Hi!

 

You will be pleased to hear that the government announced today that...

 

All gatsos MUST be painted yellow.

 

They must not be hidden behind anything such as a bush or road sign.

 

Police forces will not be allow to put speed trap signs on a road without speed traps.

 

Zee ya,

 

Jez.

That's good news! They've been doing that for years now in Holland. There the roads look like a bloody circus with all speed cameras painted white with reflective blue and orange bands on them (like police cars). One difference though, their trigger speed is much lower than in this country. Over here a Gatso won't actually trigger until the speed the car is travelling at is more than 10% (in general) over the allowed speed (i.e., 34mph in a 30mph zone, 76mph in a 70mph zone etc.) In Holland you get done for doing 1mph over the limit ...

Anyway, I'm rambling on ... excellent idea though about repainting the gatso's.

 

Cheers

 

Danny

Hmmm

Does that mean that the ones already hidden behind trees or signs will have to be moved or will those ones be left.

Yay,

Can I volunteer to help 're-locate' the hidden ones, please officer?

I have a very large ANGLE GRINDER!

Grrrr

If I hid behind trees looking at women in their bathrooms I'd get done, ok for the bloody bizzie-cameras to tho innit??

 

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Glen

:)

Hmm, so I should probably pay more attention to speed limits when driving in Holland then Danny? Oops Ahh well - it was my Dads car anyway!

 

Glen - so they have speed cameras pointed at womens bathrooms!?

Well that should be more than interesting then, up here in de Wales over the past month or so they've been throwing up cam signs like there's an EC Mountain of cam signs!!!

 

No cameras though!

 

We counted 14 signs on a two mile stretch of road! One of the signs into Holyhead has "Smile" above the camera pic...piss take or what?

well about 8 months ago somebody put tyres around three gatso's and torched them!!! well funny!!! somebody must have been well pissed off . unfortunately these have been replaced ...!!but it still brings a smile to my face thinking about it!!

Excellent news I reckon after a year of this the cameras will be given up as a bad idea - who's gonna speed past a big banana??? Fingers crossed anyway.....

 

CheerZ,

 

Andy

ah gatsos, lol, the best i saw was this very angry looking bloke walking away from a smashed up gatso with a pick axe. LOL the camera was properly done over too there wasnt an inch that wasnt bent and smashed to crap on it

wot they dont tell you though is that all cameras already warn you with the lines on the road and the signs before them sometimes up to a mile in advance and as such any local authority or now moreso the local police authority have already fulfilled their new legal obligations already and i bet you wont be told about that little snippet in the papers so i wouldnt be waving any flags just yet

YEA! but don't get too excited just yet,The police may get it enforced that we paint our car's yellow,so that they can see us coming.ROLF!

 

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ROFL

 

Yeah, they(the GOVT) just do these things to make us, the down trodden public, feel like we're being hear! BOLLOX! Basically!

 

They are as we speak replacing all radar GATSOS with Piezo strips in the road. Same old same old, as a piece of law like the Radar Dicktector thing gets overturned by some top of the pops judge in Belgium etc. they are already turning the tables back into their favour!

 

I took me Ma down to Brum last week to see a horse show, got onto the Rectum(Wrexham) bypass at Fester(Chester) round-a-bout and you've got 2 x pig fuckers, unmarked Disco(Discovery) with a light shaver(Laser) gizmo. So where's the warning there then? Up yer arse basically! I did manage to get the window down and shout "Oi you fuckin' useless wankers, fuck off and do some real work!" as the Mrs. Turbo was driving the Almera pile of shite thing! LMAO

 

Even me Ma was impressed with my outburst!

 

Bo Selecta!

LMAO! So Timski are we up for a group respray in yellow?

 

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As a word of warning, not all Gatsos will be painted yellow and the warning sign will be no further than 1km away. Also, (supposedly) the police have to reduce the number on the roads at the moment, to try to convince drivers that they really are not just revenue raisers and that the cameras will only be positioned in accident blackspots...uh-huh...suuurre!

