Alex Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 If we do get speed cameras here's hoping we get a bit of this type of action too: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2726571.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ans Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 "The force of the explosion forced metal right across the road and had someone been driving past at this time, the occupants would have been seriously injured or killed and we could have been looking at a murder inquiry." Sounds like a winning idea to me Alex. You go do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 Well, we don't want to get over populated and we'll need to restore the balance if we have speed limits saving hundreds of lives every day.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilDDog Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 As well as that any bikers with really tiny numberplates that look like namebadges tucked under the rear light are taking the xxxx. Yes Slinky I totally agree with you, it really is a mockery. I certainly wouldn't do anything like that. The bigger the number plate the better that's my motto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
=^..^= Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 Two points - its not just motorbikes who have difficult to read plates. I've seen a couple of artics which have the number plate behind the bumper to stop cars going under the back - no digital enhancement of a speed photo is going to be able to read a plate thats obscured by a metal bar... Black / silver plates - speed cameras are just as able to read black silver as they are black/yellow. Perhaps its more that if you have a car with black/silver plates it can be used as a reason to pull you over and check for other defects such as lack of insurance, insufficent tread on your tyres, drink driving etc etc Or alternatively if your driving like a tw4t and they can't prove it then you can at least be fined for something. I suspect a decent, corteous driver with black/silver plates will probably be able to convince a police officer (as they are by and large reasonable people) that his real plates are on order and they will be on the car next time he sees it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 When we were on the way back from Glastonbury last year our VW camper broke down (as they do) and we had to be brought to the ferry by the AA in one of those huge big lorries that put the van on the back. The driver was talking about speed cameras, and said a common practise that he himself also used for the mounted cameras was to drive so close to the vehicle in front that the cameras couldn't see the plates! How safe. I just can't wait. ps I agree Wilddog, it's an absolute mockery! Who would do such a thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirdick Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 elderly vehicles <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Heh. Do they have walking sticks too? I think it got mentioned last time there was this debate, but doens't MAN 1 have silver on black? Doesn't look that old to me, they must really look after that car. And I agree with horses. And cyclists. Can't they petition for horse and cycle paths or something? I'm not arguing cycling is healthy and evironmentally freindly, but do they have to be so dangerous to those around them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deejay Denzel Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 I have the "Porsche" style plates on my car and to be honest i think they are the clearest you can get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 I still think that all cars should have the new plates fitted. IF it has something to do with speed cameras being brought in, what's to stop someone buying a 1989 Ferrari or something equally as powerful and sticking black plates on it and dodging the fine? I don't believe the black plates look any better on older cars either as they can look damn good on new ones. A level playing field is called for I feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilDDog Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 Alex wrote ps I agree Wilddog, it's an absolute mockery! Who would do such a thing. Ahh I see you have a bike like mine then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cret Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 Neither are horses, they shouldn't be allowed on the road. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Pay tax on your bicycle do you Uni? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Unlikely but I agree that horses shouldn't be on the roads. At least bicyles don't have minds of their own which make them entirely unpredictable & subject to random behaviour without warning. That and the fact they don't deposit huge piles of turd on the road! Unless you're talking about kids/teenagers on bicycles though. That's a whole different ballgame of unpredictability & non-conformity with any know rules! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FCMR Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 I have a Yamaha R7 motor bike. and this is my legal registration No ... R7... I O MAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tree Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 or just remove all the cars. bam.... problem solved. : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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