Speed cameras

CaptainRAVE · 8 Nov 2018 at 18:00

Half asleep, in a 30, downhill, foot on the brake, policeman and camera stood in the dark. Parasites. No idea if I was over or not! He did take a good look at my front plate though

I was unlucky to not be in the stream of traffic ahead of me.

This is the same police force who didn’t have a free officer when one of my neighbours was mugged and assaulted and the assailants identified nearby.

Edit: force of habit, posted in the motorsport sub forum

3t3P · 8 Nov 2018 at 19:41

You sound like you are the face of antisocial behaviour

kindai · 8 Nov 2018 at 19:43

Child killer.

200sols · 8 Nov 2018 at 19:44

You shouldn’t be half asleep driving

CaptainRAVE · 8 Nov 2018 at 20:06

I know, long day at work. On auto pilot!

A waiting game now I guess. Must have only been doing 26 by the time I got to him. Who knows before. 34/35 is possible I guess. My foot was on the brake the whole way down.

djjuk · 8 Nov 2018 at 20:07

Speed awareness course for me. 80 on the motorway. The shame......

Nasher · 8 Nov 2018 at 20:37

They love it at the bottom of 30mph hills, it's an easy money maker. Got to watch those.

Another other one is behind a bend going in to a 30 zone (or leaving).

Also rural roads where they have recently dropped the speed limit for no apparent reason.

BUDFORCE · 8 Nov 2018 at 20:37

djjuk said:
Speed awareness course for me. 80 on the motorway. The shame......

Wtf?

How and what caught you for that? That's completely ridiculous.

djjuk · 8 Nov 2018 at 20:47

BUDFORCE said:
Wtf?

How and what caught you for that? That's completely ridiculous.

Yep. I know. M27 around Portsmouth with manned camera according to the summons. Never saw it.

Annoying thing is the NIP shows the speeds and options in that force area. 70-79 in a 70 no prosecution. 80 was speed awareness or 3 points. 10% +2 lives on....

Think of the children on the motorway folks.

CaptainRAVE · 8 Nov 2018 at 20:57

Nasher said:
They love it at the bottom of 30mph hills, it's an easy money maker. Got to watch those.

Another other one is behind a bend going in to a 30 zone (or leaving).

Also rural roads where they have recently dropped the speed limit for no apparent reason.

Especially on a road with no lighting!

geekman · 8 Nov 2018 at 20:57

Brave thread, admitting to speeding in a 30 and then criticizing the police is sure to wind up the usual suspects on here.

CaptainRAVE · 8 Nov 2018 at 21:17

geekman said:
Brave thread, admitting to speeding in a 30 and then criticizing the police is sure to wind up the usual suspects on here.

No, I am saying I have no idea

Conscript · 8 Nov 2018 at 22:25

Officer with a speed gun? Don't they generally pull you over and issue the ticket on the spot? That's how I got done several years ago.

hyperseven · 8 Nov 2018 at 22:33

Conscript said:
Officer with a speed gun? Don't they generally pull you over and issue the ticket on the spot? That's how I got done several years ago.

But that would take time and they wouldn't reach the quota as quick

Jacksonn · 9 Nov 2018 at 01:30

Yeah... Got to get the months quota right... :rolleyes:

Nasher · 9 Nov 2018 at 08:24

Were they actually police or just contractors? Most of the ones in the vans are just contractors.

CaptainRAVE · 9 Nov 2018 at 08:39

Nasher said:
Were they actually police or just contractors? Most of the ones in the vans are just contractors.

High vis jacket on stood at the side of the road (could have been police uniform?). It was too dark to tell.

Yaayuh! · 9 Nov 2018 at 09:15

Oh well, snooze you lose.

Mr_Sukebe · 9 Nov 2018 at 10:21

Thanks for funding the prevalence of speed cameras, NOT!

insane200 · 9 Nov 2018 at 10:45

CaptainRAVE said:
High vis jacket on stood at the side of the road (could have been police uniform?). It was too dark to tell.

It could just be a villager doing speed checks, it happens quite often here in rural areas, if it is you'll generally just receive a letter telling you off.

Speed cameras

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