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• SatNavs in Africa 21 Sep 2010 (Forum)
   Soon afterward they rolled it over at 5 0’clock in the morning on a dirt road.  If it hadn’t been for the camera truck following them they would probably all have died.  The father said that the SatNav showed a straight road and he was looking at the SatNav when they came upon a bend while driving ‘fast’.
• Wedding Bells - idiot local driver! 23 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  Principal Inspector Merle Lourens said police arrested the driver on Tuesday after the BMW he was driving was caught on camera three times doing 164km/h, 154km/h and 170km/h in a 60km/h zone in Goodwood on Saturday. "While the bride and groom were tying the knot, the driver decided to take the car for a spin," she said in a statement on Wednesday.
• So many accidents, What should I do? 3 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  I wrote to my MP in the past but nothing was done about it, is there another way I can get this road to be made safer? I see so many traffic control devices such as cameras etc' in places where there is hardly any problem but in such a bad spot there is no warnings what's so ever. Link converted into TinyURL format, Rob
• Renault Clio II (1998 - 2001) - 99 1.2 electric problem with dashboard 14 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  This is becoming quite a problem as it affects the speed gauge aswel while im driving as it will indicate a speed and then suddenly drop to 0mph, this is quite frightening if im going through a speed camera :) I would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help me with this thanks {amendment to subject line. You don't need to put make/model in it as the choice made from the drops down menus does that for you}
• Credit Crunch Takes it's toll: Volume 2 [ReadOnly] 31 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  I have some professional track record in the media as an unknown freelance, having done news and foreign reporting, a column and a certain amount of comment of various sorts in obscure and sometimes better-known papers and on radio. No TV because cameras and lights make me perspire which is a no-no. People like me who want to do TV these days probably inject themselves with that wrinkle-removing poison stuff, bolox or something, which prevents perspiration.
• Local Police parked on double yellow lines tonight 2 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  Could I have issued the police van with a 'Citizen?s Parking Ticket' ? Should I have taken a photo on my camera phone, {like traffic wardens now do,} sought witnesses and then sent my 'evidence' to the Chief Constable. I will do this next time! Or is it one rule for the Rozzers and another for the rest of us?
• Speed 15 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  More observation, patience and fewer distractions (mobiles, game stations, books, etc) would save many more lives in this country than the current vogue for cash-cow speed cameras. But that's another issue !
• Police trip up - Monty keeps driving (& putting) 11 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  The sportsman was accused of speeding at 88mph on the M80 at Dunipace, near Falkirk, on 24 February. Mr Montgomerie was reportedly driving a Lexus when it was snapped by a mobile speed camera on the 70mph road. His trial at Falkirk District Court was abandoned when it emerged officers in his home town of Surrey had failed to serve him with a summons. Mr Montgomerie, 44, did not appear at the hearing on Tuesday.
• Rant about traffic in Leeds today 4 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  Nor do they even bother to ring the traffic lines on the radio - not a word about it on Radio 2 travel hotline the whole time I was waiting there. And the ones that could set up a diversion are all sitting on bridges on the M62 inside camera vans, one of which I went under rather carelessly at 82mph on the GPS. Fair enough if I get a NIP, but I'd just passed someone in a beaten up old car with no shock absorbers, wearing no seatbelt and chatting on his mobile but going slightly slower than me.
• 50mph instead of National Speed Limit? 27 May 2007 (Forum)
  At busy times this limit makes no difference anyway, whilst at quiet times it has made the road more dangerous in my opinion as everyone trundles along in clusters of cars dreading the sight of a speed camera. (The nature of the approach roads mean that traffic tends to arrive in bunches, ie all being held at traffic lights). Many other A roads have been similarly blighted, without any particular history of speed related casualties that I know of.
