Re: My speeding ticket hearing of 5/12/1995

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From: Kevin Lentin
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 00:00

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David Ames (wildone@union4.su.swin.edu.au) wrote:
> The police around here regually set up speed cameras/radar traps on one 
> hill in particular, the hill is so step that if you put the car in 
> nutural at the top of the hill, you can be doing 120 at the bottom of the 
> hill with out a problem.  It is VERY dificult to do 60 comming down the 
> hill (without baking the brake fluid).

I heard (from police commissioner on radio I believe) that the regs are
that speed cameras should not be set up within 300m of the bottom of a
hill. or 100m of a speed limit sign. 

I don't think the same applies to radar guns though!!!!!!!!

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From: kevinl@fangorn.cs.monash.edu.au (Kevin Lentin)
Subject: Re: My speeding ticket hearing of 5/12/1995
Date: 1995/12/21
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