On 10/2/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >Imagine how much in fines that added up to!? I've been through the M62 and >A616 ones - the cameras are quite distinctive and visible from a long way >off. They can potentially also do some quite devious stuff. For example >the threshold in a 50mph zone might be set at 58mph, but they could be >set to remember all offenders travelling over 55mph and if you do it say >3 times, they will fine you (habitual speeder). I suspect the golden age >of the car is truely over in this country at least :-(
After all this chat about speed cameras (and flashing), what did I do today? Speed cameras! Filming various speed cameras that have been vandalised and even chopped down in Oxfordshire. <http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/ae_news_story.php?id=32564> Captain Gatso strikes again - there's even a guy called Angle Grinder Man - I filmed a camera today that had been neatly severed from its moorings! these guys are serious, oh boy. Learned some interesting facts - there are nearly 300 speed cameras in the Thames Valley Police area, and in Oxfordshire alone, only 6 of these are loaded with recording cameras at any one time ... That's less than 10% of cameras (TVP encompasses Berkshire and Buckinghamshire as well) active - but you don't know which ones until they flash :-) Not counting mobile cameras. Last summer I filmed one of the mobile operators at the spot where he did two bikers and recorded the fastest ever speed on UK roads (that a speeding offence was recorded) - 144 mph. I looked down the laser sight and it was v. interesting - easy to pick off oncoming traffic. He told me where his favoured spots are ;-) Don't matter much, I'm in a Discovery and that's 0-60 in 12 weeks, LOL. I reckon that within 30 years it will be illegal to operate a ground car manually. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _____________________________ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
