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My mum just got her first speeding fine so has 3 points now as she was caught on burnley Rd. BUT! It wasnt the one near the garage. Is it a hidden one? Camera van? Do you know of any cameras that others might not know of? Or do you know of any mobile ones? If so put them on here and maybe save someone 60 quid.

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How fast was she going?

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did you ever stop to think that if people didn't speed over the limit we might save lives rather than 60 quid ?

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i have software that tells me where all teh speed cameras are and known hiding places for the police which i get updates for every month or when somone reports a new camera or hiding place

what time did she get caught because its very rare you get mobile speed cameras out at night they tend to work 9-5 around here

mind you burnley road is residential and although i like to put my foot down wherever possible i watch my speed in residential areas ;)

if i get caught speeding i will first shout at my tomtom then settle for teh fact that it was my own fault :D

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what cracks me up is yesterday i was behind a traffic cop and he had to swerve into teh opposite side of teh road because 2 taxis were parked on double yellow lines at the traffic lights yet he did absolutlely sod all about it and these 2 taxis were causing a severe blockage and a bad accident waiting to happen , i swear accrington traffic cops are pure bone idle or affraid to book anyone ive seen cars parked on zigzag lines talking to their mates at traffic lights and a que of people waiting behind despite teh lights turning to green and again teh police drive by without even batting an eyelid

shuold arrest them and take their cars away to be crushed

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Hope you have changed the default settings for warning you, I think its set as 285 yards, you could have been caught before you hear the warning, latest laser guns can get you at nearly 1 mile away, probably before you see them :mad:

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set plenty of time for mobile speed cameras i just behave until ime clear of that particular area..

unless ime drunk and i dont hear the warning :eek:

JOKING

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Got to say it you are so right Mancie.

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Has anybody noticed the increased usage of these mobile vans on the bridges over the motorways. Drove under two yesterday coming back from Scotland, luckily the motorway was wet and everybody was going slower than usual.

Did you also know, if you are caught with one of these mobile ones on a motorbike you can ask which machine was used and if it was calibrated for bikes as most of them were not the last time we was told about them.

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sorry silvermain if yer mum was speeding she asked for it. i,m no saint but if you get caught i say pay the piper dont bitch about it.

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latest lasers are accurate to > 1km (2/3rds mile) . As for staying in speed limit, read precious threads, we've been here before........................

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no they are not acurate at all and its been proven but the police or whoeverwont admit it as the cost of replacing them woudl cut into teh profits of teh takings they make on innocent motorists

the latest cameras in some cases showed that a stationary car was traveling at 8mph

not much but if u get nicked for doing 34 mph you could have actualy been way under the spee limit

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its also been proven that lazers react differently when bouncing back off water like when i car is wet when raining

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Did she not get offered the speed awareness course? (Only available if you where doing less than 38 in a 30 limit and only once in 3 years.) I know some-one who has just been on one of these cost £85 but no points and in their opinion well worth it, makes you think about your speed etc.

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Someone I know this week took the driving exercise rather than the 3 points and fine. Ok, so what you reply, 'cept she wasn't the one who was driving at the time; it was her husband whose job relies on his licence. I was horrified, particularly when someone in the conversation remarked "Lots of people do this " ! "That doesn't make it right though, does it ?" I replied.

Suppose they think 'cause only speeding is fair game, wonder if they had been drink driving, would have thought the same .. just leaves them free to do it again.

I know Jambutty is not into the big brother thingy, but the sooner the cameras that show a little more clearly the person who is driving the better as far as I am concerned !!

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but when the equiptment they are using is giving false readings many motorists are been given 3 points and fines wrongly

i have no problem putting my hand up if i get caught but getting 3 points and a fine for somthing i didnt do would pee me off and although you can ask when teh camera was last calibrated etc calibrating somthing that dosnt work in teh first place is futile

and like i said earlierthere are many more crimes that go unpunished ,speed cameras are just an easy tax on motorists

it seems teh only driving crime punishable is speeding because a camera does teh work whereas all teh other road crimes require an officer to get off his lazy fat arse and do somthing which unfortunatly dosnt happen much