Rumours abound around sunny Buxtonville (backed up by the front page of the Buxton Advertiser)that the Cat & Fiddle, along with the Buxton-Leek road are going to get speed cameras as part of Derbyshires long term plan to prevent anyone driving anywhere at all faster then 50 mph (as long as the touroids can manage even that!) and that no-one should be so politically incorrect as to have fun whilst driving at any speed.

Drive it now whilst you still can!!

I am sad to report that there isn't a cat in hell's chance that my car will be finished before this sad event occurs.

Spray cans and shotguns at the ready!! Allegedly!
Chris PTM

Ba*t*rds

i no a man in iraq with a few weapons of mass destruction for sale if anyones interested in usin them

Apparently the weapon of choice against Gatso's is the tyre hung over it and the bottom of the tyre filled with unleaded and "somehow" catching fire.

Quick and easy, but of course illegal, so I don't want to hear about anyone on here being done for it. Stories of ones you've seen destroyed, however will be welcomed!!

Cheers

Chris

problem with that is its arson. The law is pretty heavy on that.

Another technique is to whack it with a paintball gun.

I have wondered also what a metal disk with epoxy on it, on the end of a convenient pole, for installation, would do, stuck on the lens aperture.

in the one of two ocassions I looked in max power (we have had this discussion, so the ribbing is old...) they were suggesting tin foil covered boards standing in front of the cam. This allows arranged fast speeding runs, but isnt damaging the camera, just kinda obstructing its view a bit.

Portable petrol powered grinder?

big rope and a land rover?


atb

steve

i'll just swap plates with PTM next time we go over the top.........

ever see the news reports of belfast when the take down the security cameras in the "hot spots"

but seen as you english are a peacefull lot why not put your 9inch grinders from screw fix and give them some proper use

I often travel a road through Longton (or somewhere like that on the edge of stoke) where they have about 5 speed cameras in about a mile!!

Was chuffed to see when I passed through on tuesday that someone had covered them all with black poly bags and parcel tape.

Although some poor repair man was trying to remove it all - when I passed by on wednesday at least one of them was covered again.

Glad to see that someone (obviously someone less worried about getting caught than me) is taking action to disarm the blased things.

Yes I visited Stoke a while ago and could not believe how many there were on some stretches of road, I thought we had it bad in northamptonshire.I managed not to get nabbed but it would be very easy for someone from out of the area to get caught out, i suppose that the locals know all the locations as we do in northants, and the cameras only catch people who are passing through the area so therefore dont really deter speeding.
Paul.

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I often travel a road through Longton (or somewhere like that on the edge of stoke) where they have about 5 speed cameras in about a mile!!

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philgregson - 13/9/02 at 10:47 AM

Not only get nabbed - It would be possible to go from a clean licence to a ban in half a mile!!

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JohnFol - 13/9/02 at 12:29 PM

Did you know Reading has more camera's per mile than any other town in the UK?

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carnut1100 - 7/6/03 at 01:47 PM

In my part of Australia speed cameras are usually put in the back of a van and parked by the side of the road for the day.
One person took the plates off the van and drove up and down in front of the van at high speed. The traffic division received lots of tickets for the speed camer van, and were not impressed.

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Peteff - 7/6/03 at 02:49 PM

Bloke in the paper was fined £4000 for downing one this week. That would buy a lot of bits.

yours, Pete.

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Wadders - 7/6/03 at 05:30 PM

No need to go that far, dunno how easy the heads on them turn, but on a stretch of road in Leeds which has a big yellow camera every few hundred yards the things are never ever pointing at the road, the local yoof have them facing over the pavement towards the houses.
Another thought, what would happen if the white lines on the road were accidentally painted black!



i]Originally posted by Peteff
Bloke in the paper was fined £4000 for downing one this week. That would buy a lot of bits.

yours, Pete.

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My mate Phil got nicked last year on the A515 Buxton road. He was doing 96 when the police clocked him and he had to appear at Buxton magistrates cos it was his second offence in 6 months, the other one was 42 in a 30 limit. He got a 3 week ban and is now paranoid to the point of dangerous cos he spends more time looking at the speedo than the road.

yours, Pete.

