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Article #168Re: New GATSO cameras (A45)
From: Mick Whittingham
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 1998 00:00
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 1998 00:00
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In article <rAusdLA0DkR1EwA5@hmleng.demon.co.uk>, eric the brave <postmaster@hmleng.demon.co.uk> writes >In article <d+dqCRAQGdR1Ew0B@ddwyer.demon.co.uk>, Douglas Dwyer ><ddwyer@ddwyer.demon.co.uk> writes >>In article <5JM4$fA+UNR1Ewzy@hmleng.demon.co.uk>, eric the brave >><postmaster@hmleng.demon.co.uk> writes >>>In article <ant2709431cbiHEM@brooke.u-net.com>, J W B Greenwood >>><brooke@parkroad.u-net.com> writes >>>> >>>>It makes one wonder why so much money is spent on traffic control >>>>methods when 99.9% of road users are so very, very sensible: evidence >>>>? obviously this newsgroup. >>>> >>>LOTS of MONEY to be made, stupid........ >>Zelveger in Switzerland (where I once worked) made such cameras from the >>70s (known locally as sleeping policemen) the Swiss authorities were >>kind enough to send you a nice picture of your speeding car so you could >>see where the offence happened. You felt that you got something for you >>money! >>Recently I was sent a fine etc for somewhere in Exeter, guess it was me >>but Ive no idea where the road was and I try very hard to adhere to the >>limits. Hence its really not served its full purpose. >>Douglas Dwyer >Some local bloke had a summons from the Manchester area. Never been >there in his life apparently. I think he still had to pay it though. >Don't know for shure. My son got a ticket for doing 50 in a 60 limit. He appealed and went to court where the police changed the place to half a mile away inside the city boundary and a 30 limit. -- Mick Whittingham 'and I will make it a felony to drink small beer.' William Shakespeare, Henry VI part 2.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1068d6,181a625e204cf92a X-Google-Attributes: gid1068d6,public X-Google-Thread: 10d536,34f7ac50de134d23 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d536,public X-Google-Thread: 103948,34f7ac50de134d23 X-Google-Attributes: gid103948,public X-Google-Thread: 1058f1,34f7ac50de134d23 X-Google-Attributes: gid1058f1,public X-Google-Thread: 10c51c,181a625e204cf92a X-Google-Attributes: gid10c51c,public From: Mick Whittingham <Mick@mjwc.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: New GATSO cameras (A45) Date: 1998/04/29 Message-ID: <mtn3cOAJOtR1EwzM@mjwc.demon.co.uk> X-Deja-AN: 348675599 References: <H3azTBAOoiQ1EwP$@our-pad.demon.co.uk> <3542f285.8550174@nemesis.waverider.co.uk> <35438ecd.0@news1.mcmail.com> <35442848.1712726@nemesis.waverider.co.uk> <ant2709431cbiHEM@brooke.u-net.com> <5JM4$fA+UNR1Ewzy@hmleng.demon.co.uk> <d+dqCRAQGdR1Ew0B@ddwyer.demon.co.uk> <rAusdLA0DkR1EwA5@hmleng.demon.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Distribution: world X-NNTP-Posting-Host: mjwc.demon.co.uk:158.152.63.210 X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 893836127 nnrp-02:17183 NO-IDENT mjwc.demon.co.uk:158.152.63.210 Organization: MJW CONSULTANCY Newsgroups: uk.local.midlands,uk.rec.motorcycles,uk.transport,uk.local.birmingham,birmingham.misc