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North Wales Police get even tougher on speeders

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Drift:

--- Quote from: lee celtic on January 10, 2008, 18:55:25 ---As sombody who lives in north wales I can honestly say Tourist drive tooooooooo slow :evil:

I have to travel 10 miles to work and back and staying in the speed limit I can do it in 15-20 mins easy in winter , come the summer and it can take an hour  :rolleyes: They spend so much time chatting pointing at trees,lakes,birds and sheep that they don't realise that they have slowed to 15 20mph in a fifty zone and as a lot of the roads are bendy you can't get past'em so a lot of the locals me included have started leaning on the horn ..like a car choir  :lol: :lol:.
As for the speed cameras they tell us where and when they will be set up in the local papers :dance: :dance:

And for those who need to know there are no fixed cameras in Gwynedd :wink:

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You are sooooo right about the tourists  :lol: :lol: :lol:

And dont you just love those vans with the flap in the back at the same places all the time, Llanrwst for one  ;) :lol: :lol:

Range Rover Blues:

--- Quote from: BadgersRover on January 09, 2008, 14:24:53 ---
--- Quote from: Drift on January 09, 2008, 11:48:31 ---I read on a BBC site local Welsh councils are unhappy with his policy on speeding as it is putting off tourists, they have accounts of people nearly loosing their licence in a weeks holiday as they have been caught so much.

Cant find the link  :roll:

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There is a simple answer to that one, if they didnt speed they wouldnt have a problem, so therefore its the individuals own fault!!

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There's a can of worms.  The arguament behind the pojnts system rather than just a fine is that your conviction shouold show the error of your ways and give you chance to put your house in order, otherwise there would come a point where it was more profitable for reps to go everytwhere at 120mph and just pay the fines.  Don't laugh, it was commonplace in the transport industry at one time.

Thing is, with the camera hding in a hedgerow (made worse if you don't know the area) then the first thing you know is when the envelope drops onbto your doormat.  If you've been on holiday then potentially you could have 4 or more waiting for you on your return.

As there is currently no limit to the amount of convistions that can be posted at one time you can go from clean licence to banned driver in one sitting.  Where then is the chance to see the error of your ways?

Yet another flaw in our gov'ts anti-motorist policy, after all even their own figures prove that speed doesn't cause more than 1.6% of accidents.

andycwb:

--- Quote from: hobbit on January 09, 2008, 16:44:04 ---shame they cant shoot an electronic signal to cut the engine, as most of them are electronic now :evil:

Kills the motor for 30 minutes, and then they can get going again and fined through the post, or a nice man in a uniform has a discussion with them about the relevent speed for the conditions and area

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Yeah, right.  Then car theives find out how to replicate the signal and can stop a car at will and force you our of it.  A muggers dream come true.  Oh, and I'll do the same so I can stop anyone who cuts me up.

martha focker:

--- Quote from: lee celtic on January 10, 2008, 18:55:25 ---As sombody who lives in north wales I can honestly say Tourist drive tooooooooo slow :evil:

I have to travel 10 miles to work and back and staying in the speed limit I can do it in 15-20 mins easy in winter , come the summer and it can take an hour  :rolleyes: They spend so much time chatting pointing at trees,lakes,birds and sheep that they don't realise that they have slowed to 15 20mph in a fifty zone and as a lot of the roads are bendy you can't get past'em so a lot of the locals me included have started leaning on the horn ..like a car choir  :lol: :lol:.
As for the speed cameras they tell us where and when they will be set up in the local papers :dance: :dance:

And for those who need to know there are no fixed cameras in Gwynedd :wink:

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no but there a [!Expletive Deleted!] load of mobile ones, trust me ino :police: never been court yet though :evil:

skip:

--- Quote ---And if the did have a gatso like this it would still take a photo, kill you then take the money form your estate (after tax)
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Not to mention printing the photo's of your decpitated body in the press :evil:

As a biker and from a bikers point of view it's about the lowest possible thing you could allow to happen to the family left behind. I dare say that if he should walk into a pub full of fellow riders of the iron horse, there wouldn't be alot left to clear up after they've finished!!!!!

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