RE: Flaming Volvo Torches Speed Camera
Discussion
James_N said:
martinhayes17 said:
Every day because theres one parked over the street, it doesn't move though because the owner is old and has gone wappy!!! An example of their typical owner tbh.
The reason you don't see them on the road is because they are the other side of the towmeslow deluxe.
Steady on mate! Im 23 and own two! A GLE Estate and a GL Saloon The reason you don't see them on the road is because they are the other side of the towmeslow deluxe.
greybeard said:
Too bad you Brits let your sissy-pants politicians take away your weapons. It's easier, more efficient, and much cheaper to simply put a bullet through the damned things.
I'm a Brit and I'm pretty sure any of my three legally owned guns could put paid to a scamera, but where's the fun in that compared to mowing it down with a burning Volvo?Really, you colonials have no imagination and apparently even less grasp of UK firearms laws.
OnTheOverrun said:
greybeard said:
Too bad you Brits let your sissy-pants politicians take away your weapons. It's easier, more efficient, and much cheaper to simply put a bullet through the damned things.
I'm a Brit and I'm pretty sure any of my three legally owned guns could put paid to a scamera, but where's the fun in that compared to mowing it down with a burning Volvo?Really, you colonials have no imagination and apparently even less grasp of UK firearms laws.
greybeard said:
Too bad you Brits let your sissy-pants politicians take away your weapons. It's easier, more efficient, and much cheaper to simply put a bullet through the damned things.
I admire the US for there tactile approach to things like this, shame we dont do more of this in our own country! The silent majority never speak up!As for the camera - who cares thats one less only another 10,000 to go!
CRAPLOGINNAME said:
"while the local fire brigade apparently had to use hydraulic cutting equipment to make sure the camera's innards weren't still smouldering once the Volvo had been extinguished"
My guess is that the fire brigade were only too happy to think of the slightest excuse to chop up a speed camera. "Can't be too careful after all, lets open it up and make sure it's out"
Hehe, can you imagine if you were to cut it up?My guess is that the fire brigade were only too happy to think of the slightest excuse to chop up a speed camera. "Can't be too careful after all, lets open it up and make sure it's out"
"Quickly mate, snap a couple of pictures as I chop up this f
king speed camera, would look great on facebook" 
As for the volvo: they could at least take of the tyres, so that the volvo wouldn't go without taking 5 cameras out.
Tractor/truck nudge is the best way tough, and less detectible.
thirsty said:
The only thing I can think of that would have made this story more delightful is if someone had used a Prius to burn the volvo and the scamera.
now, enviromental damage would a burning prius cause? Not sure why the Volvo has to die tough.Anyway, thirsty has the solution! All priusses should be used to torch speed camera's
"you can't destroy someone elses property", sod that! We're talking speed camera's and priusses here! (is the multiple of a Prius, "Prii"
?Didn't trawl through the thread but for information:
The camera is NOT opposite a petrol station, the Esso garage is some 300 yards away on the other side of a four lane road to the camera.
Don't think that you're safe from 35mph just because the camera's gone - I passed it earlier and in a layby 30 feet further on there was a scamera van parked up.
I hope they good vid of me laughing violently at the burnt out shell of apiggy bank, safety camera scamera!!
The camera is NOT opposite a petrol station, the Esso garage is some 300 yards away on the other side of a four lane road to the camera.
Don't think that you're safe from 35mph just because the camera's gone - I passed it earlier and in a layby 30 feet further on there was a scamera van parked up.
I hope they good vid of me laughing violently at the burnt out shell of a
martinhayes17 said:
NiceCupOfTea said:
martinhayes17 said:
Good on them, it's about time somebody stands up to the bds. I've just been on a speed awareness course and the cop actually admitted that they make them as difficult to see as possible.
If we place a flaming Volvo next to every camera then we will solve 2 of the main problems on the road:
You'll be able to put your foot down more because there won't be as many fking caravans being towed by Swedish lumps of st, and there won't be any cameras to catch you lol.
When did you last see a Volvo 740 on the road?ds. I've just been on a speed awareness course and the cop actually admitted that they make them as difficult to see as possible. If we place a flaming Volvo next to every camera then we will solve 2 of the main problems on the road:
You'll be able to put your foot down more because there won't be as many f
king caravans being towed by Swedish lumps of st, and there won't be any cameras to catch you lol.The reason you don't see them on the road is because they are the other side of the towmeslow deluxe.
Good on the lad who burnt the speed camera, i've heard that a tire sat on top filled with petrol works best tho.
Dark Helmet said:
The scamera may be outside a school, but I doubt it was turned off outside of school hours, or the speed limit changed accordingly? Speed limits enforced by Gatsos etc. don't factor this sort of thing into the equation. It would be better to use the schemes active in some of the towns and villages near me whereby there is a lower speed limit during school hours, along with mobile patrols.
This scamera is just another example of blanket enforcement, just like the traffic lights at entrances to supermarkets/shopping centres/football stadiums which are left on all night forcing people to waste fuel, wear out their brakes and STOP for no reason at all. (Yes, there are several examples of this near me).
But I DO NOT condone the sacrifice of an apparently decent car for this because, even if it belonged to the people who did it, it's a waste of a serviceable vehicle.
What compounds the matter though, the car in question was STOLEN, meaning the owner now faces the bill for another vehicle and the problem of how to get to work without a car in the meantime.
Yes, I know, Insurance might cover the initial cost, but bear in mind it's actually a Loan ... what they (might) pay out now, YOU pay back later!! And I doubt that, even if caught, the car thieves would be required to pay for it.
I won't mourn the loss of a speed scamera, but if I were the owner I would probably miss my car ...
BG
Well said! This scamera is just another example of blanket enforcement, just like the traffic lights at entrances to supermarkets/shopping centres/football stadiums which are left on all night forcing people to waste fuel, wear out their brakes and STOP for no reason at all. (Yes, there are several examples of this near me).
But I DO NOT condone the sacrifice of an apparently decent car for this because, even if it belonged to the people who did it, it's a waste of a serviceable vehicle.
What compounds the matter though, the car in question was STOLEN, meaning the owner now faces the bill for another vehicle and the problem of how to get to work without a car in the meantime.
Yes, I know, Insurance might cover the initial cost, but bear in mind it's actually a Loan ... what they (might) pay out now, YOU pay back later!! And I doubt that, even if caught, the car thieves would be required to pay for it.
I won't mourn the loss of a speed scamera, but if I were the owner I would probably miss my car ...
BG
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