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post 31st December 2010 05:03
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Oh dear Oh dear!


Not looking good at all! bloody pen pushing coppers and councils can suck my balls!


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post 31st December 2010 06:31
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b@stards! might have to shun the AA in favour of the RAC next year sad.gif twunts.
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post 31st December 2010 08:46
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Just as all the cameras in Portsmouth get switched off ! smile.gif
By the way it's an interesting course if you do get caught !
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post 31st December 2010 11:02
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Oh dear Oh dear!

Old news for us living in Oxfordshire...

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post 31st December 2010 13:55
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post 10th January 2011 23:36
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How totally rubbish is that.. mind you did the ones in lincolnshire even get turned off??
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post 10th January 2011 23:39
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no they all just got burnt out laugh.gif and now left with covers on them haha


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post 12th March 2011 00:39
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Hey,
Expect lots of speed cameras to disappear over the next 12 months. No money to fund them, and it costs more to prosecute, than the revenue that they earn!!!! Happy days!!
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post 12th March 2011 01:24
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Expect lots of speed cameras to disappear over the next 12 months. No money to fund them, and it costs more to prosecute, than the revenue that they earn!!!! Happy days!!

The reason they are returning in Oxfordshire after a period of absence is because the council used to fund them and any revenue generated from caught speeders was just fed into the policing system so the council got nowt. Government cuts meant the council could no longer afford to run them when they weren't getting anything back. From the beginning of next month (April 2011) the cameras will be switched back on and are going to be funded by the police with any revenue generated from them being used to replenish that fund. So the cameras will effectively pay for themselves to be run with less "profit" from the revenue generated going into the policing system. I would expect other counties to follow suit with this same type of funding structure where the councils begin struggling to pay for the running of the cameras.


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post 12th March 2011 01:29
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Fortunately, with modern sat navs and other devices detecting fixed cameras is pretty easy now so they are less of a threat - It's the mobile cameras that you need to watch out for.

I just don't get why forces still insist they are for "safety" when there is no evidence to back it up. Just don't get me started on the average speed cameras...


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post 12th March 2011 10:21
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What about the average speed cameras?
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post 21st March 2011 20:52
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i will be amazed if your local force still pays for them after 12 months. My understanding is that they run at a loss, not a profit. Police forces are cutting their back office staff, so an increase in paperwork from Gatsos, won't be welcome. Staffs Police have turned all of theirs off. I think West mids are doing the same. our local "mobile" speed vans are run by a "road safety partnership" of some sort, but I am led to believe that they are fighting for funding too....
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post 21st March 2011 20:59
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what do you mean ... gatso's have never been turned off in scotland ... welcome to our pain!!!!
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post 21st March 2011 21:28
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does this topic also make your blood boyle?



























god im immature!


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post 21st March 2011 22:08
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I chuffing hate speed cameras, what a load of cobblers, seriously I bet half the money found its way into bonuses and kickbacks
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post 21st March 2011 22:38
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I chuffing hate speed cameras, what a load of cobblers, seriously I bet half the money found its way into bonuses and kickbacks


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And in all fairness ... if you either A. dont speed you be all good ... or B. Learn where they are you'll be all good lol
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post 21st March 2011 22:40
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post 22nd March 2011 07:09
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My licence is squeaky clean and I still think they are a s**t idea, sick of people slamming their anchors on all over lincoln every time they see signs or something with yellow painted on it grrrr

driving was a whole lot smoother and less dangerous before the fun prevention boxes
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post 22nd March 2011 21:01
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To be fair, the average speed cameras through roadworks are a good idea.

It improves the flow through roadworks generally apart from those numpties that still slam the brakes on everytime they pass the camera - think 'average speed' must be a difficult concept for some?

Also, these are actually there for the safety of the workforce - admittedly you rarely see anyone working but at least if they were they'd be safe biggrin.gif
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post 22nd March 2011 22:03
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at the end of the day though hitting someone at 50mph is still going to kill them.

But when people brake every time they see a camera p**ses me off! its only average speed anyway, so has to have a high threshold before you get a fine.

I generally go through at 55/60 and never been done yet. touch wood.


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