Thought this may be of interest -
>
> Thames Valley Police are mounting a 6 month speeding campaign from the 1st
> of July, on the M40, M4 and A34.
> They have been equipped with the following unmarked vehicles -
>
> BMW 535I, 1 Silver & 1 Dark Green
> Seat Cordoba 2.0 VTI in Silver
> Vectra 2.5 SRI- 1 Black & 1 Red
> Omega 3.0 SRI- 1 Burgundy
> Volvo S40 T4- 1 Red
> Volvo S70 - 1 White
> VW Bora 2.3 VTI - Red
> VW Passat VR6 - Silver
>
> They will also be using a helicopter between Junctions 4 and 8/9 of the M4
> from last Monday for a 2 week period (I have already seen it!), plus
> additional mobile speed cameras on Bridges around the Maidenhead and
> Slough
> junctions.

 

I think this might be the 3rd time this has been posted. Full marks for intent thought

 

load of rubbish TVP dont own those cars and they would never use the helicopter at £200 per hour for speed enforcement, However they do have a campaign running in the villages of North Oxfordshire, 47 was the highest speed in a 30 this week, if your over the limit but not much you can watch a video instead of getting a Fixed Penalty

 

It's not rubbish - Derbyshire police are openly using a helicopter for speed enforcement on the A515 Ashborne Road below Buxton - amazing for a force that keeps pleading it underfunded and can't hit their targets for burglaries etc!

 

If the helicopter costs £200/hour then that is only 4 cars/hour they have to catch to make the money back! Bet they can catch 60-120 easily so a good return as that would earn £3600-£7200!

Grrr

 

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by nevr:
<B>load of rubbish TVP dont own those cars and they would never use the helicopter at £200 per hour for speed enforcement[/quote]

I know for a fact that the Wiltshire Police were using a Helicopter for Speed Enforcement last summer on the A4 due to several people on Bikes being knicked by it!!!!

Apparently it is shared with the Air Ambulance Service who had the 'Copter paid for by fund raising events, charities - stuff like that. A M8 of mine went to a Bike meet in Avebury and spoke to an irate Biker who had helped raise the money (for a new Air Ambulance) to then get knicked by the 'Copter whilst on Police duty!!!! Can you believe it???

Matt

 

Sorry it's being bugging me for a while, but whats a bora 2.3VTI, never heard of one myself. Leads me to think it is not all it's supposed to be.