 

 

Some excuses, if you're caught :

 

 

If your car hadn’t been unmarked then I wouldn’t have tried to overtake you.

 

It’s meant to be loud, it has a British standard stamp on it to show it’s ok.

 

Wow, I always thought you had to be a lot fitter than that to be in the Force.

 

I almost decided to be a cop, but I thought I’d finish my GCSEs instead.

 

Is it true that people become cops because they’re too dumb to work at McDonald’s?

 

Do you know why you pulled me over? Okay, just so one of us does.

 

I was trying to keep up with traffic. Yes, I know there are no other cars around, that’s how far ahead of me they are.

 

No, offi, offic, Lucifer . . . I’m not as think you are drunk I am. I swear to dog.

 

No, I don’t know how fast I was going. The little needle stops at 140 mph.

 

Come on write the damn ticket, the bars close in 20 minutes!

 

How long is this going to take? Your wife is expecting me.

 

So, uh, you on the take, or what?

 

Sorry officer wot have I done? I was asleep.

 

No I can’t step out of the car ’cos I can’t walk, and I’ve got to get to the next lock-in before it closes.

 

One thing I’ve always wondered, does your head go all the way up your hat?

 

Of course I was all over the road, I was wanking.

 

No officer, my brake lights are working it’s my brakes that aren’t.

 

No I don’t know how fast I was going ’cos I had my eyes closed.

 

How ironic, I was just wondering about joining the Force. Do you get trained, or were you born an arsehole?

 

You only caught me ’cos I let you. I demand a re-match.

 

You only caught me ’cos I let you, but you are faster than that copper yesterday.

 

I wasn’t driving dangerously, I was aiming for you.

 

You must need your licence as well ’cos you needed to do 125mph to keep up with me.

 

Sorry officer, I usually have my guide dog with me.

 

I’m glad you stopped me, I was wondering what the speed limit was.

 

You’re not part of the cruise then!!

 

You were flat out officer, I guess pigs can fly then.

 

Sorry officer I’m on a mission from God.

 

There’s no blood in my alcohol system osifer.

 

Sorry officer, I thought the flashing lights were part of the acid trip I’m on.

 

Thanks for the race, I wanted to test my new motor.

 

Am I off the hook if my girlfriend flashes her tits at ya?

 

Where did you get your car from? You did well keeping up with me for the last few hours?

 

Sorry I ran over that pedestrian at the zebra crossing, I was admiring my bird’s tits!

 

Sorry officer, I ran into the bloke in front ’cos I was watching a movie on my new DVD!

 

Sorry officer I thought that I was low flying my fighter aircraft.

 

My apologies officer! I thought you wanted to race me again.

 

Sorry officer I was just following the flow of traffic.

 

I was doing 90 in a 30 zone because I was always told to be different.

 

Sorry officer I was only showing you how to power slide.

 

Sorry I was going so fast officer but happy hour finishes in twenty minutes.

 

I can't reach my licence unless you hold my beer.

 

Sorry, officer, I didn't realise my radar detector wasn't plugged in.

 

Officer, that's terrific. The last policeman only gave me a warning too!

 

Hey, you must've been doing 125mph to keep up with me. Nice one!

 

Sorry couldn't see you in my mirror 'cos I didn't have my glasses on

 

Were they your flashing lights? I thought they were the neons on my parcel shelf

 

Was that your siren? I thought it was on my new CD

 

Will you let me off if I let you listen to my ICE?

 

No I haven't got my licence I gave it to one of your colleagues yesterday

 

I'm glad you've stopped me I was thinking about asking how to join the Force

 

AFAIK this only applies to new cameras (the old ones are going to take 2 years to change - didn't take 'em 2 years to them them up !) and it only applies to 15 police forces, don't know how many others that leaves.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_1688000/1688711.stm