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• Red Letter Day at MIRA 22 Oct 2009 (Forum)
  Hi All, I've got a drive of a Ferrari at MIRA soon (Birthday present from the wife) and the accompanying letter says that for security reasons no photographs are allowed and all phones, camera's etc must be left in the car. A colleague at work reckons that's a bit of a scam so they can sell their own photo's! To be honest I can understand there being an issue with photographs at MIRA but has anyone got any experience of this and advice please?
• 50 speed limit past the Belfry (A446) 13 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  For those who use the road noticed a 50 sign this morning, swear it was not there yesterday. There is a camera there as well - you can bet they have changed the speed it is set at. Now why would they do that, at rush hour (or so) you cannot do 40, in the evenings it is dead, in summer the bikers use the A38 going the other way.
• ANPR at filling station 13 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  Maybe I've been unobservant in the past and this is usual practice, but on the pump at my local supermarket yesterday there was a sign saying that my number plate was being scannned by an ANPR camera. Is that usual? What if my number plate was illegal (it isn't!)? Who gets the info? Who acts upon it? Do they keep the info? Or if I am legal and I pay for my fuel do they delete the info? Is it legal for Tescoburys to record my plate like this?
• Road Deaths Up 9 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  Tucked away at the end of an article in today's Times about how the Driving Test is to have more emphasis on saving fuel/reducing emissions is the little nugget that road deaths have gobe up 33 in the last year. Nice to see those 'safety cameras' are doing their job so well! Unless of course you consider their job to be to tax motorists, in which case they are doing their job very well. (Just missed 20,000th topic! :-(
• Oh yes there are! 18 Dec 2006 (Forum)
  In fact Eastbourne is trying tocharge motorists L R @ centre by having parking meters at places of natural outstanding beauty ...like the top of Butt's Lane on the Downs and the Beachy Head area etc. Add to that the prolific speed cameras and the 20p charge for a gent's public loo on the seafront and Eastbourne shows its policy of fleece the tourist...shame on the place.
• French clampings solution 21 Nov 2006 (Forum)
  Instead of complaiing to our beloved HJ and their Mps they simply filled the locks on the clamps with superglue, this was not just the victim but people who happened by one with superglue to hand. Clamping is eliminated I hear........what do they do with speed cameras? according to J Clarkson these were invented by a rally driver to gauge cornering speeds of his cars.
• Car Damaged thanks to Pot-hole 4 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  When I arrived home, checking the car over revealed one of the wheels has suffered rim damage but because its an alloy it will need replacement. Since the damage was caused on a public road and I went back out with the camera and took a picture of the damaged road. Would I now have a claim against the roads department or council? Cheers Rob
• April cheer & the M4 1 Apr 2005 (Forum)
  Three lanes are present but for four miles the speed restriction is down to 40mph, backed up by permanent speed cameras. Does anyone know why such a low limit is in place bearing in mind that last year's project involved a 50mph restriction? It was rather galling to run along at 40mph being overtaken by HGVs doing 50+.
• Mobile phone - Radar Detector 23 Jan 2005 (Forum)
  There is a well known software hack on certain brand of mobile phone (inappropriate to go into detail) which will allegedly allow the telephone to alert the bearer of the phone to the imminent presence of radar devices such as speed detection cameras. Has anyone tried this and found it successful? Have tried a couple of forum searches as this has been rumoured / known for some time, I could not locate any previous reference to anything similar.
• Only in America.... 26 Feb 2004 (Forum)
  The TV stations apparently regularly broadcast chases because it pushes up ratings. It is common for residents to line the streets and wave to cameras when a chase goes through their neighborhood. Do those who advocate harsher penalties for Johnny Toerag want that happening here? I think not.
• Road tax doding TV advert 12 Nov 2003 (Forum)
  For those who haven't, they basically feature Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, been driven untaxed, the powers that be catch the car on camera and then clamp it and prevent it from flying away to escape. Would anyone like to have a guess why this is a ridiculous advert and not at all realistic? I'll post the answer later on. :-) Blue
• Fun Driving 26 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  OK, I\'m as guilty as the rest when it comes to whingeing about the state of the roads, speed cameras, traffic calming (ha!), etc, etc, etc & there\'s no water in the taps, no water in the pool & only a pink fluffy diced lizard in the bidet! But there\'s still loads of fun to be had out there.
• DSC/ASC "off" = tail happy BMW 22 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  Disengaged the "nanny" software systems on the BM and consequently had some "unique moments" on some of the quieter roads up here. No need to become a victim of Mr B's speed cameras to have some fun - Joy.
• Just seen DVLA Car tax van in Colchester 30 Oct 2002 (Forum)
  Not seen it before so was interested to see two cameras about 1 foot apart on stand. Small van with occupant looking asleep as portable PC seemed to be recording all the numbers. Large notice beside van stating it was looking for Car Tax evaders. I thought this car checking was automated now but guess cheaper to use man with a van on temporary sites.
• speed tickets 6 Apr 2002 (Forum)
  nice bit in the mirror (i think) today about a guy who denied his scamera ticket for speeding because there were not enough speed signs on the road and got off with it... it seems the police have still been operating the camera for a least a month since it was pointed out that signage was insufficient for the speed to support a prosecution must be a case of perverting the course of justice against the police here for ticketing people they know to be innocent hope someone complains loudly
• Big Brother 21 Feb 2002 (Forum)
  Just when you thought the government couldn't make matters worse, there is a letter from the Environment Minister, Michael Meacher, asking the police for ideas to ban motorcycles from National Parks. The roads, that is, not just the parking areas! One interim idea is to put more cameras into areas of outstanding natural beauty, which I should have thought would stop them from being AONB's... The actual letter, with some comment, is on http://www.speed-trap.co.uk/news.htm
• TrafCam - any good? 26 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  Has anyone (other than Alwyn, who mentioned it ref: 9/10/01) a considered opinion of the TrafCam (http://www.trafcam.com) ? (Does the HJ site do product testing?) With so many cameras about, I'm sure it's only a matter of time before my licence of 30+ years gets besmirched, so I'd like to get protected. But at £300 entry level, I want to make sure it's worth it.
• speeding tickets 17 Sep 2001 (Forum)
  I was driving along this morning, doing the 30mph spped limit, when i noticed a copper, hiding in a bush with a speed camera. Is this legal? i myself obviously didnt get a ticket, but i would imagine the bloke doing about 50 in his M3 the other way prob did, i am not condoning speeding, but is it right for them to hide?
• variable valve timing 18 Jan 2001 (Forum)
  I drive a Honda civic 1.5ils 1998 mod .Does anyone else find the occasional power surges when driving at steady speeds annoying. I have to keep a carefull eye on my speed when approaching cameras. (speed can increase 5-7mph) I am told this is normal by Honda.Ps no i am not one of those drivers that try to squeeze as many mpg as possible out of this remarkably economical engine!.
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  What's the best dash camera for recording footage at night? 5 Nov 2019 (Ask HJ)
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