GT4OC Gatso protest
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GT4OC said:
The time has come to stand and be counted. Enough is enough!
I’m guessing that there are many people who are getting kinda fed up with the ridiculous amounts of gatso’s kicking about and laser vans etc. etc. etc who are operating under the veil of being for safety when actually they are there to generate revenue – pure and simple.
It’s seems that the humble motorist weather it be someone who has a performance car – or classic car, or just a bog standard car is being penalised due to the over zealous speed enforcement that occurs in this country.
We all enjoy driving and we are being taxed to pieces do to petrol tax, road tax and now the speeding tax. So I propose we protest about it. Cause a bit of a commotion. Get noticed. Prove a point. Kick Off!
Basically the argument is that the speed camera is now not being used as a safety, life saving device – but a revenue device for the government – instead of being used in areas where these installations (weather fixed of mobile) would reduce accidents – they are being more commonly used in areas where it’s dead easy to catch someone slightly straying over an unrealistically low speed limit . It’s not ok any more – driving used to be a pleasurable experience – now it’s ruined due to having to spend each and every moment checking you speedometer.
I’m proposing that on the 1st August we do something.
Namely a mass protest by narked motorists who are prepared to get on the road to make a stand AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
Starting at Carlisle in the early hours as many of us as possible will drive down through the country – on mass – without breaking a single speed limit – or any law. But our route (which will be decided nearer the time – for obvious reasons) will cause a great deal of congestion and disruption – but hopefully we will be backed by the majority of the motoring public, who too feel aggrieved by how the roads are now policed.
I know there are many arguments about road safety and correct driving – I’m not proposing we should protest about any reasonable law – but a law that is broken by so many, so often, is surly a law that should be changed.
If you know of other people in other car clubs, or know of other car club forums where it would be a good idea to post a link to our revolution get on there and do it.
Let me know where else this is being posted so I can get stuck in and get this co-ordinated.
NOW IS TIME FOR A CHANGE!
VIVE LA REVOLUTION!!!!
email me john@themusiccellar.fsnet.co.uk
and I'll count you in and put you on a list so that you get all the developments!
Thanks folks,
Euphonium_John
Sticky! I quite agree, it's an excellent idea and one that will have a lot of support if you can come up with one snappy slogan for the media, banners etc, and about 5 well thought out points (with snappy summaries) for any more in-depth pieces or anyone who's going to be interviewed.
Provided the message is clear and logical (with just the right amount of emotional appeal) I think a lot of the country will be behind you - quite literally - myself included.
Provided the message is clear and logical (with just the right amount of emotional appeal) I think a lot of the country will be behind you - quite literally - myself included.
I have often thought that if there was a properly coordinated 'day of observance' whereby everyone obeys the rules of the road to the letter, there would be absolute chaos. Imagine a usually free flowing motorway, it would be reduced to rush hour like levels of congestion that even the M25 has never seen, simply by people using the lanes they are entitled to use and observing the speed limit.
This would effectively be a rolling road block, but no one would be able to be charged with obstructing the carriageway.
This would effectively be a rolling road block, but no one would be able to be charged with obstructing the carriageway.
Hi folks!
Just send me a quick email - then I can get you on the list - lying a bit low at the mo (bit of a court thing to worry about - been zapped!) But gonna get my head together in about a week after my hols.
Email me so I can keep you posted and updated.
john@themusiccellar.fsnet.co.uk
Should be getting some website space soon too.
Vive le revolution
Just send me a quick email - then I can get you on the list - lying a bit low at the mo (bit of a court thing to worry about - been zapped!) But gonna get my head together in about a week after my hols.
Email me so I can keep you posted and updated.
john@themusiccellar.fsnet.co.uk
Should be getting some website space soon too.
Vive le revolution
Infact, a better idea, on a more local level, would be isolated impact of road network.
Imagine the A1/M62/M1A1 link road triangle.
If you started going anti-clockwise at rush hour, say 8am going 40mph, within an hour, you'd, being at the front of the queue, would probably be at the end of the queue as well
Once it's got that bad, your sat there all day
But ladies and gentlemen, we'd be VERY safe, afterall, SPEED KILLS!
Ummm
Dave
Imagine the A1/M62/M1A1 link road triangle.
If you started going anti-clockwise at rush hour, say 8am going 40mph, within an hour, you'd, being at the front of the queue, would probably be at the end of the queue as well
Once it's got that bad, your sat there all day
But ladies and gentlemen, we'd be VERY safe, afterall, SPEED KILLS!
Ummm
Dave
Small suggestion. I think if you drove much below the speed limit you could be done for obstructing traffic flow. Yes, I know it's not enforced very often but it is possible and I'm sure the police would be looking to find anything against you in this situation. However, driving just below/at the limit would be un-prosecutable whilst having the same overall effect. After all, if you're doing the limit in the outside lane, who should want to come past? 
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