KISS100 - this morning - speed cameras
03 August 2001, 12:48 AM
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Personally I've got a detector, as I'm sure a lot of you have, but it still pisses me of that the government are going all out to catch speeders, when they're doing nothing to catch those who don't bother with insurance/MOT or tax etc
One of the reasons we pay so much in insurance is because are premiums have to make up for those who do not buy insurance and have accidents.
Then again, who can blame them. The average cost of insurance is £500 and the average fine for no insurance is £300.
It's just typical of the Police to give up on catching these people and aim at the easy target law abiding motorist who goes a bit quick on the motorways. It is all about easy revenue.
Joy riders get off with warnings, there are small fines for non legal drivers.
As far as I'm concerned the more cameras that are vandelised, the better.
Now, where do I get this red oxide paint from?
One of the reasons we pay so much in insurance is because are premiums have to make up for those who do not buy insurance and have accidents.
Then again, who can blame them. The average cost of insurance is £500 and the average fine for no insurance is £300.
It's just typical of the Police to give up on catching these people and aim at the easy target law abiding motorist who goes a bit quick on the motorways. It is all about easy revenue.
Joy riders get off with warnings, there are small fines for non legal drivers.
As far as I'm concerned the more cameras that are vandelised, the better.
Now, where do I get this red oxide paint from?
03 August 2001, 09:57 AM
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Is that the same way that people were asked not to write "Bam Bam Breakfast, Kiss 100" on the back of vans?
I can just imagine StreetBoy hanging off a Gatso with a cylinder of helium now...
astraboy.
I can just imagine StreetBoy hanging off a Gatso with a cylinder of helium now...
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03 August 2001, 10:08 AM
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I'm thinking of starting a movement to capture speed cameras. With the correct sponsorship I could offer £500 to anyone who uproots and delivers me a speed camera.
It must be fairly easy to cut one off at the base using an angle grinder. There are enough students out there stealing street signs to decorate there flats. This is only the next step.
With enough sponsorship, I could end up with every speed camera in England stored in my back garden. I'd just have to tell the neighbours that they're ornaments from the garden centre.
I could become a national hero, like Robin Hood!
It must be fairly easy to cut one off at the base using an angle grinder. There are enough students out there stealing street signs to decorate there flats. This is only the next step.
With enough sponsorship, I could end up with every speed camera in England stored in my back garden. I'd just have to tell the neighbours that they're ornaments from the garden centre.
I could become a national hero, like Robin Hood!
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03 August 2001, 10:15 AM
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I beg to differ. Up rooting a Gatso won't be that easy. regardless of cutting it down, you any idea how heavy those things are.
Of course, having a gatso as a garden ornament might be nice
There was something on the Trev MacDonut show last nigh about speed cameras and after the report the chap said that the police and even the Home Secretary think that painting gatso's in vivd colors sounds like a good idea!
Of course, having a gatso as a garden ornament might be nice
There was something on the Trev MacDonut show last nigh about speed cameras and after the report the chap said that the police and even the Home Secretary think that painting gatso's in vivd colors sounds like a good idea!
03 August 2001, 10:17 AM
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OK so from today we start the Cigarette packet movement NATIONWIDE.
Another posibility of course is to hold a camera up against the lense facing away from the camera so it takes a picture of the Speed cameras view. Then stick the developed photo over the lense so every time it gets triggered, it takes a picture of a picture of an empty road. The pork choppers won't be able to figure out why it keeps taking these blank photos!
Did that make sense?
Another posibility of course is to hold a camera up against the lense facing away from the camera so it takes a picture of the Speed cameras view. Then stick the developed photo over the lense so every time it gets triggered, it takes a picture of a picture of an empty road. The pork choppers won't be able to figure out why it keeps taking these blank photos!
Did that make sense?
03 August 2001, 10:30 AM
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by Markus:
<B>Of course, having a gatso as a garden ornament might be nice [/quote]
<Chuckle> I can just imagine giving next door's cat a ticket for chasing the sparrows too quickly...
