Certainly been asked to show my licensee when ever the boy's in blue have pulled me over. Plus the mandatory check of, is this your vehicle, is your tax disk in date and have you drinking anything. If they are feeling very vindictive, you get a 7 day ticket and have to go to a police station to show your insurance details and MOT certificate.
Not having a constitution, we do not have any firm "rights" in this country. More a way of doing things that everyone is happy with :-) Robert Macy wrote: > But on the up side, > if you're stopped in England you don't have to produce a driver's license -- > considered an invasion of your rights, or such. > > - Robert - > -----Original Message----- > From: Pettit, Ghery <[email protected]> > To: 'Nick Rouse' <[email protected]>; emc <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 1:09 PM > Subject: RE: radar > > Does the photo show who was driving the car? Can't say that I would be > too happy to be summoned to court when one of my kids (or wife) was > speeding. > > Ghery Pettit > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nick Rouse [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 12:03 PM > To: emc > Subject: Re: radar > > I don't know if the technique is used in America but the speed cameras > in the UK are triggered by radar but produce evidence by taking two pictures > illuminated by two strobe pulses timed about 150ms apart. Stripes are > painted across the road spaced so that between flashes a vehicle will > traverse one stripe pitch for every 10mph.If the pictures show you have > traversed more than 7 stripe pitches (on motorways)you will receive copies > of these photos together with a summons to appear in court. > Nick Rouse > > >Jim Freeman wrote: > >Hi All, > > I apologize for being off subject but I was driving to work and > >noticed aCalifornia Highway Patrol officer on the opposite of the > >freeway an about 500 yards away. What brought him to my attention > was > >what appeared to be a strobe light that was flashing. I have been > >thinking about and I was wondering if the new radar has some ways > of > >taking pictures or if the strobe light really is the radar source. > Any > >help would be appreciated. > >Thanks > >Jim Freeman > > Hi All, > I apologize for being off subject but I was driving to > work and > noticed aCalifornia Highway Patrol officer on the opposite > of the > freeway an about 500 yards away. What brought him to my > attention was > what appeared to be a strobe light that was flashing. I have > been > thinking about and I was wondering if the new radar has some > ways of > taking pictures or if the strobe light really is the radar > source. Any > help would be appreciated. > Thanks > Jim Freeman > > ------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety > Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. > > Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ > > To cancel your subscription, send mail to: > [email protected] > with the single line: > unsubscribe emc-pstc > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Michael Garretson: [email protected] > Dave Heald [email protected] > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Richard Nute: [email protected] > Jim Bacher: [email protected] > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old > messages are imported into the new server. -- Andrew Carson - Senior Compliance Engineer, Xyratex, UK Phone: +44 (0)23 9249 6855 Fax: +44 (0)23 9249 6014 ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: [email protected] Dave Heald [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server.
