Need Some Advice! - Page 2

KIPAX · 20-03-2006, 08:43

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Originally Posted by AccyRach

I know I shouldn't have been speeding, but do you think I would get any sympathy from the powers that be?

The answer is in your question

AccyRach · 20-03-2006, 10:41

No need to be nasty about it KIPAX - you drive at 29mph all the time?

Dean · 20-03-2006, 10:48

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Originally Posted by AccyRach

No need to be nasty about it KIPAX - you drive at 29mph all the time?

oh so now i know hu that slow ****** is l

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chav1 · 20-03-2006, 11:30

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Originally Posted by AccyRach

No need to be nasty about it KIPAX - you drive at 29mph all the time?

i do but only when pasisng speed cameras

btw

you can question tha acurecy of the device used to catch you and ask for a copy of teh certificate of when it was last callebrated

i think they have to be calebrated every 12 months and if it hasnt been they cant fine you

just google advice on mobile speed cameras , a lot of sites will charge for the inforemation but if you fish through the results there are free ones

they used a gun exactly the same as what the police use on trevor mcdonalds show a few months ago and when they pointed it at a stationary car it said it was traveling at 8mph so they arnt the most acurate devices and thousands of motorists are been wrongly prosecuted but rather than admit teh devices are no good they stubbornly refuse to acknoledge they are inaccurate despite plent of proof that they are useless

entwisi · 20-03-2006, 11:47

IIRC they have to be calculated weekly not annually. also teh operator has also to be authorised to use teh device on a weekly basis. If the Police cannot supply all teh relevant documents to teh court it will be thrown out. However you do need to go to court to do this and if they do present, teh magistrate will look on you far more harshly than £60/3points.

The point about the stationary vehicles causing problems stems from teh lser uses doppler shifting to check speed. a vibrating panel or shimmy from heat can cause teh same doppler shift giving the impression of speed when none is present. It has also been shown that at no time has any speed camera used in teh Uk been tested or certified for use against motorcycles.

AccyRach · 20-03-2006, 13:05

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Originally Posted by entwisi

a shimmy from heat can cause teh same doppler shift giving the impression of speed when none is present.

Dont think there's much chance of that in Haslingden!!!

Thanks for all the info though - I really appreciate it. Don't think I'm brave enough for court tbh. Knowing my luck, I'd get the only calibrated camera and fully qualified police bloke in all of Lancs!!! (No offence

to any qualified policemen/women who may be reading)

Can you get child-seats for motorbikes..........

chav1 · 20-03-2006, 13:16

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Originally Posted by AccyRach

Can you get child-seats for motorbikes..........

if you consider superglue a form of child seat then yes

or buy a side car

AccyRach · 20-03-2006, 13:24

Uh-Oh, I just had a vision of George and Mildred

entwisi · 20-03-2006, 13:32

kids can ride pillion from teh time they can reach both pillion footrests.

AccyRach · 20-03-2006, 14:50

Got a ways to go then Entwisi - he's only 2½ !!
You wouldn't get me on a bike anyway, at least when my amazing invisibility cloak™ suddenly activates, I'm a bit safer in the car.

entwisi · 20-03-2006, 22:33

With most sports bikes hes not long off being able to reach!

I'm up for giving pillion rides to anyone who wants a go on the back of a bike. I'm a very safe rider partcularly with new passengers.

Go On, if you've always wanted a go but never had teh opportunity nows your chance

sarah · 20-03-2006, 22:42

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Originally Posted by AccyRach

Thanks for clearing that up Entwisi.... only 9 more days to go!
What happened to your car Sarah? Sounds pretty bad if you need a whole new door

A wall made contact with my car. It was either that or a Range Rover hit me head on. The bastard left me with nowhere to go. A guy at one of the garages that I have been to for a quote said to me that I'd done the correct thing, cos if the Range Rover had hit me head on, chance were that I wouldn't be in a fit state to drive my car again.

Such is life.

entwisi · 21-03-2006, 06:54

You probably did.

Small cars, I've never been a fan, I see far too many accidents on the motorways where the driver in the big car has opened their door and walked away and the firemen are cutting them out the small car. I wouldn't even like to think what sort of a mess a wagon would make of one.

sarah · 21-03-2006, 07:01

It's true.....but my car isn't all that small......just abit more compact on the rear left!

entwisi · 21-03-2006, 08:00

Its a tiddly little thing. I wouldn't go below focus size