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JesterDJ
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 Posted - 2004/06/14 : 23:01:30
no the empty cameras are just there for show; scare tactics mate. make us think we'll get flashed to make us slow down; it works so why would they take them down.
secondly though, u can' tjust pin this on people's stupidity; if a pissed fella hit some little kid, would the parents just say; oh he was just being stupid? no, of course not, in fact (and more importantly) whenever anything like this happens, they push for highest charges and for more speed bumps and such and such. its not just down to the driver to be careful, coz some people will get it wrong, and since we don't know who it will be where it will be or when it will be, you will have to consider evberything as a danger and take care whenever u come up against anything that could be some form of a threat to your well being.
If pac-man really had an effect on us, we'd all be runnin' round in dark rooms, listening to repetitive music and munching pills!!!
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sexy_Rhi_Rhi
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Posted - 2004/06/14 : 23:54:22
well i think more shud be put up...not just on street roads on motorways aswell..my dad is now parylised from the chest up because of sum speeding guy in a fiesta that knocked the back of my dads van..the van fell in 2 an embankment..hit a tree..my dad went through the windscreen and 150 tins of paint fell on top of him(he was on his way 2 work as a painter and decorator)..he was on a life support machine 4 5 months and is very lucky 2 b alive..unlike my best mate that was killed just after my dads accident..she got knocked over by a speeding **** ed..had major internal bleeding and died b4 they could get her 2 hospital,her 4 kids and family r still in shock 2 this day..so i say bring on the bumps n camera's!
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Phill
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Posted - 2004/06/15 : 00:10:43
i think they should get rid of them cos people only slow down for the camara and then they speed up again. they should use more off them ones what start flashing 40 if your speeding they work a lot better
Im not a Retard
Im just mentally challenged
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htid
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Posted - 2004/06/15 : 00:43:06
Me my self think they are a waste of time, for a start off they dont track down no joyriders etc whoever said that.
I know where all the cameras are in my area and do just slow down for them then accelerate afterwards so whats the point?
Sorry to hear bout your dad rhi rhi but also sorry to say speed cameras wouldnt have changed what happened.
At the end of the day ive got a performance car to use it, not just to look cool round town. anybody says otherwise can f**k off
Although if you went through a speed camera at 80 mph in 50 what you expect dummy. dont complain.
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sexy_Rhi_Rhi
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Posted - 2004/06/15 : 00:48:46
yeh i spose u have a point..as soon as a speed camera is in sight ppl slow down then speed up again...whats the use???
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htid
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Posted - 2004/06/15 : 00:57:28
there aint none they are a waste of our money. I speed, yes, but im always aware of whats going on around me when involves other cars i drive sensibly.
Unfortunatly not everyone does. Somthing i cant see a way of stopping
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Posted - 2004/06/15 : 06:01:14
quote:
Originally posted by sexy_Rhi_Rhi:
yeh i spose u have a point..as soon as a speed camera is in sight ppl slow down then speed up again...whats the use???
But you would be busy looking for a camera that you run over a dog or something...
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2funky
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 Posted - 2004/06/15 : 14:20:45
Accidents are caused by bad driving not really speeding.
I think the police have gone over the top with speed cameras cos its just generating more money for the police at the end of the day. I hate them!!
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JesterDJ
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Posted - 2004/06/15 : 16:31:16
my dad is a qualified driving instructor; he was when he was in the TA teachin people to drive the tanks and shit.
anyway, something he has always said to me is a) no matter how careful you are, accidents can always still happen; good driver or bad. and b) the majority of accidents happen when people try to drive beyond their capabilities.
the way my dad drives sometimes (i.e. to get me to college is a good 1 and a 1/2 hours, he's got me their in 25 minutes when i needed to be; sounds crazy but this is true!) i believe what he says about driving within ur capabilities. If u are then u will be confident and not panic so can avoid accidents.
thats the problem with boy racers and shit; their cars are more than they can handle, so if they want to they can push it to a level that is too much for them to control. and low and behold, they crash.
If pac-man really had an effect on us, we'd all be runnin' round in dark rooms, listening to repetitive music and munching pills!!!
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psymon
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Posted - 2004/06/15 : 19:20:07
Fair enuff,we shudnt hav been doin 80 on a 50 road.Wen u hav 2 get 2 a job quick time cos othawise it takes up ur dinner break,wudnt u do da same???Espically if ur workin 9-10 hrs a day!
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JesterDJ
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Posted - 2004/06/15 : 22:19:36
i would NEVER say that speeding is a good thing, but i also can't say that i have done anything to stop the person driving from speeding either. i can also say that when i am driving (too expensive atm) i won't be speeding for a bit at least til i get some skill then, yeah i more than likely will.
If pac-man really had an effect on us, we'd all be runnin' round in dark rooms, listening to repetitive music and munching pills!!!
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htid
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Posted - 2004/06/16 : 00:58:03
quote:
Originally posted by psymon:
Fair enuff,we shudnt hav been doin 80 on a 50 road.Wen u hav 2 get 2 a job quick time cos othawise it takes up ur dinner break,wudnt u do da same???Espically if ur workin 9-10 hrs a day!
Simon Johnson
Dinner break or no dinner break, go through a camera at 80 in 50 you 3 points and fine.unfortunatly cameras dont reason why you were speeding.
I personally dont think your right to an extent about driving out of capabilitys but a lot of the cars these boy racers have are designed for weekly trips down the shops and carting kids about, they put alloy wheels and shit on them to make them handle worse than standard but hey there mates down maccys think they are cool coz they got 18's on 1.1 saxo then give genuine performance car driver a bad name coz they drive like dicks
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Posted - 2004/06/16 : 11:10:14
18s on a saxo 1.1 will make it handle better in the dry but in the rain it will just slide all ove the place if you put bigger wheels on a big car then it will make the handling better than it was.
chill out like a mouse
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Rhoobarb2004
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Posted - 2004/06/16 : 11:25:43
Speed Cameras? Depends on the situation.
Built up areas, urban areas, school areas, accident blackspots, known street racing areas, yeah Camera them up to hell, the slower round them the better, but on motorways and dual carriageways?? Well yeah that too but i dont think the gap between limit and getting flashed should be so small, on a 70 motorway/dual carriage way, the cameras should be on 90 (just to stop the idiots in their BMWs and Mercs doing 120 in heavy traffic), you can be cruising with the flow of traffic at 85 at times, yes speeding is illegal but relative to drink driving (which has increased recently) and reckless driving I dont think its anywhere near as bad. I recently read that if its a manned camera if they feel you are going with the flow of traffic they wont get you (as long as it is within reason;) but the static yellow things dont take situation into account, I have seen accidents coz some idiot was doing about 55 in a 50, slammed his brakes on at a speed camera and got rear ended by the car behind. I sit on the fence were cameras are concerned, good and bad points, my main point tho is that I just think a fine is enough, dont put points on thats a bit unfair I think.
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psymon
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Posted - 2004/06/16 : 23:17:41
I agree wiv d idea dat they shud b put up in residential areas.But as soon as ur thru a camera do u not speed up again?Speed cameras r not gonna go away n neither r pls urge 2 get from point a 2 point b as quickly as possible!!!
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