Speed enforcement week........Europe wide!!!!

tess

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Theres been speed vans on route to work for a few wks now,.think I got caught last week am waiting for letter..gits
 
2b1ask1

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I tend to give up when I am on the Isle of Wight as there are no open roads and there is always at least one mobile unit active, either on his motorbike or transit connect. There favourite spots are climbing up South out of Newport through the old streets or the Newport Rd out of Sandown, they love to sit near schools and will pick you off at just a couple of MPH over... Not substantiated but although there are half a dozen speed camera boxes over there allegedly they only actually have one camera & just keep moving it every couple of weeks.
 
Parisien

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No fun GD.............but what can you do............wound her ( the beast!) up a few times today ....no fixed cameras over in NI................:)....:).........just the portagun guys


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TridentTested

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Parisien said:
Naw....don't bother with the detectors Dem...........keep my eyes open.......
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Luckily it worked for me today. It was a close one.

I was stuck behind a slower driver, followed him through a couple of villages and the winding D roads between them. I wasn't in any particular hurry and would happily have chugged along behind him but there was a white Dacia up my chuff. I tried giving the Dacia a couple of left-foot dabs on the brake but he still stuck to my rear like glue.

I know the proper advice here would have been to pull over and let the clown past but we don't do that, do we? So when finally an overtaking space presented itself how could I resist two downshifts and roaaaaaaaaaaar?

The road was clear, beautifully smooth, downhill, and the QP was just begging to go.

As I started the overtake I was just thinking this would be the sort of straight Les Flics would target. I was mindful of this thread and then when I saw an oncoming car, way off in the distance, flashing his lights I glanced at the speedo and thought a bit of restraint might be in order. I dabbed the brakes and shed 50 kph - it's amazing how easy it is to have gathered speed in these cars.

Sure enough when reaching the end of the straight, hidden in the shadows under some trees on this bright sunny day, was a well concealed blue shirt standing behind a tripod.

50 clicks over the limit is very bad news in France - that would have been a dampener on the hols - sometimes a sixth sense is necessary.
 
Parisien

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Close........yeah, sometimes what other road users are doing gives you a hint or two......having said that, in France not sure many of run of the mill cars they all seem to be driving could do 50kph beyond the national limit!!!


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GhostyDog

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Wife came home other night, having been clocked by a cameravan on the M6 Toll doing a tad more than the speed limit.

Despite me warning her about speed awareness week.

*shakes head*
 
Parisien

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Hence retro fitting them to simpler/classic type cars won't be sustainable.......am going to boost the Lancia up to 130mph when done....;)

There goes all the rationale behind supercars, obselete overnight..........


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