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Title: Near Miss
Post by: Organisys on 20 July 2006, 13:02
So, I left for work today in the G60, thought I'd give her a run, and what do I find at the end of my road in a layby? about 20 coppers, a VOSPA van, and alot of pulled over cars.

Fortunatly there was a bit of a traffic Queue as I approcached them, and i crept up close behind the car infront so they couldn't see the number plate.

I went past them!  :smug: without them seing it, only to look in the rear view mirror to see them all staring at the car looking pissed!  :laugh:

Think I'll take an alternative route home, with the VOSPA van there, they were sure to have fined me.

Title: Re: Near Miss
Post by: welshgar on 20 July 2006, 13:11
gutted mate, whats wrong with your plate??  :huh:

Title: Re: Near Miss
Post by: Organisys on 20 July 2006, 13:17
German Style!

Title: Re: Near Miss
Post by: ChrisO GolfO on 20 July 2006, 13:43
 :grin: Thats sweet then... I think its a fine but no points still something we all dont need! I was driving back last night and a lapse of memory I went past a truvelo camera at 75mph limit was 60 but luckily a lorry was blocking its line of sight  :grin:
Title: Re: Near Miss
Post by: Dinky on 20 July 2006, 15:06
oo..very lucky! lol

Dinx :kiss:
Title: Re: Near Miss
Post by: RandomJord on 20 July 2006, 15:59
I got done by them mate! for my blk n silver plates, coonts!
Title: Re: Near Miss
Post by: DubFan on 20 July 2006, 17:55
I was on holiday last week, and just as I was driving up a hill, I spotted one of those nasty speed check camera vans at the top. I had been accellerating up the hill (as you do) but slowed down when I spotted the van. Thought I'd slowed down enough, but no,  :sad:  I got a letter through saying I'd been caugh doing 36mph in a 30mph zone.
It was a bl**dy country road in between villages, I don't remember seeing a sign, and there was certainly no warning of a speed camera, it was just the back end of a white transit van that greeted me as I got up to the top of the hill with a camera in the back window.

Bu993rs.  :cry:
£60 fine and 3 points probably. In 9years driving no points or fines or anything.  :angry:

Title: Re: Near Miss
Post by: welshgar on 20 July 2006, 18:15
theres more cameras going up all the time, i read somewhere, in the region of 400 more soon to grace our roads..... and its not a money making scam honest !!

road deaths/accidents are coming down all the time and the money pot of the police is increasing, its just not fair!  the knock on effect is what gets me, increased insurance etc etc, even petrol prices are way too high.....

it makes you wonder what the government are playing at??

if its only a fine for the german plates, i might get me a set  :evil:
Title: Re: Near Miss
Post by: Organisys on 20 July 2006, 20:14
I got done by them mate! for my blk n silver plates, coonts!

Doh! and how bloody often do they have that frickin mobile speed trap van at the top of the hill as well !! money grabbing bastids.
Title: Re: Near Miss
Post by: RandomJord on 21 July 2006, 17:06
Yeah, sh!t f**ks! an they were down the by the BP on bath road again today
Title: Re: Near Miss
Post by: Veedubgt18v on 23 July 2006, 12:28
near where i live near junction11 m25 they had an armed police checkpoint and where stopping about 1 in every 5 cars. dunno what the hell that was about but there were about 6 armed mp5 coppers and about 20 normals, a mobile cop shop lorry and shed loads of cop cars.i didnt get pulled but i wonder what the hell they were looking for?????
Title: Re: Near Miss
Post by: Sugar79 on 23 July 2006, 13:40
This speed camera thing gets on my nerves at the end of the day I do not say speeding is right but I'd rather be paying more attention to the road ahead of me than to constantly stare at my speedo!!!

This morning I went threw a 30mph speed camera doing 35mph, I go threw this camera every day but today I approached the camera at 30mph, but because I was keeping an eye on some young kids near the edge of the road I didnt relise that my speed had gained slightly and went threw the camera, not sure if it went off or not! *sigh*
Title: Re: Near Miss
Post by: RandomJord on 23 July 2006, 16:02
I wudnt worry bout it too much sugar, iv been caught a few times by them, an even in bright sunlight u still see the double flash, the buggers are bright! they want u to know uv been f**ked!