• North West BR Meet Up. Confirmation 18 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  After that, make sure you're in the left lane. Turn left at the lights and then right into the car park. Quick warning - those lights have a camera on both sides. The amber period is very short so just be careful. If anyone's got any problems then feel free to shout out. If anyone wants my number too then just drop me an email. Thanks for being so patient folks.
• PDA and Sat Nav combinations 15 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  My preference is for the XDA as it will take a SIM card and can also be used as a phone and also has a camera, a pretty useless accessory to my mind but you never know - could be useful in the event of a shunt. The pda would be used on a sucker type windscreen mount, probably a powered one with a speaker.
• Touareg - a misnomer if ever there was 8 Jan 2005 (Forum)
  Lots of head-scratching from the clever-clogs against the background of shared nods of wisdom from the true Touaregs, the Blue Men, neatly portrayed by clever camera work from Star. Bit like all those soccer weenies who crawl around in agony every time they get a slight knock on their little finger in case it prejudices their commission from those highly lucrative after-shave commercials for males of dubious personal orientation.
• Badly signed temporary speed limit 18 Dec 2004 (Forum)
  They've added pre-warning and some slightly better signing, but there are still several unobscured 50mph repeaters in the 30 zone and, in fact, one right next to the first 30 sign. There are cameras on this road, but no in the new 30 zone, so that's not my concern. What bothers me is that the signing is a mess, no one knows what to do there, you have traffic joining from the left at 50 when you're (supposed to be doing) 30, and they don't seem to really care.
• I Have A Question Volume 57 5 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  In fact, in this thread it should not be. No Questions About PC's. They now go in another Thread. No politics No Speeding, speed cameras, traffic calming No arguments or slanging matches Nothing which I think is not following the spirit of the thread Nothing that risks the future of this site (please see the small print for details www.honestjohn.co.uk/credits/index.htm ) Any of the above will be deleted.
• Congestion Charging v Road Tax 22 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  I see on the news that some body called the Institute of Public Policy Reserch has come up with a proposal That VED be abolished and replaced with blanket congestion charging, with drivers being charged for every mile they drive. This would mean that every road in the country would have vehicle recognition cameras, and charges would be weighted against those using busier areas, with high milage business drivers in London paying as much as £141 per month, and those in rural areas (such as myself) getting away with cheaper running costs.
• Undisguised new Volvo S40 pictures 4 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  http://www.8ung.at/werner-beinhart/ (Can be slowish, even with ADSL) My opinions? Well, yes, it is predictable an S60 shrunk in the wash, and the front looks a bit dumpy (may be camera angle, but should look great as a T5 on steroids), but the back is fabulous. Very cohesive use of shape from the rear quarter light back. The instrument shroud is too Lexus 200, and the centre console is fine apart from that horrid metal-look panel.
• Help! I'm turning into my Dad!!! 16 Mar 2003 (Forum)
  HOWEVER - I find now that if I've been on a long motorway journey, I arrive fresh and alert because I've not been looking for Pc Plod all the time in my rear view mirror. I come home from work persecution-complex free as I *know* that I've not triggered any speed cameras. And I can drive everywhere knowing that if our local constabulary do pull me, then it's for a damned good reason. Actually, this getting older and driving sensibly malarkey is quite good, isn't it?
• Traffic Census 8 Dec 2002 (Forum)
  Can I tell them to stop wasting my time and be on my miserable way? Surely with all the Big Brother cameras bolted to every bridge and sign post is it beyond the wit of the transport planners to pick cars at random and follow them on their TV screens?
• POINTS PANIC!! 5 Sep 2002 (Forum)
  The car was facing the oncoming traffic and was under the full sun, so was barely recognisable as a police car. There were no signs warning of Police Speed Checks. There were a number of camera warning signs and I'm sure the car was parked far along the road from one. Quite obviously a case of the supremely intelligent North Wales Police raking in fixed penalty money. This opinion is caused by the shocked, then angry face of the Mum they pulled after me, and the fixed penalty I got near Barmouth, N Wales for doing 51 on a straight downhill stretch.