RE: Rally Stars Nicked
Wednesday 30th July 2003
Rally Stars Nicked
Caught on speed cameras between stages
Discussion
I think they should doo them all.
Just cos there stars dosn't make them any safer than any one else.
(I will now go and hide in my flame proof bunker)
The more press coverage the better, normal people may actually start asking questions about the over zealous nature of the nanny state regarding Speeding.
Just cos there stars dosn't make them any safer than any one else.
(I will now go and hide in my flame proof bunker)
The more press coverage the better, normal people may actually start asking questions about the over zealous nature of the nanny state regarding Speeding.
There's a lot of it about today 
www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=50347&f=10&h=0
and
www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=50333&f=23&h=0
www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=50347&f=10&h=0
and
www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=50333&f=23&h=0
>Despite the rash of speeding >motorists, no corresponding rash >of death on the roads was >reported...
really..shocking!! who would have thought eh??
I thought that the instant you went over the speed-limit, a small child was killed, and then one member of it's family for every 5mph increment over that...
well you learn something every day!
really..shocking!! who would have thought eh??
I thought that the instant you went over the speed-limit, a small child was killed, and then one member of it's family for every 5mph increment over that...
well you learn something every day!
Pierscoe1 said:
I thought that the instant you went over the speed-limit, a small child was killed
It's true.
My speedo is out of calibration, meaning I was doing 71mph at an indicated 69mph on the four lane section of the A1.
This was at 4am in good visibility so you can imagine my suprise when a veritable flock of cute little children suddenly started appearing right in front of me, and slamming against my bonnet!
I was horrified. In future I will travel at 45mph and stick to the middle lane!
>> Edited by _Al_ on Wednesday 30th July 13:12
Is this genuine ?
The British Round of the WRC is the Wales Rally GB, formerly Rally GB, formerly RAC Rally. It is held in November. I'm sure South Wales Camera partnership will be pleased to send Burns a few NIPs' But the car he drives is French registered. They will assume he's a foreigner. They have a problem with foreigners drivin UK registered cars in their patch - several thundred of the 3 thousand they nicked last rally. So they send a pompous letter warning you that you must tell your foreign guest to observer the UK law.
Might be a bit impertinent to tell them that most foreigners have no experience of this level of obsession with speed enforcement / entrapment
The British Round of the WRC is the Wales Rally GB, formerly Rally GB, formerly RAC Rally. It is held in November. I'm sure South Wales Camera partnership will be pleased to send Burns a few NIPs' But the car he drives is French registered. They will assume he's a foreigner. They have a problem with foreigners drivin UK registered cars in their patch - several thundred of the 3 thousand they nicked last rally. So they send a pompous letter warning you that you must tell your foreign guest to observer the UK law.
Might be a bit impertinent to tell them that most foreigners have no experience of this level of obsession with speed enforcement / entrapment
The problem is that if Richard Burns gets a 6 month ban he may well still be able to compete out of this country, using a foreign licence, but won't be able to do the Rally GB in November this year. This could cost him and Britain a World Championship. Do we have so many World Champions in this country that it doesn't matter?
The only thing is that it will bring the whole scamera thing into the public eye and make the Chief Taffy Cop look a bit stupid.
The only thing is that it will bring the whole scamera thing into the public eye and make the Chief Taffy Cop look a bit stupid.
"I thought that the instant you went over the speed-limit, a small child was killed"
Have you missed the advertising ? First smoke pours from the mouth and nostrils of the small child, then, and only then, does the unfortunate child expire
I think of this because sweet smoke was pouring from the mouths and nostrils of some school age children this afternoon, but with less sweet "up ya big pussy gal" language to a woman motorist avoiding them as they staggered into a road junction
Have you missed the advertising ? First smoke pours from the mouth and nostrils of the small child, then, and only then, does the unfortunate child expire
I think of this because sweet smoke was pouring from the mouths and nostrils of some school age children this afternoon, but with less sweet "up ya big pussy gal" language to a woman motorist avoiding them as they staggered into a road junction
Chief Plod Brumstrom was unhappy his force was critised by a pensioner and consequently had a rant in the Daily Mail this week, apparantly to ease the pressure of standing in the sun he has issued his speeding plods with sun tan lotion, he did 45000 speeding fines in a week while his burgulary figs run at 6.1% toward solved...
deltaf said:
Wow what a hero...6.1%! 
i may be wrong about this but dosnt that 6.1% take into acount offences takin into account!
ie.catch one scrote for one offence. scrote says to judge take 10 other offences into account etc etc.
crime solved figure looks better even though they only caught one.
Can somebody please explain the statement by the FIA that if these drivers are banned then it does not mean that they are excluded from taking part in the event but just can't drive the road sections.
Now I could be wrong, but I thought that in order to hold a Driver's Rally licence first one had to be a full regular driving licence holder. Obviously therefore if one is banned then one also loses one's comp licence. Or does that no longer apply?
Furthermore I reckon that the FIA's statement is incontravention of the SSR's and maybe also the ASR's for the event.
Now I could be wrong, but I thought that in order to hold a Driver's Rally licence first one had to be a full regular driving licence holder. Obviously therefore if one is banned then one also loses one's comp licence. Or does that no longer apply?
Furthermore I reckon that the FIA's statement is incontravention of the SSR's and maybe also the ASR's for the event.
Pesty said:
Wow what a hero...6.1%!
i may be wrong about this but dosnt that 6.1% take into acount offences takin into account!
ie.catch one scrote for one offence. scrote says to judge take 10 other offences into account etc etc.
crime solved figure looks better even though they only caught one.
Well it is a cumulative figure minus the solved cases multiplied by the total, but as per that usually manage to bend the results somehow e.g., get a hold of the Hypothecation report which is the trial to see if all Police can keep a proportion but not all of speeding fines, all year the Police have been quoting KSI figures but alas it has not appeared in the trial report,,, this is possibly due to Thames Valley area which failed the Trial; recording a 14% increase of we all know the law of averages means their result will have been screwed so they dropped the KSI figs, bless their little lying socks to so that that can boast better results and low and behold declare it a success e.g. more cameras.
chris_crossley said:
I think they should doo them all.
Ban the PUG driving t055 p0t !
The police have the evidence, so let him plead his case in court, and hope that the beaks are rally fans.
(A lotus (1978 eclat) driving magistrate I know was extremely helpful to poor motorists back in the 80's before he retired)
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