Bollocks. French speeding ticket
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From: Champ on 22 Apr 2008 18:37 On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:45:17 -0700 (PDT), boxerboy <ianphinks(a)ukonline.co.uk> wrote: >. �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. Must "something be done"? 20 years ago that road was two lanes in both directions, and was something of a joy. Now it's been traffic calmed to an inch of its life - and deaths have risen? >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. You certainly seemed to recount the information with some relish. -- Champ ZX10R | GPz750turbo | GSX-R 600 racer My advice as your attorney is to buy a motorcycle To email me, neal at my domain should work.
From: Champ on 22 Apr 2008 18:38 On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:19:32 +0200, Ofnuts <o.f.n.u.t.s(a)la.poste.net> wrote: >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? S'ok - Mick regards information passed on by personal contacts as highly reliable, whereas in practice everyone who knows him seems to be trying to bullshit him as much as possible. -- Champ ZX10R | GPz750turbo | GSX-R 600 racer My advice as your attorney is to buy a motorcycle To email me, neal at my domain should work.
From: ogden on 23 Apr 2008 05:02 Champ wrote: > > S'ok - Mick regards information passed on by personal contacts as > highly reliable, whereas in practice everyone who knows him seems to > be trying to bullshit him as much as possible. Wait til he finds out the TSR2 wasn't really cancelled at all. -- ogden sv650 & rgv250
From: Grimly Curmudgeon on 24 Apr 2008 16:04
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember ogden <ogden(a)pre.org> saying something like: >Champ wrote: >> >> S'ok - Mick regards information passed on by personal contacts as >> highly reliable, whereas in practice everyone who knows him seems to >> be trying to bullshit him as much as possible. > >Wait til he finds out the TSR2 wasn't really cancelled at all. If you look at a Tornado in the right light... -- Dave GS850x2 XS650 SE6a "A scone and tea at half past three Makes the day a little brighter Keep your cakes and fancy tarts And stick them up your shiter." |