SPEED CAMERAS ??? Cash cows

[womble]

Yes you make me laugh as you still have not read what is written on the site including the statements made by the victorian auditor general who relied on people like you for his reports.

lol...can't believe I got sucked in by a troll

[Clinton1]

No nik, I can cast the first stone here.
Its simple, don't speed and you don't get a fine. I've been driving since 95 and never had a fine.

And its a real smart move to join a Wood Working forum, put up a post about speed camera's and then gob off at your detractor with a comment like this:

Oh i just had a thought. It has been said that woodworking can be a dangerous hobby with all the glue fumes etc.

which pretty much is a slap in the face to all of the forum members, members that you are trying to appeal to support your cause.

Intelligent.... or a comment from a 'bloody idiot"?

[womble]

Another bloody troll.

Ive read through all your posts, and 90% are just utter rubbish.

Al

yep, realised it myself after my first reply, slappin my forehead

[ozwinner]

yep, realised it myself after my first reply, slappin my forehead

Dont worry, it happens to the best of us.

Al

[Studley 2436]

Yeah but guys I got dudded by the system by the looks twice now. Everyone knows I am not a troll and I am just saying that the speed campaign is a bit of a cop out.

Mind you I have spent a day at a driver training course and we in our own cars tried out a panic stop and 50 and at 60 K's It makes a big difference a real big difference in the stopping distance.

However at 50km/h a Brand new Toyota Avalon went screaming right through the test area and down the race track all locked up. Brakes were crap tires were crap at 50 it took twice as long to stop as a 20 year old Nissan Gazelle that was all jacked up and should have been defected. Neither car had ABS.

Cars with ABS were stopping in about 1/4 the distance of the Gazelle. The Avalon was too far down the track to measure. Mazda 3 and Mazda RX8 were the class of the day. But those public service Avalons. MY GOD I didn't realise it was possible to make such an unsafe car. There was an ABS Corolla there on the day that was better than the Avalon but worse than the Gazelle!

Won't ever see me getting a Toyota.

Statistically the majority of collisions are nose to tail. nothing to do with speed but everything to do with being too aggresive following too closely.

The campaign against that is BACK OFF. Just the sort of thing that is likely to cool things off don't you think?

Studley

[Wongo]

80k is 80k so what is your problem?

[Toolin Around]

When I read the website I would have to say you have a point but you're still a whinger so no one will take you seriously.

[Studley 2436]

Wongo I am yet to see the picture, however I am pretty sure that I was done over on this one.

I was done a blinder last time the other guy was speeding the camera couldn't identify the car it was photograping (traffic cop told me so) and I got a fine!

Would have fought it but time lost off work wasn't worth it.

Studley

[swiftden]

Studley,

First off as far as i am aware we have no wheelie bin cameras in operation in South Australia. And i do say yet!!.

2nd if you think it was the case of the camera getting the wrong person did you request the photograph ?

Whilst down at the academy a fellow recruit received 4 speeding fines on his motor bike. FACT not possible as during all of them he was in class at the SA POLICE academy at Fort Largs. Bike parked in car park.

Requested photo and when received it showed a road bike with large chrome shockers on the rear and twinmufflers. His is a dirt bike ?? the bike in the picture had obviously changed /altered his number plate.

Id always check the photo before paying.!!

Being a police officer myself i go to alot of accidents. and yes following too close can be one of the biggest problems. Speed can kill also . but what it comes down to mostly is just plan old stupidity of alot of drivers.
Not that i suggesting that of you or any other on this forum.

NIK you need to get over it and stick to the speed that is set in place then people like me wouldnt have to waste tax payers money wasting our day with the likes of you .


Regards
Humble Police officer.

[felixe]

OzWinner-what's a troll?

[Wongo]

Studley, I wasn’t responding to your post. I was responding to yet another speed camera vs revenue argument.

The rule is simple, whether it is for road safety or revenue it is their business. If you do yor bit by staying under the speed limit then they won’t bite you.

[ozwinner]

OzWinner-what's a troll?

Someone who starts/causes trouble on the internet then dissapears.

Al :mad:

[niksfree]

Starting trouble???hmmm all i did was post a website and the attacks commenced by those who appeared to have a vested interest to protect and the only decent comments were from those who read the information on the site. Labelling me a troll it was obviously an attempt to divert the attention of those who can think for themselves from looking at the site.

[Studley 2436]

No worries Swifden. I don't know what happened this recent time I was booked. Being on a strange road I might just have been inadvertantly over the limit coming from a 100 k zone. I don't know not yet. It still stings like heck because I try to keep the speed limit.

I'll have to find out what happened because it was two days later they took a reading from the camera.

There was once I got a notice for going through a red light but I wrote and said I have diary entries for the day that put me somewhere else. In fact I hadn't been anywhere near the place the photo was taken for some years. They wrote back and said it was a mistake. All I know about that one, but it doesn't give anyone confidence in the system.

Studley

[ozwinner]

Starting trouble???hmmm all i did was post a website and the attacks commenced by those who appeared to have a vested interest to protect and the only decent comments were from those who read the information on the site. Labelling me a troll it was obviously an attempt to divert the attention of those who can think for themselves from looking at the site.

Remember always.....

A Sovereign man/woman asks questions and gives directions ..

A Slave answers questions and consents to all directions whether they are right or wrong...

Now you are answering questions. :confused:

Al