on and off roundabouts therefore its an "accident blackspot". B@stards



A34 going north from Wilmslow to Manchester? Just by the B&Q roundabout then further up towards John Lewis and then again just before the lights in Gatley?

Can I interest anybody in a set of part worn SO2's, 7mm all the way around except for a flat bit at the bottom.......

tsteenholdt

1,134 posts

284 months

Wednesday 17th July 2002
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You know if you wanted to you could wander up to plod sitting in his chair next to his police van on side of road and ask him if he's on an emergency call (he won't be) You then tell him that he has to move his vehicle because police have to respect the laws like you and me unless they are on an emergency call.

bye bye plod



Not so unfortunately. According to their propaganda leaflet, the Northants SCAMera vans has special exemption to ignore parking regulations.

Obviously parking on pavements and totally obstructing drivers' line of sight at busy junctions is a great road safety benefit.

SwanJack

1,937 posts

288 months

Wednesday 17th July 2002
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A mobile speed camera often appears on a street around the corner from me. When the offending van is parked up, a retired chap who lives in a house about 500 yds from the camera takes out his own home made sign warning everybody.

Dave_H

996 posts

299 months

Wednesday 17th July 2002
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Mobile ones the operator must be visible and wearing highly relective/visible clothing.



Then they're easier to run over/throw things at

TVR_4_ever

358 posts

278 months

Wednesday 17th July 2002
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You know if you wanted to you could wander up to plod sitting in his chair next to his police van on side of road and ask him if he's on an emergency call (he won't be) You then tell him that he has to move his vehicle because police have to respect the laws like you and me unless they are on an emergency call.

bye bye plod



Not so unfortunately. According to their propaganda leaflet, the Northants SCAMera vans has special exemption to ignore parking regulations.

Obviously parking on pavements and totally obstructing drivers' line of sight at busy junctions is a great road safety benefit.




Bloody hell , that's terrible. I say we should privatise the police force and then for 1 whole month not break the law in any way , there will be no money from fines coming in and all the pigs , oops i mean policemen will be sacked due to lack of ressources.
THE REVOLUTION IS UPON US