If you're flush with money then maybe best to avoid speeding in Finland... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3477285.stm
Jussi Salonoja, the 27-year-old heir to a family-owned sausage empire, was given the �116,000 ticket after being caught driving 80km/h in a 40km/h zone! > -----Original Message----- > From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 10 February 2004 20:35 > To: pentax list > Subject: Re: OT: Speed Cameras > > > 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
