Have your say on speed cameras

You would think they could have invested in a server that doesnt take all day to load

must be the cutbacks

gedge wrote (see)

You would think they could have invested in a server that doesnt take all day to load

must be the cutbacks

I've registered. 

Must be the demand from the millions of unsatisfied citizins.....

FJSRiDER. wrote (see)

gedge wrote (see)

You would think they could have invested in a server that doesnt take all day to load

must be the cutbacks

I've registered. 

Must be the demand from the millions of unsatisfied citizins.....

that must need a pretty big server...........still, managed to post my views so I am guaranteed to be heard and my POVs taken into consideration....

gedge wrote (see)

that must need a pretty big server...........still, managed to post my views so I am guaranteed to be heard and my POVs taken into consideration....

It'll be interesting to see how it is used once it settles down. Will the Daily Prole and Torygraph editors muster up a campaign of NIMBYs or will whatever remains of the counter-culture highjack it? 

I expect it will be easy for the government avoid doing the really hard things (like legalising all drugs but selling them along with alcohol from strictly licensed premiss only) and easy to show they are doing the things that they want to do...

I expect there is a lot on the misuse of the Human Rights Act and Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act that will never get touched.....  Be interesting to see what they come up with for unshackling business regulations though.

Since they want to look at laws that have eroded civil liberties can I'd like to start with the repeal of the helmet (and seat belt) laws.  There is no reason to be told to wear these things and no dis-benefit to anyone particularly - other than the (non-)users for not wearing them.....

Since they want to look at laws that have eroded civil liberties can I'd like to start with the repeal of the helmet (and seat belt) laws.  There is no reason to be told to wear these things and no dis-benefit to anyone particularly - other than the (non-)users for not wearing them.....

  Yeah, but it's expensive looking after a paraplegic. On the other hand, think of the gene pool....

On speed cameras?... they arent nearly combustible enough, make em out of cardboard, and you can put them where you like.

 From alternators to zip-ties, Wemoto's got it, and we'll send it anywhere.

 VFR Owners club, monstering young whippersnappers on R1s. *

*with 3 piece luggage, the wife and her dog.

Speedy. wrote (see)

You should be able to film the police again, this was a law sneaked through by Labour.

You are allowed to photograph what you like in a public place - but the thicker plod certainly like to behave as if there is some law to stop you.

Seen this particularly dim plod having a go at a 16 year-old photographer?

FJSRiDER. wrote (see)

Speedy. wrote (see)

You should be able to film the police again, this was a law sneaked through by Labour.

You are allowed to photograph what you like in a public place - but the thicker plod certainly like to behave as if there is some law to stop you.

Seen this particularly dim plod having a go at a 16 year-old photographer?

Labour passed a law a while ago, my wife demonstrates a lot and basicly they were told not to film plod as they can now be done for it due to a law being passed through.  Its only been done recently.

Speedy. wrote (see)

Labour passed a law a while ago, my wife demonstrates a lot and basicly they were told not to film plod as they can now be done for it due to a law being passed through.  Its only been done recently.

I don't believe there is such a law. 

They might try to pull a Section 44 but that has been deemed illegal by the European courts.

What's the real reason we hate them.

Is it really because we feel our liberties are being eroded, or is it an intrusion on our right to exceed the speed limits.

I feel they are an intrusion on our privacy, and a step closer to a control freak state.  And let's be honest, real speeder, the ones they are designed to catch slow down and speed up when they see them, oh and chuck a tire over them.

The ones I really detest are the average speed cameras.

The pleasure of driving/riding is really dying out.

gunshot72 wrote (see)

So is oil my friend and when we are all on electric bikes they'll be fitted with unremovable speed limiters.

Nothing is 'unremovable'.

gunshot72 wrote (see)

With a hammer maybe not, but it's not difficult for a manufacturer to build it into the EPROM of a closed circuit ECU. We'll see!

I doubt that a hack of a 'closed ECU' would be that complex, look at what people are doing with Power Commanders and the like. 

Motor controlers are relativly simple.  Actually (pure) electric vehicles are pretty simple things to build anyway. 

That's really bright.

So the cops pull you over for speeding which should be impossible on a restricted vehicle, and your bike is impounded and an investigation confirms that the restrictor has been tampered with.

I believe on commercial vehicles that are currently restrictricted, that constitutes a crime.

In a future world of speed limited vehicles (which I believe is coming), the moment you blast past someone, you're going to stick out like a sore thumb.

Easy to get around these things in theory, but in reality, very dangerous.

Paulus wrote (see)

That's really bright.

So the cops pull you over for speeding which should be impossible on a restricted vehicle, and your bike is impounded and an investigation confirms that the restrictor has been tampered with.

I believe on commercial vehicles that are currently restrictricted, that constitutes a crime.

In a future world of speed limited vehicles (which I believe is coming), the moment you blast past someone, you're going to stick out like a sore thumb.

Easy to get around these things in theory, but in reality, very dangerous.

Yeah, your really bright, whats your point.

The point is that if vehicles are restricted one day, and you derestrict it, the moment you exceed the limit you're going to stand out, just a tad.