britishtrident
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| posted on 15/7/05 at 03:21 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by James
From BBC:
"The £775,000 initiative consists of 40 banks of hi-tech cameras at points between Bogend Toll, north of Ayr, to Ardwell, south of Girvan and is
the largest in the UK. "
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[Edited on 15/7/05 by James]
The A77 south of Girvan through Kennedys Pass to Ballantrae used to be a fabulous road to drive, sheer drops on one side solid rock on the other, real
he mans stuff made the IOM TT course or Nürburgring look wet. But it got tamed bit by bit as the challenging bends got by passed.
[Edited on 15/7/05 by britishtrident]
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NS Dev
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| posted on 15/7/05 at 04:34 PM |
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seriously I think the answer has to be two front numberplates. A good one and a broken one.
Keep the good one on for short journeys around home to avoid winding up the local police, then on journeys on unknown roads just take it off and hide
it under the boot carpet. Keep a smashed plate in the boot visibly on show. If (when!) you get stopped, explain about the unfortunate rabbit that
smashed it and show the officer the slightly bloodstained smashed plate in the boot.
"will fix it asap officer, I'm awfully sorry but I haven't had the chance to change it today, you need the logbook to get plates
made these days you know and that's back at home I'm afraid, terribly sorry"
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ibriggsy
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| posted on 15/7/05 at 07:05 PM |
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Front Number Plates
Are front number plates a necessity cos i know I had a broken front number plate for a while and never got pulled over by the police. thought i was
going to one though lol. cos i know motorbikes are not allowed to have them but i wasn't sure about cars kitcars. cos would half the chances of
getting caught 
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JoelP
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| posted on 15/7/05 at 07:12 PM |
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my car recently rolled into the garden wall, busting the number plate. I remembered a recent thread on this forum, apparently a missing front number
plate is only a £30 fine and a vehicle defect notice, but no points. So i pulled off enough of it to make it impossible to work out the car (all 3
letters) and have left it like that ever since! Its a nice feeling, cos the main thing that will catch you out, is the mobile camera vans, and these
all read your front plate.  I got caught by one of these a while ago 
not really practical on a nice new car, but mines only an old sierra anyway!
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JoelP
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| posted on 15/7/05 at 07:14 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by James
How many lots of £775,000 do you think they'd be willing to pay?
the question really is, how many times are they prepared to spend OUR money on a new one!
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need4speed
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| posted on 15/7/05 at 08:46 PM |
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The ones one the Orwell bridge have been removed, both lanes open in each direction for the first time today. what happens a caravan caught fire so we
all got stopped while the fire engines turned up. Well the good news is one less on the roads!!!!
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steve_gus
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| posted on 15/7/05 at 11:04 PM |
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when i was in florida last month i noted that the cars there dont have front number plates - at least the florida state ones....
atb
steve
http://www.locostbuilder.co.uk
Just knock off the 's'!
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craig1410
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| posted on 15/7/05 at 11:20 PM |
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I live in Kilmarnock and agree completely that these new camera's are a waste of time and money since, as someone already said, most of the
accidents used to occur on the bit from Fenwick to Glasgow or Girvan to Stanraer. The bit from Ayr to Girvan is the "easy" bit...
There must be a way of defeating the specs image analysis software if we put a bit of thought into it. How about having another
"numberplate" on the front of the car but with no letters in it? A bit like a forward reflector - I don't think it would be illegal
and you could justify it on the basis of "safety"
Alternatively, how about a numberplate where the reflectivity can be turned off and on using liquid crystal? SPECS at night could be beaten if you
turned off the reflectivity at night so that the infra-red camera couldn't see you. During the day it would be visible as normal.
Another thing which has been mentioned before is for everyone to reject fixed penalties and go to court for every single offence. Even if you simply
plead guilty it would jam the court system up big time and wouldn't cost much more in fines in most cases.
There may be a business case for a company to set itself up to act on behalf of people who have been caught speeding (minor offences only - the ones
where a F.P. is offered) and charge a fee comparable to the expected speeding fine to assist with the court case. Either the speeder gets off with
the offence and the company keeps the fee or they don't and the court gets the fee. The advantage in the first instance is that the speeder
doesn't get any penalty points. The advantage to everyone is that the "system" will break down and hopefully this will provoke a
rethink.
Cheers,
Craig.
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tadltd
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| posted on 16/7/05 at 06:17 PM |
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Since I was getting one of these for my father and myself, I figured you guys may want the opportunity to purchase one at a decent price...
TOAD Inforad: £65 inc. VAT. (there's also a thread in the 'For Sale' section)
Best Regards,
Steve.
www.turnerautosport.com
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