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Old 30 October 2006, 08:37 PM
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Got a NIP in the post on Saturday... Hands up, was going to fast up to a well known fixed camera site.. All ready to slow down round the corner and there's a bl00dy mobile camera van right in front of the fixed one!

What's that all about ? Happy (ish) to accept the points but that's mad!
Old 30 October 2006, 08:44 PM
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It seems obvious to me.
Old 30 October 2006, 08:50 PM
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It seems obvious to me.
Well yeah... but come on.. play fair coppers. lol..
Old 30 October 2006, 09:07 PM
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Originally Posted by jd
Well yeah... but come on.. play fair coppers. lol..
"You havin' a laugh?"

"Is he havin' a laugh"

Old 30 October 2006, 10:48 PM
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Seen that a few times in ilson!
Old 31 October 2006, 07:08 AM
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Originally Posted by jd
Got a NIP in the post on Saturday... Hands up, was going to fast up to a well known fixed camera site.. All ready to slow down round the corner and there's a bl00dy mobile camera van right in front of the fixed one!

What's that all about ? Happy (ish) to accept the points but that's mad!

Are you happy, I mean really happy?
I dont think you really are. I wouldnt be happy or even happy ish......
Were you dangerous, I mean really dangerous were you a menace to others due to your excessive speed?
Old 31 October 2006, 08:08 AM
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In situations like that it is obviously a revenue raising exercise and not a road safety exercise.

The fixed camera is doing it's job - Forcing people to slow down over a certain stretch of road that is presumably an accident black spot.

The mobile camera is there purely to catch people aware of the fixed camera. I bet they caught loads of people.

Which one is more effective? The fixed camera of course. By definition, the camera with the least recorded offences is the most effective in terms of fulfilling the official purpose of slowing people down.
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There is no question of fairness being involved, money is king and they do have to be able to afford the plasma screens etc!

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Sorry to hear that JD

Quite common in Northampton to position a mobile van AFTER the fixed camera site...now that is downright sneaky
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Originally Posted by PeteBrant
In situations like that it is obviously a revenue raising exercise and not a road safety exercise.

The fixed camera is doing it's job - Forcing people to slow down over a certain stretch of road that is presumably an accident black spot.

The mobile camera is there purely to catch people aware of the fixed camera. I bet they caught loads of people.

Which one is more effective? The fixed camera of course. By definition, the camera with the least recorded offences is the most effective in terms of fulfilling the official purpose of slowing people down.
I didn't realise Gatso cameras were there to slow people for the 10 yards where the white lines are painted.
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