Living in the US we don't have to deal with speed cameras very much... I really feel for you all though - I hate to imagine what it would be like...

Please accept this blatant law-breaking movie link as a token of sympathy:

http://movies.exvitermini.com/nagsupuk.zip

-MR

Did you see the paper on Wednesday about the World Rally in Wales last November. Sainz, Makinen and Burns all nicked for speeding between stages. Burns was speeding in 5 different limits and faces a ban, 19 drivers altogether. They were all adjourned till this November, probably so they can do them again.

yours, Pete.

Just see it now:

Who do you think you are, Nigel Mansell?

Oh!

ATB

Simon

PS Yeah I know they're cameras, which spoils it a bit!!

I have often wondered what would happen if the glass cover over the camera was sprayed with grease from an aerosol. Wouldn't do any lasting harm to the camera, but would probably make the pictures difficult to use.

Easy - all vote conservative....

Yes believe it or not the conservative party is still going - operating out of a lock up in peckham i understand....

However they have a befinate vote winner in thier new manifesto - ban speed cameras!!

So I say lets all vote for IDS (doesn't that also stand for infant death syndrome?)
And screw the economy.......

Ummmmm...........I think you'll find that the economy is screwed already.
Ian(Not)Duncan Smith

Locoster: (Thinks to himself) "What a great day for a drive!".......Shaniqua:"Hello sir this is Shaniqua your Onstar representitve, our satalite has you doing 70m.p.h in a 50m.p.h. zone..Is there a problem with your vehical sir?..." Locoster:"What?!..Problem with my?!!...Who said that!!?..." Shaniqua:"Sir,I'm sending your citation directly to your local authorities,I've also taken the liberty of deducting the fine from your checking acount and raising your insurance rate.At this time I'm going to have to ask you to release the steering wheel so one of our remote vehical impound officers can now direct your car to the nearest police station where you will remain locked in your car until officers can assist you. Have a nice day and thank you for using Onstar..." Locoster: "Thanks Mr Gebhart!!.." Dont Laugh guys, It's on the way!! Fletch

roumer has it the though police are gunna put micro chips in number plates and track cars from satalites,that way they can get you anywhere,anytime without the expence of film for the cameras

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However they have a befinate vote winner in thier new manifesto - ban speed cameras!!

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I here thermite that's rust + aluminium powder and something hot to light it with (magnesium wire), works a treat.
Molten iron dose wonders for electrics.

If enough cameras are destroyed they'll start costing to much to keep replacing.

Problem solved

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Originally posted by protofj
Easy - all vote conservative....

Yes believe it or not the conservative party is still going - operating out of a lock up in peckham i understand....

However they have a befinate vote winner in thier new manifesto - ban speed cameras!!

So I say lets all vote for IDS (doesn't that also stand for infant death syndrome?)
And screw the economy.......

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I know this is an old thread but just this morning I heard on the news that there is a new law in the U.S. concerning license obstructions, among them was polorizing film placed in front of a plate.

I fear this is a prelude to new speed camera revenue generators in our land

"...another law to protect us...more lawyers to infect us...it's all about the money..it's all about the money...."(sum-41)

someone gave me the idea of putting a 12v Flash bulb in with the numberplate light, coupled with a sensor on the back of the car, it sensed the cam flash causing the Flash bulb above the number plate to flash at the same time!!! This should overexpose the number plate on the film. However I havnt tested it yet !!!

that does indeed work if set up right. i seen a few sample pictures somewhere. may be illegal though i cant remember specifically why.

Trouble is, a lot of new Gasto's and other speed traps donr use flashes now.....

sod a long rope and a land rover just get a jcb and ram it. or get joy riders to ramerm it gets rid of the gatso quicker.

Has no-one heard of gatso can?

When I lived in middlesbrough the local youth would take a baked bean can, remove the label and attach it to a piece of string, then they would swing it aroud their head in front of a speed camera.

The outcome being a complete roll of film being exposed on a bean can exceeding 30mph!

Not something I objected to though hehe

i've heard of that gatso can - think i'll go and try it and then use the contents of the can on the camera - beans flavoured camera, nice !!!!

now that does apeal.......

just off to get sum string