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From: boots on 22 Apr 2008 02:14 On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:55:36 GMT in uk.rec.motorcycles, platypus says: >Dr Ivan D. Reid wrote: >> ...and the US can get all your NPR data: >> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/21/nspy121.xml > >Google for "Phorm". That's been a running saga mentioned on the BBC web site. -- Ian
From: Dan White on 22 Apr 2008 04:37 <boots(a)despammed.com> wrote in message news:fuk38j.5ek.1(a)blakeley.plus.com... > On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:55:36 GMT in uk.rec.motorcycles, platypus says: <snip> >>Google for "Phorm". > > That's been a running saga mentioned on the BBC web site. The BBC have been pussyfooting around the issue. Do a search for Phorm on The Register website for a lot more info. -- Dan White (dan(a)finex666.org.uk) Perform an exorcism when replying.
From: boxerboy on 22 Apr 2008 11:45 . Remember our conversation about "speed cameras the size > of grapefruit attached to the back of traffic signs"? I do and I purely passed on the information given by the Police at a briefing session I was given on speeding at Hindlip Hall back at about the end of Feb in 2007. We were shown a photo of a prototype device and we were informed that it would be trialled probably on the A449 and on some motorway bridges in the West Mercia area. By the same token nobody told us about cameras on small drone aircraft. Perhaps their thinking and plans have moved on, if it has I know nothing, my usual stance on most things. I use the road in question about 5 times a year so have not checked if it came to pass or not. Given the 5 high profile deaths on the road so far this year then if it has not happened it can only be a matter of time before something is done. Then again the old bill could have enjoyed yanking the chain of "the enemy" as i believe we are referred to. All I did was pass on what I had been told . No wind up intended or intentionally passed on. I am no expert, have never claimed to be about this or anything else. I am deeply honored to be bestowed of the title "Wind up merchant of epic proportions" Its not something I have ever been accused of in the past, usually the opposite. Boxerboy
From: platypus on 22 Apr 2008 15:49 boxerboy wrote: > > I use the road in question about 5 times a year so have not checked if > it came to pass or not. Given the 5 high profile deaths on the road so > far this year then if it has not happened it can only be a matter of > time before something is done. Coincidence?
From: Ofnuts on 22 Apr 2008 17:19
Cab wrote: > Mick Whittingham wrote: > >> I was told by a friend who has lived in France for about 25 years >> that they detect if it is raining by looking to see if your wipers >> are across the screen or parked. This suggests that they photograph >> every vehicle above the 'rain' limit or the photos are sent on line >> to a central office where they look to see where your wiper blades >> are. He also mentioned that this was why you find French drivers >> exceeding the 'rain' limit but not turning their wipers on. >> >> Could be all different now as I haven't seen the guy for 10 years. > > I think that's bollox. I've never heard of that. > > BD? Pure bollocks indeed. How can they tell if you are wiping because of the rain, or just because you wanted to get rid of some dirt/insect? I heard they have been talking about adjusting the trigger speed for rain, but "rain" is not very well defined in the road rules. Currently their only solution is to have specific speed limit signs which are put in use when they estimate there is "rain". But this of course costs money. -- Bd. o.f.n.u.t.s(a)la.poste.net (drop dots except last) TDM850/UKRMMA#2 |