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• Ford Fiesta Saloon - Parking warning - Royal Albert Hall, Imp College 27 Jan 2011 (Forum)
  Their photo shows that they must have been on the crossing, but not in enough detail to support a prosecution. From the shot, it looks like the camera is on or near the top of the van, on it's nearside. So, if you have booked parking at Imperial College, DO NOT QUEUE. Just keep driving round or try to get there after 6pm. If you do see this van parked on the crossing OR on the zig zag lines, taking pictures, please take a photo wit5h your mobile phone, and report it to the Police.
• stopped by police taking pics of my car[Read Only] 7 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  I took delivery of a new camera this morning and decided to take it to a local picturesque village to try it out. I took some pics of some pretty cottages, a church, some hanging baskets, a boot scraper, an old victoria distance sign saying "London 26 miles", etc.
• Wrecks to Riches -DiscoveryTurbo Channel 9 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  Also the labour charges they get from their bodyshop always seems pretty low compared to the amount of work and number of people seen doing stuff. I expect thebodyshop is hapy to do cheap work while thre is a camera running From watching the show I get the opinion that for the average Joe Public it is not easily possible unless you are in the motor trade and/or have your own workshop and bodywork/mechaical skills Does anyone think it ispossible to economically repair a Cat-C or D write-off, and what is its true market value compared to undamaged ?
• The road safety act - new laws 1 Dec 2006 (Forum)
  Speeding Points will now be graduated from 2 to 6. Very high speeds will still result in a court appearance and likely ban. Camera Detectors and Jammers will be banned, other than GPS-based systems. Section 172 offences of failing to nominate the driver will now carry 6 points, so there is no benefit to a driver whose speed was up in the 6 point range refusing to name the driver and thus get away with only 3 points.
• Great road safety ideas from other countries 27 Jun 2020 (Forum)
  Spain still has radar-activated red lights in the approach to many towns and villages: exceed the speed limit and you get a red, but keep to 30 (50 km/h) and you sail through on green. Observance is not quite 100%, but linking it to a speed camera would do wonders for the tranquility of sleepy villages. 3.  Four-way stops are common in the USA and South Africa and they work well on quiet junctions where a roundabout would be a major upheaval.
• any - X marks the motorway lane on a hot day 11 Jul 2018 (Forum)
  So, hard shoulder mergency only all the way, outside lane red X, and hundreds of cars completely ignored the outside lane X and drove through not one but two red X's in succession, only to have to move over to pass said stranded vehicles maybe 400 yards after X number 2. I didn't notice if the two gantries we passed had cameras but did wonder if red X lanes might automatically trigger photos of transgressors, i do hope so.   Aside from that, it was extremely hot which might help explain the two child like drivers who managed to have a right tussle, due to some perceived slight at a slip road from what i could see, their undertaking and cutting up of each other carried on for about 3 miles on the A45 Northampton section (as i was in the lorry i saw most of this performance of half wits doing what half wits do), with presumably child like rantings at one another when they got side by side at the same speed for some times several times, thankfully more mature heads were in abundance in other vehicles who gave these two fools a wide berth so if they did make a mess of it hopefully only those two would be involved.
• Analysing Road Accident Statistics 18 Sep 2011 (Forum)
  A low percentage considering the rhetoric around speed and the money poured into preventing it. And stats show road death numbers have largely stagnated since speed cameras were introduced, after a sharp fall during the 80s. The WHO ranks nations on road deaths per 100,000 inhabitants and we come out 5th best, with the better ones being three minor islands and Sweden. 3.59 per 100,000 a year approx for the UK. 4.5 for Germany, 4.7 Ireland, 5.2 Australia, 6.9 France and a staggering 12.3 for the US.
• Cars people race 17 Sep 2010 (Forum)
  Because of traffic I got passed him and for the next couple miles the guy sat on my bumper trying to get passed, he forced his way through by making other cars on the other side of the road brake, then he braked had forced me to stop and shouted at me for nearly running him off the road. After that incident I had a camera fitted but it has broken and I had not had the time to take it back When in the Mazda I occasionally get raced off the traffic lights by a eager 17 year old in his Coras, but rarely as aggressively as I do in the Alfa Also why are people more inclined to let some makes of cars out of junctions for example then others When driving the Jag people let me out rarely, same is true off my Probe I once owned, yet again people seem more willing to let the Mazda out?
• Fountains of the North - Trafalgar square in dreams 23 Jun 2010 (Forum)
  Of course - you could always spin a positive out of it and install a DNA sniffer into one of the fountain drains. There are already a ring of CCTV cameras around the Bull Riing - so it seems a shame to waste the DNA being so freely given. Best hold your breath though when you feel that fountain aerosol on your face from 50 yards away as you try to get into Costa Coffee, across the `run off` river - you don`t know how often they change the water.
• Positive (only) aspects of UK motoring 16 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  I have been reflecting on the positive aspects of motoring in the UK - contrasted with elsewhere. Massive efforts have been made to allow the motorist to be mobile - regulations, cameras regulating the speed of idiots - and allowing regular motorists to drive normally - and so on. The much maligned Heath And Safety - risk assessments - underpinning and enhancing our life experiences.
