London Road, Nottingham SPECs cash machines

[Polarbert]

Okay, so most people who live in Nottingham and use London Road to get into Nottingham know that for the past few years there has been a cash camera van there every so often to generate some revenue as they've clearly nothing better to do.

Well wasn't it all fun and games when they recently installed the SPECs there. So no possible need for the cash van to return.


Although...

...today, on a Sunday nevertheless, I was going into town to a drinking establishment to meet some friends. My friends in the car were commenting on how pointless they were covering sucha small section of road, and I've never seen a 'serious' accident there either.


What did we see at the end of the section of SPECs just before the lights?

A fking cash van!

Who in their right mind who think up that it was necessary to pay stloads for all those expensive SPECs, and then continue to put a van there as well.

Seriously, I don't get it.

I really would love to meet the fella who said to those blokes in that van to go out there. He must be a right wally.

[mybrainhurts]

Ah...must have been one of those days, then.

I believe I was caught by a tax van...

East Midlands airport business park, on the road that runs parallel to the main road, past offices on one side and the freight bit of the airport on the other side, straight, flat and half a mile-ish long.

30 limit. No vehicles. No pedestrians. Nothing but an empty road and rabbits.

And plod, van parked in an office entrance with his camera on a tripod.

Why...?

[Polarbert]

I wasn't caught, as I wasn't speeding. You'd have to be a mug to get caught on London Road. I just found it funny that they'd spent shed loads on high tech cameras, and yet still felt the need to put a van there as well.

[mybrainhurts]

Wonder if it was the same van..?

What county is East Midlands airport in...?

[therams]

it does beg the question about why specs / camera van on london road at all. its a 4 or 5 lane road with no houses either side. its silly because you can go down the parallel road in the meadows in excess of the speedlimit shoudl you wish, with little chance of being caught, and thats where the houses are!

[madbadger]

therams said:

it does beg the question about why specs / camera van on london road at all. its a 4 or 5 lane road with no houses either side.

Hmmm. Wide, safe road with no real need to keep to a low limit. Easy to creep a bit above there. Lots of nice easy revenue.

Yes - I wonder why there is a van there.

[Pasco]

mybrainhurts said:

Wonder if it was the same van..?

What county is East Midlands airport in...?

Now that's a very good question that even the local authorities don't seem to be able to answer

BTW Are you still locked in the cupboard MBH or have you made your escape ?

[Balmoral Green]

Perhaps the Specs were temporarily out of action? hence the camera van. But MOP wouldn't know if the Specs was inoperative.

I agree Rob, what is the point of a van in a Specs area?

[mybrainhurts]

Does anybody know anybody who's been caught by the SPECS cameras...?

Or are they dummies....?

[mybrainhurts]

Pasco said:

BTW Are you still locked in the cupboard MBH or have you made your escape ?

I can get out through the floor boards, but they don't know that....

[Polarbert]

Balmoral Green said:

Perhaps the Specs were temporarily out of action? hence the camera van. But MOP wouldn't know if the Specs was inoperative.

I agree Rob, what is the point of a van in a Specs area?

Its just staggering stupidity.

I thought if they were out of action they had to display signs saying so?

Thats what they had on the M42 anyway.

[Balmoral Green]

It wasn't just a DVLA ANPR van was it? looking for tax/insurance dodgers?

[Polarbert]

Nope, I thought that, but it was the same old van thats been there before.

[LongQ]

mybrainhurts said:

Wonder if it was the same van..?

What county is East Midlands airport in...?

Leicestershire.

Seems odd to be in the airport. Wonder if they were invited for some reason?

Was this an unmarked double cab job? White?

[mrmaggit]

LongQ said:

mybrainhurts said:

Wonder if it was the same van..?

What county is East Midlands airport in...?

Leicestershire.

Seems odd to be in the airport. Wonder if they were invited for some reason?

Was this an unmarked double cab job? White?

Yup, Leics, with a Derby postcode and phone listing!

[mybrainhurts]

LongQ said:

mybrainhurts said:

Wonder if it was the same van..?

What county is East Midlands airport in...?

Leicestershire.

Seems odd to be in the airport. Wonder if they were invited for some reason?

Was this an unmarked double cab job? White?

I think it was one of these ---->

White with horizontal red stripe down the side. Plod was on the footpath with camera on tripod at eye height...

Here's a pic...

It's on the right, in the distance, with a Transit parked this side of him, having a chat.



And that was the extent of the traffic....

[LongQ]

mybrainhurts said:

LongQ said:

mybrainhurts said:

Wonder if it was the same van..?

What county is East Midlands airport in...?

Leicestershire.

Seems odd to be in the airport. Wonder if they were invited for some reason?

Was this an unmarked double cab job? White?

I think it was one of these ---->

White with horizontal red stripe down the side. Plod was on the footpath with camera on tripod at eye height...

Here's a pic...

It's on the right, in the distance, with a Transit parked this side of him, having a chat.



nd that was the extent of the traffic....

Good grief, they've outsourced it to Germany ....

[mybrainhurts]

LongQ said:

Good grief, they've outsourced it to Germany ....

Aye, there was a passing resemblance to Hitler...

[Pasco]

mrmaggit said:

LongQ said:

mybrainhurts said:

Wonder if it was the same van..?

What county is East Midlands airport in...?

Leicestershire.

Seems odd to be in the airport. Wonder if they were invited for some reason?

Was this an unmarked double cab job? White?

Yup, Leics, with a Derby postcode and phone listing!

And called Nottingham East Midland Airport FFS !!!!! wkers

[LongQ]

Pasco said:

And called Nottingham East Midland Airport FFS !!!!! wkers

Not any more ... it's been changed back to simply East Midlands Airport.