<B>Of course, having a gatso as a garden ornament might be nice [/quote]
<Chuckle> I can just imagine giving next door's cat a ticket for chasing the sparrows too quickly...
03 August 2001, 10:32 AM
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Doh!
I've been trying to find some pics from a recent thread on Gatso vandalism, where some gatsos had indeed been uprooted!
But alas, I cannot find em?
I've been trying to find some pics from a recent thread on Gatso vandalism, where some gatsos had indeed been uprooted!
But alas, I cannot find em?
03 August 2001, 11:22 AM
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Yep - echo caused by the auto return telling me I hadn't entered correct details 
The cigarette packet is the funniest one I've seen.
The red oxide paint I discovered when walking through town when some guy in a BMW came charging through and the flash went off - I look up at the camera and it's covered in spray paint
It's still there now - three years later!
The cigarette packet is the funniest one I've seen.
The red oxide paint I discovered when walking through town when some guy in a BMW came charging through and the flash went off - I look up at the camera and it's covered in spray paint
It's still there now - three years later!
03 August 2001, 11:36 AM
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boring bit but over in Holland, apparently speed cameras are orange and clearly visible. what about respraying all the speed cameras in this country to a bright colour. You would see them easier, slow down earlier making the roads safer.
Theorectically it could work and the government would not make as much money out of speeders.
Theorectically it could work and the government would not make as much money out of speeders.
03 August 2001, 11:43 AM
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Sorry but I diasgree.
If they really want us to know where the speed cameras are, they should :
1) scrap the lie speed camera signs (i.e the ones they put up to make you THINK there are cameras)
2) signpost each camera properly with a distance, on a decent sized clearly visible sign e.g speedcamera, 500 yards.
this would avoid you still having to look for the albeit easier to spot cameras, and allow you to concentrate on the road.
IMHO
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If they really want us to know where the speed cameras are, they should :
1) scrap the lie speed camera signs (i.e the ones they put up to make you THINK there are cameras)
2) signpost each camera properly with a distance, on a decent sized clearly visible sign e.g speedcamera, 500 yards.
this would avoid you still having to look for the albeit easier to spot cameras, and allow you to concentrate on the road.
IMHO
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03 August 2001, 01:06 PM
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If the fines are less than the cost of insurance, it's no wonder more people are not bothering to renew their insurance.
Now Where did I leave that battery powered Angle Grinder (should give me nearly 10 seconds cutting time)?
Now Where did I leave that battery powered Angle Grinder (should give me nearly 10 seconds cutting time)?
03 August 2001, 02:12 PM
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See today's SUN.....Just come back from the Friday Lunchtime pub challenge... and I read in the paper (I did'nt buy it!) that the two top policey men agree that the public are seriously racked about these things and that YES they do agree they should NOT be hidden and YES they should be painted bright colours - but it is up to the respective forces to do so - bad luck Notts then......
Of course The Sun are taking all the credit for getting this admission........
and I read in the paper (I did'nt buy it!) that the two top policey men agree that the public are seriously racked about these things and that YES they do agree they should NOT be hidden and YES they should be painted bright colours - but it is up to the respective forces to do so - bad luck Notts then...... Of course The Sun are taking all the credit for getting this admission........
03 August 2001, 02:17 PM
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nah, drill a hole in the top and pour kerosene in the top. Then smash the flash but not enough to break the electrical connection.
Result: When the camera takes it next picture, the flash will ignite the kerosene and cause the camera to explode.
Reason: imagine the reaction of the driver and the story he can now tell down the pub.
"yeah I went past this camera the other day in me motor. I was going so fast the bladdy fing blew up!!!"
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Result: When the camera takes it next picture, the flash will ignite the kerosene and cause the camera to explode.
Reason: imagine the reaction of the driver and the story he can now tell down the pub.
"yeah I went past this camera the other day in me motor. I was going so fast the bladdy fing blew up!!!"
