SNEAKY SPEED TRAP A3 SOUTH BOUND- How many police?
Discussion
Joining the A3 south bound today at 1.45pm...crossing over the A3 at Ripley I passed a camera van on the overpass with a bike. 3 cameras set up to catch the traffic passing below.
a little way down the A3 i saw a police car hiding on the verge and then just before the guildford turn off i saw another police bike.
How many officers for one speed trap????????
So that's at least 5-6 Surrey police officers to increase revenue for the Government.
Am I the only one who thinks that police officers should be using their time a little better i.e. actually catching criminals?
For example, in Guildford, if you catch a burglar in your home it can take the police over an hour (I kid you not) to get to your house. Is this because they are cowardly lazing around at speed traps?
Come on Surrey police...forget this speed trap bollox and get out there and show us why you joined the force. It seems at the moment you're just glorified traffic wardens who command about as much respect as the local chavs.
If I was a police officer i'd be utterly ashamed to man these police traps all day. I mean, what a crap job. Police Officers should be firing around in the meat wagon, hunting down drug dealers, smashing organised crime rings and making the community a better place to live. (Miami Vice moment there).
Regards,
N
trinitycall said:
Joining the A3 south bound today at 1.45pm...crossing over the A3 at Ripley I passed a camera van on the overpass with a bike. 3 cameras set up to catch the traffic passing below.
a little way down the A3 i saw a police car hiding on the verge and then just before the guildford turn off i saw another police bike.
How many officers for one speed trap????????
So that's at least 5-6 Surrey police officers to increase revenue for the Government.
Am I the only one who thinks that police officers should be using their time a little better i.e. actually catching criminals?
For example, in Guildford, if you catch a burglar in your home it can take the police over an hour (I kid you not) to get to your house. Is this because they are cowardly lazing around at speed traps?
Come on Surrey police...forget this speed trap bollox and get out there and show us why you joined the force. It seems at the moment you're just glorified traffic wardens who command about as much respect as the local chavs.
If I was a police officer i'd be utterly ashamed to man these police traps all day. I mean, what a crap job. Police Officers should be firing around in the meat wagon, hunting down drug dealers, smashing organised crime rings and making the community a better place to live. (Miami Vice moment there).
Regards,
N
Wake up Nick
Don't you
that route everyday? They... that is the ANPR have been there for the last 3/4 weeks.
Observation skills not needed if you come off the Ripley slip after visiting the Sailor
for the monthly meet. See you there ?
Still up for the meet to God knows where on the 21st for the crap brekkie...
Sainsbugs at Godalming 9-30 ? you tell me where next
Phil
trinitycall said:
Also burglars, when you report if you add you are just going upstairs for your shotgun you should get the desired response 
genius.
In terms of clean conscience, perhaps it is better to say that you think the burglar has a gun!
After all, ahem, it has been known for a table leg to be confused with a gun!
mutt k said:
deeen said:
Also burglars, when you report if you add you are just going upstairs for your shotgun you should get the desired response
genius.
In terms of clean conscience, perhaps it is better to say that you think the burglar has a gun!
Dangerous, them table legs. Lawyers say if you arrange 4 of them the right way they can support a whole case.
Dragging this thread back to the original point, I'm suddenly a little nervous as I took a run down there on Sunday afternoon (clear skies- no traffic). How far down do they normally set up ? I have a tendancy to accelerate a bit too hard when I see the national speed limit sign just the other side of Tolworth- just for a mile or so, and then cruise along with everyone else.
Basically am I going to get a nasty letter later in the week?
Basically am I going to get a nasty letter later in the week?
iaint said:
I heard, from a mate who works in Guildford, that there was a pile up at the site of 'a police speed trap' on the A3 this morning.
Anyone got any news/confirmation on this?
Iain
Dont know about that one but there have been 3 rear end smashes on the westbound M4 just before J5 where someone has painted speed camera lines under a gantry...
All in the name of safety though eh?
Plotloss said:
Dont know about that one but there have been 3 rear end smashes on the westbound M4 just before J5 where someone has painted speed camera lines under a gantry...
All in the name of safety though eh?
There is painted lines between 16 and 13 on the M25 under a gantry with a bridge in the way so as to obscure the camera from above.
Me, cynical, no never...
Plotloss said:
westbound M4 just before J5 where someone has painted speed camera lines under a gantry...
...and where someone has also installed boxes, which bear a striking resemblance to speed cameras, in that gantry covering the middle two lanes (last time I checked - the others may now be covered as well). So this looks a bit more serious than just another "oh, let's paint some lines on the road to try and fool people into thinking there's a scamera here" ploy
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