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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2366697.stm
aaaarrrrrrgggggghhhhhh!!!!!!
That is all I have to say on the matter!
aaaarrrrrrgggggghhhhhh!!!!!!
That is all I have to say on the matter!
I wasn't aware that speeding was a criminal offence...? Perhaps I'm wrong. Either way, I hope she gets run over. Silly bint. How about massive improvements in driver education for a start towards helping accident rates...? Speed is a side issue. Pedestrian education, what the hell happened to the green cross code and Keegan with his mullet...?? Get rid of all those 1988 Sierras and all the other shite cas on the roads that are blatantly unsafe. Heh, what about accident totting-up. You crash and it your fault you get 3 'crash points'. Get 6 crash points in a year and you have no licence for 6 months or whatever. Seen that programme by Quentin on C4 I think. Britains worst driver. Jee-susss....!
"...In no other area of criminal enforcement do criminals get warned they might be prosecuted Vicky Cann, Transport 2000 ..."
"...In no other area of criminal enforcement do criminals get warned they might be prosecuted Vicky Cann, Transport 2000 ..."
...she said the government had been backed into a corner by the motoring lobby over speed cameras...
What lobby?? Please tell me. I know how big the ANTI car lobby is, but a motoring lobby? Who are they? The ABD are not as big as that (great shame- they should be)
"In no other area of criminal enforcement do criminals get warned they might be prosecuted "
Every time...
Ignorance is not an excuse.
Oh, I could spit!
What lobby?? Please tell me. I know how big the ANTI car lobby is, but a motoring lobby? Who are they? The ABD are not as big as that (great shame- they should be)
"In no other area of criminal enforcement do criminals get warned they might be prosecuted "
Every time...
Ignorance is not an excuse.
Oh, I could spit!
williamp said: [snip]
"In no other area of criminal enforcement do criminals get warned they might be prosecuted "
[snip]
I was always under the impression that in other area of law enforcement the criminals pretty much know they won't be prosecuted and even more rarely punished.
It seems that of all the "criminals" in the country, only motorists are required to go around displaying clear id marks. Maybe, if we are truly to be compared with "criminals" we should be permitted to remove id marks and change vehicle colours at will.
Transport 2000 are the lowest of the low, frankly. They are funded by public transport companies to attack the car. I do hope something unpleasant happens to the lot of them before long.
But to comment on the effect they have noticed - I suspect its true!
Last Friday I sat in 1.5 hours of traffic jam whilst the cops carried out an Accident Investigation and cleared away a really very nasty prang on the A303. That little section not far from Stonehenge where it is single carriageway.
There are two bright yellow GATSOs facing one another ten yards apart. What the prang looked like was a driver saw the two cameras, paniced, braked suddenly and lost control. Several other cars were involved.
If the guy had been running a GATSO warning device I suspect that it wouldn't have happened.
GATSO warning devices should be compulsory fit in all new cars....put that in yer pipe and smoke it T2000.
But to comment on the effect they have noticed - I suspect its true!
Last Friday I sat in 1.5 hours of traffic jam whilst the cops carried out an Accident Investigation and cleared away a really very nasty prang on the A303. That little section not far from Stonehenge where it is single carriageway.
There are two bright yellow GATSOs facing one another ten yards apart. What the prang looked like was a driver saw the two cameras, paniced, braked suddenly and lost control. Several other cars were involved.
If the guy had been running a GATSO warning device I suspect that it wouldn't have happened.
GATSO warning devices should be compulsory fit in all new cars....put that in yer pipe and smoke it T2000.
This has ALWAYS happened, it is just when the cameras are yellow people see them earlier, have time to check their speed and adjust it to the road they are on - before they had to slam on the anchors in case they were over the limit, THEN check their speed - meanwhile, the car bahind has just driven in to the back of them
As for no other criminal being warned, well what about "Shoplifters will be prosecuted" "Neighbourhood Watch Area" "Making people an example to put others off" etc. are none of these warnigns to criminals?
Why dont they spend their money on making the public transport that funds them more of an option? No one is going to get out of a car for a dirty cramped smelly late bus, but give them clean, tidy, timely transport and maybe they will - then the roads will be clearer for the people wh drive because they have no public transport option (or because they just choose to)
MB.
As for no other criminal being warned, well what about "Shoplifters will be prosecuted" "Neighbourhood Watch Area" "Making people an example to put others off" etc. are none of these warnigns to criminals?
Why dont they spend their money on making the public transport that funds them more of an option? No one is going to get out of a car for a dirty cramped smelly late bus, but give them clean, tidy, timely transport and maybe they will - then the roads will be clearer for the people wh drive because they have no public transport option (or because they just choose to)
MB.
"Both groups believe many drivers brake when they catch a glimpse of a yellow box on the road ahead, making life dangerous for drivers behind."
ermmm... doesnt this happen when drivers catch a glimpse of a grey box too? only worse b'coz he has noticed it later than the yellow and braked harder
fcukwits
ermmm... doesnt this happen when drivers catch a glimpse of a grey box too? only worse b'coz he has noticed it later than the yellow and braked harder
fcukwits
people are going to brake for speed cameras because half the ppl on the road have little or no awareness on the road and either do not see the cameras till they have got to the white lines, or are not aware or conscious of their speed.
Maybe everyone who has a driving licence should be given compulsery eye tests every few years. That might reduce road deaths
Maybe everyone who has a driving licence should be given compulsery eye tests every few years. That might reduce road deaths
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