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A bit of help needed!
Does anyone know whether or not mobile speed cameras (the ones in the back of an unmarked van) take a photograph of the car and driver or do they just measure the speed of the car?
One of my friends thinks they were caught on camera doing 52 in a 50 zone, is panicking and is currently weighing up the options available to him to avoid losing his job should he be prosecuted ( which I personally think is highly unlikely )
Does anyone know whether or not mobile speed cameras (the ones in the back of an unmarked van) take a photograph of the car and driver or do they just measure the speed of the car?
One of my friends thinks they were caught on camera doing 52 in a 50 zone, is panicking and is currently weighing up the options available to him to avoid losing his job should he be prosecuted ( which I personally think is highly unlikely )
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On another note, your friend's licence can't be that valuable to him if he's already got so many points that another 3 would lose it for him.
But yes, I think the police will have a nice piccie of him, if they bothered to take it.
my opinion is We all no the rules so dont moan if you get caught breaking them, its our choice..
i stabbed three people this weekend and now i the bl**dy police knocking on my door trying to put me in prison!
oh the injustice of it all, i mean its not like i was speeding or anything.
If you get caught exceeding the limit by 2mph and get prosecuted that's unlucky ( and fortunately unlikely).
When these threads appear I'm always amazed at the number of people of this forum who appear to drive and yet never, ever, go over the speed limit. Is this really true or is this just a theoretical position when discussing someone else?
I'm a pretty careful driver, cautious around town and do a lot of motorway miles. In built up areas I'm generally well below the speed limit. And yet...and yet... sometimes on clear roads I'll put my foot down and go over 70mph. I reckon that's the truth for most drivers.
I rarely speed - never in 30/40 limits, but occasionally on an open road/motorway I'm not so careful (often because of the @rseholes who drive 6 inches off your bumper if you *dare* hold them up, but that's a different matter).
The difference is that if I were caught doing 70 in a 60, or 80 in a 70, I wouldn't moan like hell about the injustice of it all.
and yes i do speed - and if i get caught its my fault
NB - He was lucky: bruising and a real respect for the roads for the future.
Ed - I said people who *appear* never to speed. This is because of the 'its your own fault' type responses that appear here. If I was talking to mates in the real world (esp about being 2mph over, but really about any speeding fine) I know there would be more sympathy and less reprobation. Because probably everybody I know does it.
A colleague of Mr Nessie's lost his licence last year for doing 114 in a 60. I couldn't believe the number of peeps who said "what a shame" when they heard he'd lost his licence. I'm just surprised he still has a job.
Can't say I have any sympathy for anyone caught speeding, but then I did lose my sister in a speed-related "accident" so my lack of sympathy is probably understandable.
or ( as happened to me last year )- something blowing up into the windscreen and blocking the vision- fortunately i managed to pull across safely - dual carriageway doing 60 in the outside
certainly made me more aware of unpredictable factors
What is important is WHERE you speed. I will happily drive at speeds of up to 100 on motorways, but nearly every road in built up areas has children who could potentially be out there. There a few more unpredictable factors.
I agree, but the original post wasn't really moaning, was it?
I think it was your post I was responding to Waaps, sorry if I came over a bit strong.
Not at all. I think we agree.
If they choose to speed then they must be prepared for the consequences of their actions.
What I do not agree with is the fact that someone doing, say 57 in a 50 zone when there are no pedestrians or other traffic about can be treated in the same manner as someone doing the same speed in atrocious conditions AND with other people at risk.
Traffic cars are about and doing their jobs, but they can't be everywhere at once. Cameras seem a sensible decision. Enough points and the idiot is off the roads.
I'm not actually sure that everyone deserves the right to drive, even if they can pass their test. There are a lot of imbeciles out there.
not me tho'' veh observant passenger...