good deed for the day
lilactime
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noticed a mobile speed camera / van on my ride today so stopped over the brow of the hill , out of site and slowed all the cars down , for a good half a hour . i do feel good !
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Wrong forum.
You should have posted this in Campaign, then sat back and enjoyed 35 pages of hate-filled replies and the odd death threat.0 -
another way to feel good is get a cheap camera with no film in ,stand near a speed camera and fire the flash when cars go past
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i tried to exclude four wheel drives0
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My mum always told me if you've got nothing nice to say then don't say it. so :?0
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lilactime wrote:i tried to exclude four wheel drives
Pah! I run a timber plantation. If you don't like four-wheel-drives, perhaps you could explain to me how I could tow a trailer-full of oak tree trunks along boggy woodland tracks in your Mondeo?0 -
how many speed cameras do you see along boggy woodland tracks ?CrookedCucumber wrote:lilactime wrote:i tried to exclude four wheel drives
Pah! I run a timber plantation. If you don't like four-wheel-drives, perhaps you could explain to me how I could tow a trailer-full of oak tree trunks along boggy woodland tracks in your Mondeo?0 -
Is this going to turn into a "we hate 4x4's" topic?0
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CrookedCucumber wrote:lilactime wrote:i tried to exclude four wheel drives
Pah! I run a timber plantation. If you don't like four-wheel-drives, perhaps you could explain to me how I could tow a trailer-full of oak tree trunks along boggy woodland tracks in your Mondeo?
Swap the 4x4 and mondeo for a horse - as seen on BBC2 'Trees that made Britain'.The trees lie about the wind...
www.wirralseafishing.co.uk0 -
lilactime wrote:noticed a mobile speed camera / van on my ride today so stopped over the brow of the hill , out of site and slowed all the cars down , for a good half a hour . i do feel good !
The police are trying to make the roads safer for everyone and you think that's a bad idea :roll:0 -
Pah! I run a timber plantation. If you don't like four-wheel-drives, perhaps you could explain to me how I could tow a trailer-full of oak tree trunks along boggy woodland tracks in your Mondeo?
You are one of the tiny percentage of 4x4 drivers that actually needs one then!0 -
That said, I agree with ean about the horse. Much better for the ground flora.
Oak takes a long time to grow, doesn't it? Is it a sustainably harvested forest? Sorry, just being nosey.
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wouldnt be a copper by any chance ?Red Rock wrote:lilactime wrote:noticed a mobile speed camera / van on my ride today so stopped over the brow of the hill , out of site and slowed all the cars down , for a good half a hour . i do feel good !
The police are trying to make the roads safer for everyone and you think that's a bad idea :roll:0 -
Red Rock wrote:lilactime wrote:noticed a mobile speed camera / van on my ride today so stopped over the brow of the hill , out of site and slowed all the cars down , for a good half a hour . i do feel good !
The police are trying to make the roads safer for everyone and you think that's a bad idea :roll:
No. The police are being used by the government to collect an extra tax because the economy is fecked.0 -
lilactime wrote:
wouldnt be a copper by any chance ?Red Rock wrote:lilactime wrote:noticed a mobile speed camera / van on my ride today so stopped over the brow of the hill , out of site and slowed all the cars down , for a good half a hour . i do feel good !
The police are trying to make the roads safer for everyone and you think that's a bad idea :roll:
No, but I wish there where a hell of a lot more of them. Guess I'm lucky in that the police in these parts (GMP, Merseyside and Lancashire) are pretty good people. Even get the occasional nod/wave from police motorbikes.
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HarryB wrote:Red Rock wrote:lilactime wrote:noticed a mobile speed camera / van on my ride today so stopped over the brow of the hill , out of site and slowed all the cars down , for a good half a hour . i do feel good !
The police are trying to make the roads safer for everyone and you think that's a bad idea :roll:
No. The police are being used by the government to collect an extra tax because the economy is fecked.
So the government somehow make you drive above the marked speed limit so that the police can book you :?
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Oh dear...what started off as a decent post is slowly turning into a slagging match!!Heaven kicked me out and Hell was too afraid I'd take over!!!
Fighting back since 1975!!
Happy riding
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redddraggon wrote:How was that a good deed? If drivers are exceeding the speed limit and you're preventing them getting caught - how's that good?
Good point!Heaven kicked me out and Hell was too afraid I'd take over!!!
Fighting back since 1975!!
Happy riding
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It appears there are 2 options here.
1) The OP did 'help' people not get caught doing something that is unquestionably dangerous and illegal.
2) None of what was said actually happened and the OP is looking for attention on a internet forum and said something they hoped would cause contention.
Either way they have made themselves look a plank. Somepeople just want to be noticed I guess. Draw your own conclusions why. :oops:0 -
, anybody out there ever flashed an oncoming car to warn of a speed camera ? if so thats illegal0
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but i slowed them down so they werent breaking the speed limit ? so i was doing good ? but unlike the police was not paidredddraggon wrote:How was that a good deed? If drivers are exceeding the speed limit and you're preventing them getting caught - how's that good?0 -
lilactime wrote:, anybody out there ever flashed an oncoming car to warn of a speed camera ? if so thats illegal
Yes it is, I know a bloke at work who got a ticket for just that."BEER" Proof that god loves us and wants us to be happy0 -
You should do the same thing sometime when there isn't a speed camera ahead (i.e. slow the traffic down by making them believe there is a camera). That would be a good deed!but i slowed them down so they werent breaking the speed limit ? so i was doing good ? but unlike the police was not paid 0 -
lets just hope that non of the law breaking speeders you helped go on to kill someone with their excessive speed.
a speeding ticket could have been a wake up call to some of them.0 -
yes fair dues , but van was parked near where i work , its a 30 mph limit , the van is there to catch people going home from work ( lots work there on shift work ) its nothing to do with safety its a cynical ploy to raise money , lots of friends have been done for being just over the limit . none have ever killed anyone .0
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so if the polititians want safe roads then why dont they put speed restricters on cars problem solved but that wouldnt make any money for them to top up there wages :evil:cheesy quaver0
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Over the limit is over the limit!lots of friends have been done for being just over the limit
It's 30 for a reason.
Yet!none have ever killed anyone .
Lilactime, you sir, are an idiot.0 -
motorists get fined because they choose to break the law.if they feel it's just a way for the government to collect money then surely the best thing to do is not speed and deprive the government of that money, rather than choosing to continue contributing?
or is that too complicted for your average motorist?0
