I just paid $100 for this pic of my car...
01-16-06, 10:44 AM
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Originally Posted by brit_lex
Damn! That sucks indeed..
You are now experiencing "speed cameras" that have been all over Europe for years now. A few facts about UK cameras. Only 1 in 8 actually work. The other 7 are dummies.
The cameras use the white lines on the road to calibrate your true speed. You can actually outrun these cameras, but you need to be doing 176mph or faster to avoid detection!!!
So much pressure by drivers has persuaded the law to colour our speed cameras BRIGHT yellow so we can't miss them.
Oh, but now we have new cameras that take a picture of the driver's face, and digital speed cameras that measure the time it takes for you to drive between camera A and camera B, so even if you slow down before A, speed up, slow down for B, they work out your average speed and you're screwed!!
You are now experiencing "speed cameras" that have been all over Europe for years now. A few facts about UK cameras. Only 1 in 8 actually work. The other 7 are dummies.
The cameras use the white lines on the road to calibrate your true speed. You can actually outrun these cameras, but you need to be doing 176mph or faster to avoid detection!!!
So much pressure by drivers has persuaded the law to colour our speed cameras BRIGHT yellow so we can't miss them.
Oh, but now we have new cameras that take a picture of the driver's face, and digital speed cameras that measure the time it takes for you to drive between camera A and camera B, so even if you slow down before A, speed up, slow down for B, they work out your average speed and you're screwed!!
01-16-06, 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by brit_lex
Damn! That sucks indeed..
You are now experiencing "speed cameras" that have been all over Europe for years now. A few facts about UK cameras. Only 1 in 8 actually work. The other 7 are dummies.
The cameras use the white lines on the road to calibrate your true speed. You can actually outrun these cameras, but you need to be doing 176mph or faster to avoid detection!!!
So much pressure by drivers has persuaded the law to colour our speed cameras BRIGHT yellow so we can't miss them.
Oh, but now we have new cameras that take a picture of the driver's face, and digital speed cameras that measure the time it takes for you to drive between camera A and camera B, so even if you slow down before A, speed up, slow down for B, they work out your average speed and you're screwed!!
You are now experiencing "speed cameras" that have been all over Europe for years now. A few facts about UK cameras. Only 1 in 8 actually work. The other 7 are dummies.
The cameras use the white lines on the road to calibrate your true speed. You can actually outrun these cameras, but you need to be doing 176mph or faster to avoid detection!!!
So much pressure by drivers has persuaded the law to colour our speed cameras BRIGHT yellow so we can't miss them.
Oh, but now we have new cameras that take a picture of the driver's face, and digital speed cameras that measure the time it takes for you to drive between camera A and camera B, so even if you slow down before A, speed up, slow down for B, they work out your average speed and you're screwed!!
what if you paint the lines on the floor black then it has no referenc...
01-16-06, 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by LT. LEX
Yeah, I had no clue the camera was even there. I remember driving down that road too, because it was just before i went home for Christmas. When I got the ticket in the mail, the first thing I thought of was how was I going to get out of it, but they had three pics and one zoomed in on my license plate. It was a pretty clear picture. You can even see my yellow "support our troops" magnet on the back near my plate. Like you said, there was no getting out of this one. I mailed them the check that same day. Do you think those plate covers that supposedly distort your tag numbers work?
Have yet to hear from someone who defeated a camera with either though! 
-wringo
01-16-06, 02:12 PM
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$100 is not too bad for 20 over. Where I live, people have been getting $250 fines from the camera for only going 7mph over. One cop who got busted by the camera vowed to fight the ticket. It seems like a great way to raise money until cops, politicians, and judges start getting busted. LOL!
01-16-06, 02:31 PM
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Oh Mayor Williams does again. At least you don't get points off. Here's a secret. In DC they must post the location of the stationary speed cameras which 
, I have marked on my navigation to remind me. Now the mobile ones you have to watch out for because they can be anywhere at anytime in unmarked unattended police vehicles. Even on Overpasses looking down on highways. Don't you just love my town. They nailed me on a federal highway which is wrong, i was about to fight it before someone else beat me to it. Trivia Time: There 6 federal highways in the US. 4 in DC, 1 in Ny and 1 in San Fransico, they are patrolled by US Park Police and not local. Just a bit of info for the masses.
P.S. I heard they may have turned over some to local but I haven't seen anything as of yet.
P.P.S. You should taken a picture of the check and mailed to them. LOL.
, I have marked on my navigation to remind me. Now the mobile ones you have to watch out for because they can be anywhere at anytime in unmarked unattended police vehicles. Even on Overpasses looking down on highways. Don't you just love my town. They nailed me on a federal highway which is wrong, i was about to fight it before someone else beat me to it. Trivia Time: There 6 federal highways in the US. 4 in DC, 1 in Ny and 1 in San Fransico, they are patrolled by US Park Police and not local. Just a bit of info for the masses. P.S. I heard they may have turned over some to local but I haven't seen anything as of yet.
P.P.S. You should taken a picture of the check and mailed to them. LOL.
01-16-06, 03:20 PM
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Originally Posted by nate579
Oh Mayor Williams does again. At least you don't get points off. Here's a secret. In DC they must post the location of the stationary speed cameras which , I have marked on my navigation to remind me. Now the mobile ones you have to watch out for because they can be anywhere at anytime in unmarked unattended police vehicles. Even on Overpasses looking down on highways. Don't you just love my town. They nailed me on a federal highway which is wrong, i was about to fight it before someone else beat me to it. Trivia Time: There 6 federal highways in the US. 4 in DC, 1 in Ny and 1 in San Fransico, they are patrolled by US Park Police and not local. Just a bit of info for the masses.
P.S. I heard they may have turned over some to local but I haven't seen anything as of yet.
P.P.S. You should taken a picture of the check and mailed to them. LOL.
, I have marked on my navigation to remind me. Now the mobile ones you have to watch out for because they can be anywhere at anytime in unmarked unattended police vehicles. Even on Overpasses looking down on highways. Don't you just love my town. They nailed me on a federal highway which is wrong, i was about to fight it before someone else beat me to it. Trivia Time: There 6 federal highways in the US. 4 in DC, 1 in Ny and 1 in San Fransico, they are patrolled by US Park Police and not local. Just a bit of info for the masses. P.S. I heard they may have turned over some to local but I haven't seen anything as of yet.
P.P.S. You should taken a picture of the check and mailed to them. LOL.
Where are those locations?
I am glad we dont have these in FL, as far as I know
01-16-06, 03:45 PM
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you guys need PHOTOBLOCKER SPRAY !!! you spray it on the license plate and it blurrs out the numbers !! i have some and i have used it on all of my cars it has been tested by the denver police and it works !!! 
http://www.phantomplate.com/photoblocker.html
http://www.phantomplate.com/photoblocker.html
01-16-06, 03:58 PM
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Originally Posted by nate579
P.P.S. You should taken a picture of the check and mailed to them. LOL.
Now that is just funny as hell. I wish I would have thought of that before I sent it