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Title: Speed
Post by: miggy on 07 August 2007, 22:37:12
Read today that some bloke went past a speed camera, he thought it had got him so he went to the local diy store, purchased a battery operated saw, went back to the camera and cut in down.
He got spotted doing this, was arrested, went to court, it turns out the camera did not flash him, he got 8 weeks in nick.

What a plonker.

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Title: Re: Speed
Post by: Baron Von Spongebob on 07 August 2007, 22:38:42
Dozy git.. ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Speed
Post by: Markjay on 07 August 2007, 22:41:36
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There was an article in the news a few months ago about a guy that was flashed, so he went back later in  the day and set the box alight. He didn't actually manage to destroy the pictures on the hard drive (it was digital), but he parked his van in front of the camera so the Police has clear picture of his car and the reg plate... should have parked behind the camera, duhhh!   ;D
Title: Re: Speed
Post by: miggy on 07 August 2007, 22:43:17
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There was an article in the news a few months ago about a guy that was flashed, so he went back later in  the day and set the box alight. He didn't actually manage to destroy the pictures on the hard drive (it was digital), but he parked his van in front of the camera so the Police has clear picture of his car and the reg plate... should have parked behind the camera, duhhh!   ;D

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Title: Re: Speed
Post by: Markjay on 07 August 2007, 23:03:18
Apologies, I looked it up and it seems that I didn't remember the story correctly, he wasn't filmed parked in front but rather his van was filmed approaching the speed camera from the front. Still not the sharpest knife in the drawer... the full article is here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/5320092.stm

Title: Re: Speed
Post by: miggy on 07 August 2007, 23:05:06
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Apologies, I looked it up and it seems that I didn't remember the story correctly, he wasn't filmed parked in front but rather his van was filmed approaching the speed camera from the front. Still not the sharpest knife in the drawer... the full article is here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/5320092.stm


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Title: Re: Speed
Post by: sassanach on 07 August 2007, 23:06:59
so you can be a peadophile and escape prison but god help you if you are a speeding motorist
Title: Re: Speed
Post by: Markjay on 07 August 2007, 23:08:29
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so you can be a peadophile and escape prison but god help you if you are a speeding motorist

In fact, as long as he does not speed while escaping he will never be caught...
Title: Re: Speed
Post by: miggy on 07 August 2007, 23:15:00
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so you can be a peadophile and escape prison but god help you if you are a speeding motorist

In fact, as long as he does not speed while escaping he will never be caught...

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Title: Re: Speed
Post by: CaptainZok on 07 August 2007, 23:19:45
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so you can be a peadophile and escape prison but god help you if you are a speeding motorist
That's the start of one of Chubby Brown's old gags
Title: Re: Speed
Post by: sassanach on 07 August 2007, 23:23:11
really? enlighten
Title: Re: Speed
Post by: miggy on 07 August 2007, 23:27:45
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so you can be a peadophile and escape prison but god help you if you are a speeding motorist
That's the start of one of Chubby Brown's old gags

One of Chubbys that tickled me was.

He was on stage facing the audience, he said, you lot on the left are a bunch of tw*ts and you lot on the right are a bunch of Barstewards.

A big bloke stood up and said, hey, I aint no tw*t, Chubby replied, well get over there with the barstewards then.

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Title: Re: Speed
Post by: sassanach on 07 August 2007, 23:28:52
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Title: Re: Speed
Post by: Baron Von Spongebob on 07 August 2007, 23:29:19
Alice... ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Speed
Post by: miggy on 07 August 2007, 23:30:50
Who the F is Alice
Title: Re: Speed
Post by: Baron Von Spongebob on 07 August 2007, 23:31:57
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Title: Re: Speed
Post by: CaptainZok on 07 August 2007, 23:38:44
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really? enlighten
OK Chubbs is up before the beak, for speeding and the case before him is a vicar who has been interfering with choirboys.
The reverend gets bound over for 6 weeks and told not to do it again.
Chubbs goes up and gets fined 50 quid and his licence endorsed.
"Excuse me" says Chubby "I go slightly over the speed limit and get fined and that dirty sod fiddles with his choirboys and gets bound over. How is that fair?"
The magistrate replies " I've heard that choir sing, they needed f***ing!"
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Title: Re: Speed
Post by: miggy on 07 August 2007, 23:40:17
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really? enlighten
OK Chubbs is up before the beak, for speeding and the case before him is a vicar who has been interfering with choirboys.
The reverend gets bound over for 6 weeks and told not to do it again.
Chubbs goes up and gets fined 50 quid and his licence endorsed.
"Excuse me" says Chubby "I go slightly over the speed limit and get fined and that dirty sod fiddles with his choirboys and gets bound over. How is that fair?"
The magistrate replies " I've heard that choir sing, they needed f***ing!"
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Title: Re: Speed
Post by: Baron Von Spongebob on 07 August 2007, 23:44:14
Ace.. ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Speed
Post by: Markjay on 07 August 2007, 23:45:18
A small town had two magistrates. By coincidence, they were both caught speeding on the same day. So they decided to take turns and have each one sentence the other. First one goes in, says guilty as charged, and gets a caution. They then change places, and the cautioned guy now passes a sentence of 6 months ban and £200 fine on his surprised colleague. What the hell was that for, asked the college. Well normally I would be lenient, said the magistrate, but this time we need a deterrent because is the second case we had today…

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Title: Re: Speed
Post by: Tonygnome on 08 August 2007, 11:21:24
most drivers dont want speed cameras anyway :y
Title: Re: Speed
Post by: Danny on 08 August 2007, 14:48:54
some say (and i think it was mentioned on the forums too) that concentrating on making sure your speed is within the limit at a camera is more dangerous than cruising along at 35ish while concentrating on the road ahead..

in some circumstances this would be true, but its argued in scenarios such as a child running out behind a car giving the driver no chance to react, thus making the damage caused at 35 mph to be more severe than damage caused at 30mph