• Party Transport Policies 22 Apr 2005 (Forum)
  Drivers will be allowed to drive over roundabouts when there?s nothing about. This will make driving through Milton Keynes much more fun. All speed cameras will be abolished and replaced by a new device fitted to your cars which will automatically slow down to the speed limit when driven though an infra-red beam. This will also apply to police cars; their device will be set to 5 mph though built up areas.
• Backroom Predictions for 2004 5 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  So here is my guess at the top threads we will see in 2004; with some typical posts. S**** C****** (yes, that\'s \"Safety Cameras\", which is on the swear filter for the simple reason that they are burger all to do with safety and everything to do with revenue - ND) The police should spend less time trying to catch burglars - after all they have to pay for their drug habit and rarely hurt people(the burglars that is) They should concentrate on speeding motorists who are responsible for thousands of casualties!
• Byers questions Final part (hopefully) 2 May 2002 (Forum)
  Safe road design Current Government efforts seem to be fixed upon a strategy to encourage speed cameras and to minimise any efforts to design out dangers on the road. The view of the electorate is that it the Government find it simpler and more lucrative to fine drivers, than to improve the basic safety of the roads.
• Help me narrow down these choices for me please! 23 Aug 2025 (Forum)
  Diesel engines are good Merc C Class 2016+ ; slightly more roomier in the back than the 3 series, and more bells and whistles as standard than the 3 series (i.e. reverse camera etc).  BMW 5 Series 2015+ ; very solid engines, much more spacious than a 3 Series or C Class. Surprisingly cheaper/more available used than the 3 Series or C/S Class. Some even cheaper than 3 Series.
• ANY - Helping Conscientious Drivers Avoid Speeding Fines 31 Jan 2020 (Forum)
  Surely the car makers could modify the control algorithms currently employed in most volume production cars to gently apply the brakes when descending hills in order to prevent any significant speed increase (due to gravity) and thus keep the vehicle comfortably within ‘the guidelines and actual tolerances and limits’ used by UK Police Forces and Speed Camera Agencies? A possible bone of contention here is the uncertainty of just what these guidelines currently are or going to be in the future - as witnessed by the recent removal of existing guidelines issued to Police Authorities (based loosely on the 10% plus 2 mph measure) and the short lived introduction more recently of so called ‘zero tolerance’ guidelines championed by the Road Safety Charity - Brake of namely ‘Get caught doing 1mph over any posted limit and you can say goodbye to at least one weeks wages and 3/6 points on your licence’.
• Honda Civic - Honda Civic - Is this car a good buy? 8 Nov 2017 (Forum)
  Reg Number:- AU63 KYZ Miles run:- 32,000 Positives about the car:- 1) Low mileage 2) 2 owners 3) ES model with reversing camera and cruise control Negatives:- 1) 4th service 2 months past due 2) First 3 services all done by independent garages. None of the services done by Honda.         a) 12 month:- 12/5/2014 - 12575 - newport, motorpoint     b) 24 month:- 24/6/ 2015 -18000 - hf veal & sons, radstock     c) 36 month:- 19/9/2016 - 26017 - surefit ltd - radstock        Owner did not have invoices of any of the services.
• Alleged Speeding Offence 5 Feb 2014 (Forum)
        At the time I genuinely thought I was still on a 60MPH limit road, after turning at the junction onto the 30MPH limit B road as I was actually accelerating up to 60 MPH; but then further along the road I saw 40 MPH speed limits signs and the mobile speeding camera van behind the 40MPH limit signs. I hit the brakes then wondered if I would get a NIP for doing 45 in a 40. Little did I know that the road I was on at the time had a 30MPH limit. I don't understand why this basically straight part of the road has a 30MPH limit.
• Mazda Eunos (MX5) Mk1 - Bump in the works carpark. 21 Nov 2013 (Forum)
  As for the 3rd party herself, well I've not seen her at work yet, but when I do I'm likely to blow my top at her (I got the security camera footage of the accident as well - she actually turned the wrong way down the one way system of the car park into my car!). Any help/advice on this matter would be greatfuly accepted. Cheers folks
• What's with these traffic lights? 23 Oct 2009 (Forum)
  The lack of lights and the fact that the pedestrians seemed to think that they had right of way made me very worried, so I later went back to the junction (with camera in hand). It turns out that the lights were working but that they were just not displaying the green. So a few seconds after the light before the central reservation turns red (stopping the traffic moving onto/over the reservation) the lights I have circled turn amber and then red.
• Alleged bus lane incursion 22 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  I have just this morning received a Penalty Notice for an alleged bus lane incursion, in a bus lane just outside Reading Rail Station. The date of the alleged incursion is 22nd June 2008. The alleged offence was spotted by a CCTV camera operative and a penalty notice has finally been issued (dated 7th October 2008). I've looked up the rules around these notices on the tinternet, and it seems local authorities can issue notices up to 6 months after an alleged offence, so fair enough, even if it feels a little late.