Back To The Future - M4 style
Back To The Future - M4 style
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deeps

Original Poster:

5,432 posts

272 months

Friday 16th November 2007
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Travelling along the M4 this week, I spotted a Scamera van perched on a bridge in wait of innocent victims (photo 1).

My speed was just below 70 on this occasion as I was expecting the Scam van to be there. Every day this week they've been busy from the bridges, sometimes they're still at the same bridge hours later on my way back home. I guess there's a never ending supply of victims on a much used motorway such as the M4.

Anyway, the funniest thing happened as the second photo shows.

In my offside wing mirror I spotted a De Lorean approaching from behind. At that moment I had a strange feeling of deja vu, and I glanced across and I'm sure I saw Doc Brown behind the wheel.

I reckon he may have gone through the scam about 5 minutes earlier, stopped ahead having realised that he'd been doing may be 85 or so, and although that's only an average motorway speed he didn't want to risk getting a ticket, so quickly set the time machine gubbins to travel back in time that 5 minutes and come past again at 75ish, when I saw him.

Perhaps that would explain the strange deja vu that I felt, or perhaps it was just because the bloody Scam van was there every day this week!




Hooli

32,278 posts

231 months

Friday 16th November 2007
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just wait for all the 'why were you in lane 2 that far behind the truck' comments.
its obviously there for saftey reasons, cant you see the kiddies playing football in lane 3?

allaway

353 posts

253 months

Friday 16th November 2007
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You may wanna be aware that these speed trap vans usually have a moving video camera which can be used to photo drivers with no hands on wheel or holding a phone to take a photo!

FiveStar

760 posts

235 months

Friday 16th November 2007
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allaway said:
You may wanna be aware that these speed trap vans usually have a moving video camera which can be used to photo drivers with no hands on wheel or holding a phone to take a photo!
yeh i know someone who was done by a scamera van for being on a mobile phone. NIP sent in post.

deeps

Original Poster:

5,432 posts

272 months

Friday 16th November 2007
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Oh, I forgot to post up the Doc in the De Lorean...

and relax people, I was passing the truck so using lane 2, and the camera is mounted on my dash so no different than a SatNav device.

alphadog

2,049 posts

264 months

Friday 16th November 2007
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Could be a small digital camera fixed to the dash and operated remotely.

Aside from that, despite having covered many many motorway miles, I have yet to see an accident occur under the good conditions on the original photo.

deeps

Original Poster:

5,432 posts

272 months

Friday 16th November 2007
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Here's the Doc....



EU_Foreigner

2,838 posts

257 months

Friday 16th November 2007
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Can't those rockets be used to shoot that van off the bridge? smile

deeps

Original Poster:

5,432 posts

272 months

Friday 16th November 2007
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And a bit further along the road I caught up for another look...


DPX

1,027 posts

231 months

Friday 16th November 2007
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It is a well known fact that the flux capacitor causes the operators of LTI20-20 to pee themselves .

Hooli

32,278 posts

231 months

Friday 16th November 2007
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and i thought you were joking about the doc. thats class, must make peoples day seeing that driven about.

davidra

271 posts

268 months

Friday 16th November 2007
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well at least we know he wasn't doing over 88 mph tongue out

shocker-z

554 posts

249 months

Friday 16th November 2007
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Niiiice! spin

wasted years

4,330 posts

240 months

Saturday 17th November 2007
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davidra said:
well at least we know he wasn't doing over 88 mph tongue out
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cloud9 Beautiful car! Wish I had one, no really. frown

cuneus

5,963 posts

273 months

Saturday 17th November 2007
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deeps said:
Here's the Doc....


You can clearly see the deterrent value there rolleyes


Muntu

7,687 posts

230 months

Saturday 17th November 2007
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deeps said:
Here's the Doc....


Saw him in France on the way to le Mans last year !

Darth Paul

1,654 posts

249 months

Sunday 18th November 2007
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Got to say that is the least amount of traffic I have seen on a British motorway in a long time. Absolute rob dogs.

Bing o

15,184 posts

250 months

Sunday 18th November 2007
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deeps said:
Here's the Doc....


There's another classic MLM up ahead as well... (not the OP)