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03 August 2001, 02:39 PM
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A few weeks back i saw a tyre hung over the top of a gatso burning on the a102m northbound... there was a guy walking away from it and getting on a motorbike... He didnt see me clapping him 
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03 August 2001, 03:28 PM
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The trouble with putting tape over the lense is that as soon as the pork choppers realise, they will go and remove it.
If you steal their cameras, they won't be able to do anything. Also the cost of stolen cameras might dent all the profits they're making from the speeding fines.
Personally, I'm not bothered whether they paint them pink or not. They could wallpaper them for all I care. I've got a detector. It just pisses me off that WE are getting punished simply because we are an easy target. Every Speeding conviction improves the Police forces otherwise apalling record for solving crime. Fair play to the home secretary for realising this.
It's time we motorists rebelled against the government. It's bad enough that for every £8 of petrol we buy £7 of it is tax to the government (you only actually pay £1 for the petrol!). On top of that we also have to pay road tax, and the high price of insurance is a result of accidents involving uninsured drivers.
If you steal their cameras, they won't be able to do anything. Also the cost of stolen cameras might dent all the profits they're making from the speeding fines.
Personally, I'm not bothered whether they paint them pink or not. They could wallpaper them for all I care. I've got a detector. It just pisses me off that WE are getting punished simply because we are an easy target. Every Speeding conviction improves the Police forces otherwise apalling record for solving crime. Fair play to the home secretary for realising this.
It's time we motorists rebelled against the government. It's bad enough that for every £8 of petrol we buy £7 of it is tax to the government (you only actually pay £1 for the petrol!). On top of that we also have to pay road tax, and the high price of insurance is a result of accidents involving uninsured drivers.
03 August 2001, 04:24 PM
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Would you leave your £30K P1 parked in some of the dodgy areas you find Gatsos?
Would you leave a £30K camera on a stick in the same place.
This sort of high quality kit must be of value to someone.
It amazes me that nobody is stealing them.
I suggest that in the same way you should not attach helium balloons to them you should not steal them.
Oh by the way. I now have a radar detector and I am appalled to find out which cameras are active or at least have the capability to give out radar signals.
Is it the ones in sleepy villages where children play and where it really is dangerous to speed.
Is it F*** Many of these are dummies.
Its the ones on dual carriageways that dont even have pavements next to them!!!
Hays bypass (both ways)
A40 near Target (both ways)
M4 incoming all!!!
Safety my ***
This about money only!!!!
Would you leave a £30K camera on a stick in the same place.
This sort of high quality kit must be of value to someone.
It amazes me that nobody is stealing them.
I suggest that in the same way you should not attach helium balloons to them you should not steal them.
Oh by the way. I now have a radar detector and I am appalled to find out which cameras are active or at least have the capability to give out radar signals.
Is it the ones in sleepy villages where children play and where it really is dangerous to speed.
Is it F*** Many of these are dummies.
Its the ones on dual carriageways that dont even have pavements next to them!!!
Hays bypass (both ways)
A40 near Target (both ways)
M4 incoming all!!!
Safety my ***
This about money only!!!!
03 August 2001, 04:39 PM
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I reckon you could sell em to the Pikies.
...or maybe convince the Sultan of Brunei that he could use them and sell them to him. He's got loadsa money.
It is interesting seeing how many of these cameras don't work. Apparently the Police have been in the process of making a lot of these cameras digital, as the film in these things was costing them money. Therefore a lot have just been turned off anyway.
Like you say though, it's those that are gonna produce revenue that are always turned on.
[This message has been edited by dustbin hoffman (edited 03 August 2001).]
...or maybe convince the Sultan of Brunei that he could use them and sell them to him. He's got loadsa money.
It is interesting seeing how many of these cameras don't work. Apparently the Police have been in the process of making a lot of these cameras digital, as the film in these things was costing them money. Therefore a lot have just been turned off anyway.
Like you say though, it's those that are gonna produce revenue that are always turned on.
[This message has been edited by dustbin hoffman (edited 03 August 2001).]