speed map

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billb

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3,198 posts

272 months

Thursday 4th July 2002
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Northants police are sending every northants resident ( 270,000 ) a map showing all 28 ( yes 28 ) fixed mobile camera positions. Whats the point of this when they have mobile ones out every day? Are they scared they're losing public confidence ( as if.. ) or is it some sort of legal move?

rumours are our over zealous police force wanted to put cameras on our silverstone circuit for this weekend

JMorgan

36,010 posts

291 months

Thursday 4th July 2002
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Sounds like finding an excuse to put more up. 270,000 at a quid each? that's a good excuse for 3 or 4 more camera's to claw that expense back?

billb

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3,198 posts

272 months

Thursday 4th July 2002
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seeing as one camera in northampton made a £ 1 million last year I expect my map with gold edgeing!

tsteenholdt

1,132 posts

275 months

Thursday 4th July 2002
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Sounds like finding an excuse to put more up. 270,000 at a quid each? that's a good excuse for 3 or 4 more camera's to claw that expense back?



Only 3 or 4 more cameras - we should be so lucky, from the northants police website:

"The leaflet also includes the locations of the 16 further cameras which are proposed for the county for the coming year"

I wonder if the leaflet will also mention the 112% increase in road deaths in Northants during Q1 of 2002 compared with Q1 of 2001, just to show how well the SCAMeras are working.

mondeoman

11,430 posts

273 months

Thursday 4th July 2002
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seeing as one camera in northampton made a £ 1 million last year I expect my map with gold edgeing!





WTF!!!! Now a REALLY interesting thing for them to send out would be the £££ rating for each camera, together with the before and after accident statistics....

That would make very illuminating reading I reckon...

JonRB

76,078 posts

279 months

Thursday 4th July 2002
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Well they got £180 in a matter of seconds from my family by bagging us in a 3 car convoy a few weeks ago.

Doesn't take a degree in maths to extrapolate that into a shedload of money.

fast westfield

412 posts

278 months

Friday 5th July 2002
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rumours are our over zealous police force wanted to put cameras on our silverstone circuit for this weekend


Don't you think Arrows have enough money trouble with out 60x[laps]x2[cars]£60.00plus to the speed tax man

Paul.

marki

15,763 posts

277 months

Friday 5th July 2002
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rumours are our over zealous police force wanted to put cameras on our silverstone circuit for this weekend


Don't you think Arrows have enough money trouble with out 60x[laps]x2[cars]£60.00plus to the speed tax man

Paul.




Nahh dont think they would be going fast enough

Imelda

793 posts

273 months

Friday 5th July 2002
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Can't see 'em doing 60 laps either.

fast westfield

412 posts

278 months

Friday 5th July 2002
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Need a camera on each straight then.

fast westfield

412 posts

278 months

Friday 5th July 2002
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And there is allways practice and qualifing.