Ditch
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went to a vauxhall breakers yard yesterday (the one on the Herts/Beds border) and on the way home my mate (chrisa) got flashed by one of the speed cameras in the area. These are different to the ones in herts in that they point at you, from the opposite side of the road 
The piss take is..... the speedo read 43mph @ the most and we were in a 40!! Now im no expert but surely a set of 17"s dont put the speedo out that much??? And even if it did i thought the cameras were callibrated to +10% ?????
It also seems fookin dangerous cos it flashes in yer face!!!!!
Anyone know bout these things? Wot can we do to save him gettin a ticket?? Could we do sum DIY on the camera & chop it up  ??
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Ditch
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sorry, forgot to say my pleees & fank yooo
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Nismo
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head down take the ticket and fine
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Tim
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 Was it one of those ones that kinda flash purple?
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Ditch
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 eh?
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Tim
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There's these cam's in luton which flash purple and they face you...
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tazgirl22
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yeh they blind u 
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IntaCepta
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dats dangerous!!
i'm having enuf trouble with peeps with the fogs shinning brite in ur face!
sometimes i feel like driving into them!!!
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Nath
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quote:
Originally posted by IntaCepta
dats dangerous!!
i'm having enuf trouble with peeps with the fogs shinning brite in ur face!
sometimes i feel like driving into them!!!
Bit like a rabbit or a deer attracted to headlights???
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Makarus
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You could go down and set the thing on fire but you would be in shit.
Best thing is to hope it was out of film, you can always fight it for ages and ask to see calibration certificates and such like but in the end it would be cheaper to pay up.
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IntaCepta
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its true tho!
i do ponder the idea!
just have a head on collision claim that i was daized by the bright lights and got disoriented, turned the wheel!
just to teach them a lesson!!
he'd have to have a nice car tho! wont do it if its a rust bucket!
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Ditch
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Mmmm..... set it on fire
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Chris A
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yeh ditch u busy tonite i got the petrol u provide the lighter plz mate
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RickV6
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D'ya think Iraq could get rid of some missiles our way they'd make a luverly job of them Gatso's
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MattyB
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Film?? in the new camera's? Soz, but i'm afraid it aint like that simple any more. All of the recent cameras (after 1999) have a special kind of ADSL line run to them, through which ur pic is sent back to the processin unit within seconds. I think its bout 3 hours between being flashed, and ur fine being written up posted (during a weekday 9-5 obviously).
How i no this? Dad's a BT planner, who has to plan all the fone lines to these new cameras (especially those new forward facing ones in Herts, Beds and Greater London). And had to find out the full ins and outs before he started planning.
Good luck tho mate.
And to the rest of ya - be careful! lol
Matt
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Chris A
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hmmm the guy in front was goin faster then me i was about 4 cars distance from him and he didnt get flashed
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IntaCepta
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lol.. funny how they would route a adsl backbone to the gatso's, but won't do fuck all when i wanted one routed thru my street!!!
took me ages to get a line sorted for me.
just thought it was funny..
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chrisfitton
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theres sum cameras in chester which point for ward for direction of cars showing but if ya goin in oposite direction it still flashes but doent actually take pic of ya car.
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