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  Windscreen replacement - covered under policy or buy new outright? 22 Oct 2016 (Ask HJ)
  My insurance renewal (Nov 2016) includes windscreen cover. My excess is £90 for replacement and £10 for repair. Would it be better just to opt out of this...
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  Downsizing from a Nissan Qashqai 10 Oct 2016 (Ask HJ)
  My father-in-law owns a Nissan Qashqai. The car is three years old and approaching the end of the PCP plan. Being 70 and suffering from Parkinson's disease,...
• Citroen C3 Picasso - Notice of Intended Prosecution - Speeding 10 Jan 2015 (Forum)
  I've looked on Google maps to see where the incident took place and can confirm that it must have been a Gatso speed camera that takes a picture of the back of the vehicle, as it is the only speed camera on the road where this alleged offence took place. Now obviously, I can not provide any details as to who owns the vehilce or who was driving the vehicle, because I know nothing about it.
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  Should I get a Qashqai on 17-inch or 18-inch wheels? 6 Jul 2013 (Ask HJ)
  What is your opinion of 18-inch wheels on the new Qashqai 360? Would I be better off with 17-inch wheels?
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  Is it legal to wave at oncoming traffic to warn of a speed camera? 17 Nov 2012 (Ask HJ)
  Do you remember the days when the AA patrolman with his motorbike and sidecar used to wave at motorists with an AA badge? If he did not wave it meant there...
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  Number plates stolen - what should I do? 5 May 2012 (Ask HJ)
  Two weeks ago the number plates were stolen from my car in a public car park. I have reported it to the police and have a crime number. I have also informed...
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  After being caught speeding at 35mph in a 30mph limit, is there a way of avoiding points being put on my licence? 2 Oct 2010 (Ask HJ)
  At age 73 and after 57 years without a traffic violation I finally hit the headlines with an "alleged excess speed offence" of 35mph in 30mph zone recorded...
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  Amber nicked-her? 21 Aug 2010 (Ask HJ)
  A Warning for drivers and cyclists. An instructor on a 4 hour Speed Awareness Course - offered as an alternative to 3 points on your licence - informed...
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  I've been caught by a red light camera whilst distracted by another vehicle - can I challenge? 19 Jun 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I recently crossed a traffic light system as it was changing from amber to red. Normally I would have stopped, but due to watching carefully a wandering...
• B1248(Yorks) Heads up - Accident Blackspot 22 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  A mobile (unmarked) unit was parked up on Sunday, with what looked remarkably like a large video camera too. I was travelling South, and, it has to be said, was fortunate (along with the BMW en suite to me) that the mobile unit attached to the camera was already engaged having stopped a 4x4 who I had seen earlier driving "vigourously".
• CCTV for car damage 19 May 2007 (Forum)
  I came back to find the damage and a note on the windscreen, a scribbled name and a mobile no. and my fears were realised as the no. does not work and I am on TPFT :-/ I can only guess that it happened during the day and he tried to appear honest to any onlookers, but as I intend to scrap the car at the end of the year I am not so angry but this is the 2nd time it has been hit while parked outside my house in 4 yrs and it is a quiet residential road. So before I get a newer car I am seriously thinking of getting some sort of CCTV camera to point onto the road to catch a no. plate next time it happens and I wonder if anyone has done this? Do I need a special camera with say a certain no. of fps to catch a no. plate clearly? and are there any commercially produced systems for this purpose?
• Speeding (mostly excl cameras) XXV 26 Jan 2005 (Forum)
  Hi All. I am currently an associate of the West Midlands ROSPA and I am really enjoying my driving since having regular drives with a Gold/Silver member...
• Traffic Police numbers down 16 Jan 2005 (Forum)
  Well, in this morning's Telegraph, in an article about drink driving, the comment was made that independent figures out yesterday show thatthe number of traffic Police has declined by one third over the past 8 years as road policing has moved towards camera based enforcement. (I'm quoting from memory, so that's just the gist). Well, this raises a few questions. 1. I thought that we were sold cameras partly on the basis that they would allow the police to spend their time on other issues than speeding.
• Strange incident at Reading 29 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  It had lights flashing so it wasn't as if it was parked dangerously but it was an odd place to be. It was a full spec. Omega and had a camera mounted on a black pole on the rear drivers side. It looked like the kind of thing that could be mounted/removed quickly. Came back the other way 30 minutes later and it was still there. Now, the camera I assume was a numberplate recognition device and I assume it was parked in such a way that you could not see it from far away and avoid it but it all seemed highly curious.
• The Speed Camera Thread - Volume 19 16 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  Depressed! Why? You might well ask. We've all read and contributed to the erudite discussions between involved, interested and informed drivers on this...
• Vauxhall Corsa D 2012 - I slammed on the brakes to a complete stop due to 5 Jan 2015 (Forum)
  I was coming up to a set of traffic lights between 20-30mph and there was a traffic camera. I wasn't close to the line nor far behind and when it changed I slammed on the brakes hard to a complete stop.  Did I ruin the brakes by slamming to a complete halt?
• ANPR query 11 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  reason i asked a mate of mine is still driving around in his car ( taxed and insured) but the MOT has ran out and he thinks he,s ok , but i did warn him that he may be taking an awful gamble ...is he going to automatically get "nicked "when he passes a ANPR CAMERA ? thanks
• Bikini Bandits 28 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  This should I suppose really be in the Speed Camera Threads but it is a new approach to drawing the drivers attention to the speed limits applying to that particular section of the road. Link is to The Register and the link to Bikini Bandits is on the article in question Not posted the link as would gobble up HJs bandiwidth.
• Help - Walter Rohrl film clip 2 Oct 2005 (Forum)
  I had and losta video containing a piece of footage of the above rallying legend driving a Quattro. The in car camera was pointed at his feet which were 'dancing' on the pedals and showing his mastery of 'left foot braking'. Can anyone point me in the right direction as to the exact title of the video or a recent title which contains the same clip?
• Clio Reflecting Windscreen 7 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  I am looking to buy a radar speed camera detector, but all sites say that they do not work to well with heat reflecting windscreens. I have a Clio with a heat reflecting windscreen but in the middle of the windscreen at the bottom there is a blank area to put parking tickets etc. i.e this area is a different colour.