What's the point of this?
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I think the theory is that they have cameras fitted and will/ can use what is recorded against you should you do something naughty (such as drive in a closed lane/ hard shoulder) or it could be like the tin foilers say and a deliberate plan to break up the monarchy, pound, target all motorists etc. etc. etc.
eta. that sign doesn't actually mean "speed camera" it means that a camera may be used to enforce regulations which leads back to my first point above.
eta. that sign doesn't actually mean "speed camera" it means that a camera may be used to enforce regulations which leads back to my first point above.
eybic said:
I think the theory is that they have cameras fitted and will/ can use what is recorded against you should you do something naughty (such as drive in a closed lane/ hard shoulder) or it could be like the tin foilers say and a deliberate plan to break up the monarchy, pound, target all motorists etc. etc. etc.
eta. that sign doesn't actually mean "speed camera" it means that a camera may be used to enforce regulations which leads back to my first point above.
Going to order one and whack it on my rear window then. eta. that sign doesn't actually mean "speed camera" it means that a camera may be used to enforce regulations which leads back to my first point above.
"Just letting people know i'm a dash cam w
ker officer.."I like the idea of breaking up the monarchy. Very convincing haha.
Jim AK said:
Becsuse they can.
Just to slow you down/cause an accident.
Same reason HATO wkers drive around in liveried 4x4's wanting you to think they're Plod!
It's been Highways England Traffic Officers for such a long time too...Just to slow you down/cause an accident.
Same reason HATO w
kers drive around in liveried 4x4's wanting you to think they're Plod!...and they don't look like police cars, neither. They're different in many ways. If you're struggling with it, get your eyes tested. Don't be Mr Magoo, sitting behind a HETO car at 65 mph, terrified to overtake because you think it might be plod, because that would suggest that the traffic officers aren't the "w
kers" in the scenario.If your eyes come up OK when tested, and you still struggle? That's nature's way of suggesting you should stop driving, for your own safety, and that of other road users...
yellowjack said:
Jim AK said:
Becsuse they can.
Just to slow you down/cause an accident.
Same reason HATO wkers drive around in liveried 4x4's wanting you to think they're Plod!
It's been Highways England Traffic Officers for such a long time too...Just to slow you down/cause an accident.
Same reason HATO w
kers drive around in liveried 4x4's wanting you to think they're Plod!...and they don't look like police cars, neither. They're different in many ways. If you're struggling with it, get your eyes tested. Don't be Mr Magoo, sitting behind a HETO car at 65 mph, terrified to overtake because you think it might be plod, because that would suggest that the traffic officers aren't the "w
kers" in the scenario.If your eyes come up OK when tested, and you still struggle? That's nature's way of suggesting you should stop driving, for your own safety, and that of other road users...
nothing to do with the fact that they do need to be visible, purely that they "want you to think they're plod" I saw another guy thinking he was plod driving along in a big truck with tarmac in the back too, had police signs (well fluorescent stripes), dirty impersonating git. You honestly don't think that looks a bit like a police car from a distance?
Doesn't particularly bother me either way but I can certainly see a couple of small similarities, especially on a dark rainy motorway. I'm not suggesting they're "pretending" to be BIB for some mysterious reason either.
Doesn't particularly bother me either way but I can certainly see a couple of small similarities, especially on a dark rainy motorway. I'm not suggesting they're "pretending" to be BIB for some mysterious reason either.
StoatInACoat said:
You honestly don't think that looks a bit like a police car from a distance?
Doesn't particularly bother me either way but I can certainly see a couple of small similarities, especially on a dark rainy motorway.
I can honestly say, a HATO vehicle has never made me panic and think it was a police vehicle, you can tell within a second that it's not.Doesn't particularly bother me either way but I can certainly see a couple of small similarities, especially on a dark rainy motorway.
eybic said:
StoatInACoat said:
You honestly don't think that looks a bit like a police car from a distance?
Doesn't particularly bother me either way but I can certainly see a couple of small similarities, especially on a dark rainy motorway.
I can honestly say, a HATO vehicle has never made me panic and think it was a police vehicle, you can tell within a second that it's not.Doesn't particularly bother me either way but I can certainly see a couple of small similarities, especially on a dark rainy motorway.
yellowjack said:
It's been Highways England Traffic Officers for such a long time too...
...and they don't look like police cars, neither. They're different in many ways. If you're struggling with it, get your eyes tested. Don't be Mr Magoo, sitting behind a HETO car at 65 mph, terrified to overtake because you think it might be plod, because that would suggest that the traffic officers aren't the "wkers" in the scenario.
If your eyes come up OK when tested, and you still struggle? That's nature's way of suggesting you should stop driving, for your own safety, and that of other road users...
I’m so glad you’re so clever that you know exactly the scenario to which I’m referring that it allows you to be so vitriolic & just plain rude....and they don't look like police cars, neither. They're different in many ways. If you're struggling with it, get your eyes tested. Don't be Mr Magoo, sitting behind a HETO car at 65 mph, terrified to overtake because you think it might be plod, because that would suggest that the traffic officers aren't the "w
kers" in the scenario.If your eyes come up OK when tested, and you still struggle? That's nature's way of suggesting you should stop driving, for your own safety, and that of other road users...
Must be so infuriating that the rest of the world does not have your level of perfect!
raddog said:
Totally off topic, I remember the founders of that business when they ran a small team of sub-contracting trench diggers in Preston in the early 90's. It's warming to see that the business has grown to a £50m annual turnover since then.eybic said:
I think the theory is that they have cameras fitted and will/ can use what is recorded against you should you do something naughty (such as drive in a closed lane/ hard shoulder) or it could be like the tin foilers say and a deliberate plan to break up the monarchy, pound, target all motorists etc. etc. etc.
eta. that sign doesn't actually mean "speed camera" it means that a camera may be used to enforce regulations which leads back to my first point above.
Nah, not on a highway maintenance van.eta. that sign doesn't actually mean "speed camera" it means that a camera may be used to enforce regulations which leads back to my first point above.
Bert
yellowjack said:
It's been Highways England Traffic Officers for such a long time too...
...and they don't look like police cars, neither. They're different in many ways. If you're struggling with it, get your eyes tested. Don't be Mr Magoo, sitting behind a HETO car at 65 mph, terrified to overtake because you think it might be plod, because that would suggest that the traffic officers aren't the "wkers" in the scenario.
If your eyes come up OK when tested, and you still struggle? That's nature's way of suggesting you should stop driving, for your own safety, and that of other road users...
I can readily tell the difference, sometimes they cannot. Best example was when I legally went through a red light and they illegally followed me to stop me, outside their remit, to try and give me a talking to. That turned interesting and could have ended up badly. ...and they don't look like police cars, neither. They're different in many ways. If you're struggling with it, get your eyes tested. Don't be Mr Magoo, sitting behind a HETO car at 65 mph, terrified to overtake because you think it might be plod, because that would suggest that the traffic officers aren't the "w
kers" in the scenario.If your eyes come up OK when tested, and you still struggle? That's nature's way of suggesting you should stop driving, for your own safety, and that of other road users...
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