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    Default Speed Cameras (traps)

    What do we all really think of them ??

    Now I dont expect many people to say " yeah, I love getting 3 points and a £50 fine", but I want to know what people, honestly, think about them.


    Personally they dont bother me at all, I drive a quick motor, mosty over the limit but If i'm dumb enough to go through one over the limit I deserve to get spanked by the Law for it. I know the speed limit and if I get caught then you have to accept it.

    I think that the idea of painting them yellow so they can be seen is absolute bollocks. Any road that has a camera HAS to have a sign saying there will be a camera , this shoud slow the driver down.....If they then speed and go through a hidden camera, tough shit for being stupid IMO.

    What really gets My back up are theese tossers who go on in the papers and on t.v that camera's should be a deterant as opposed to being a tool to catch speeders...... What a load of shit ....The slow down signs are a deterant, The news telling us about people killed by speeding is the deterant........ the cameras are there to punish the ignoring of the signs and the rules.

    People trying to wriggle their way out of what they deserve in my opinion. If you cant do the time........................... I get no greater satisfaction than being overtaken by some bellend boy racer and seing him get flashed....makes me laugh everytime

    Anyways, I'm all for them....hide them too.....I coudlnt care less

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    speed cameras could be a good idea if they were put in the right places such as outside schools but the trouble is most of the time they are not. In built up areas where clearly visable they could be used as a deterant to stop people speeding which surely is better than hiding them and fining drivers when they are caught. I'm not actually a fan of speed cameras as they don't appear to do any good as everyone knows where they are and just slows down in the place where the camera is. I would be much more in favour of ways to deter you speeding in certain areas rather than just punishing you when you do. I have however been flashed a few times by speed cameras and have not receieved any fines or penalty points as have most people I talk to so they are obviously not working that well anyway.
    fcuk it

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    Default Re: Speed Cameras (traps)

    Originally posted by BoredManc
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    Personally they dont bother me at all, I drive a quick motor, mosty over the limit

    Anyways, I'm all for them....hide them too.....I coudlnt care less
    might aswell get rid of the other signs aswell - maybe then you'll drive mostly under the limit.
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    Speed camera as they are, are a complete waste of time. I personally make a real concerted effort to not go over the speed limit (Especially in 30 zones) and I get stuck with knobs driving on my bumper everywhere I go. Cameras should be randomly placed and totally hidden. Lets see how much ppl slow down after getting a few tickets and fines.

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    Check out the following website, I saw on TV last night

    Here

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    Originally posted by Camden_Dave
    Check out the following website, I saw on TV last night

    Here
    Awesome site!! What is needed is a central web site that people can log gatsos they have seen. This is not illegal and could be very useful when planning road trips
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    Now this made me laugh!!!

    Having a crap on the speed camera - Class!!!

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    EvilBoB has a point

    What is needed is a central web site that people can log gatsos they have seen
    I found a site a while ago that seems pretty helpful...

    Here

    What would be good...Is a website that you can text/email and tell them where you are going to and from...then they text/email where the fecking things are located...

    The SMS service would be cracking!!!!

    Could finally find a use for WAP!!!

    Could be a very profitable setup if done correctly...

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    also a practical use for GPRS enabled 3G phones
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    You chaps do know that if you nip in your local police station they will provide you with a list of all the static speed cameras in the area.

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    Speed cameras are just a form of Tax in my opinion. If the monet went towards making bigger and better roads then fair enough, but all they do is fund the pigs. The traffic in this country is a disgrace and I resent seeing money from fines not being channelled back into our roads.
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    Originally posted by Camden_Dave
    Now this made me laugh!!!

    Having a crap on the speed camera - Class!!!

    thing u want to do is shit at 35mph over the camera to beat the speed limit and fuck with the guys who send the fotos granted u will most likly shiitting ur intestinges out as well at the speed but funny none the less lol

    me and a few m8s are determind to roller blade past a speed camera and trip it holding on to a m8s car as they pull us then let go............... FLASH!)

    going at 40 mph aint the prob i just hope we get 1 with a bloody camera in

    maxx speed i gone is about 50mph (give or take 5mph)


    so if u see a bbc reporot online about a mistroy figure tripping a speed camera u know who it is LOL

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    Originally posted by Cam

    me and a few m8s are determind to roller blade past a speed camera and trip it holding on to a m8s car as they pull us then let go............... FLASH!)
    Priceless! Shame you would need a car in it that gets flashed for you to get the photo in the post ;( Find some willing nutter and post the pics here...
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    Originally posted by EvilBoB
    Priceless! Shame you would need a car in it that gets flashed for you to get the photo in the post ;( Find some willing nutter and post the pics here...

    nah i think these type of photos get "leaked" and it will most likly be end up on the bottom of a web site like them on a funnyer note (well thats wot im hopeing n e way)

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    Originally posted by gunner
    Speed cameras are just a form of Tax in my opinion.

    exactly, and thats the whole point. Lets be honest half of the cameras are placed where they'll pull in tons of cash. It ain't totally about road safety.

    in fact i'd go as far as saying Gatso's make roads more dangerous. We all slow down for them - since we know where the local ones are - then pick up the speed again once we're past them. So all it does is shift the problem along the "dangerous street" that the camera is on.

    Also - why not paint them all yellow. It's fairer and proves the point is deterence. In fact, why not have speed detectors that warn you if you are over the speed in the area. ie. big sign that flashes 'slow down: limit=30' as you pass it if you are above the limit. (they have some of them in small villages etc). But why not half a mile before the Gatso.

    The other problem is the fact that its a one way street. More cameras, lower speeds. Lets be honest, most of us just want to get to work and home etc as quickly and hassle free as possible. So why not increase the speed limit on the 'safer' roads?

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    I just e-mailed Microsoft suggesting that they put all the static cameras on Auto Route 2004. I'll post the reply if I get one.

    All sweeping statements are wrong.

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    I have a freind who works at police central control

    in stoke-on-trent there are 250 speed cameras

    only 10 are in operation at any one time

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    Originally posted by Raptor
    I have a freind who works at police central control

    in stoke-on-trent there are 250 speed cameras

    only 10 are in operation at any one time
    LOL! That makes sense! I bet they are quite expensive - what a waste of money
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    Originally posted by EvilBoB
    LOL! That makes sense! I bet they are quite expensive - what a waste of money
    yeh i think most of them will flash but a small amount have cameras in but they are removeable

    save time take a photo (from the angle of the camera) and print it off and stick it over the lens

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