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_j5689_ wrote:

RTHKI wrote:

20mph in school zone ees useless

To be fair, these ones only get you if you're going 12 over as far as I know, I just don't like having limits imposed on me indefinitely, it feels wrong

The only speeding kill that anybody made in the last 5 years in this city was when a cop was doing 50 in a residential 25 during rush hour and killed some kid

If it wasn't about making money they would impose a RF controlled governor on the car. i.e. drive past stop sign, transmitter on the sign automatically limits the speed of the car to the limit. But no, speed cameras are just another way for the state to collect revenue. They don't actually care about your safety, or the safety of those kids, that's secondary to $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Last edited by Jay (2012-02-10 04:59:09)

PrivateVendetta wrote:

Jay wrote:

_j5689_ wrote:

To be fair, these ones only get you if you're going 12 over as far as I know, I just don't like having limits imposed on me indefinitely, it feels wrong

The only speeding kill that anybody made in the last 5 years in this city was when a cop was doing 50 in a residential 25 during rush hour and killed some kid

If it wasn't about making money they would impose a RF controlled governor on the car. i.e. drive past stop sign, transmitter on the sign automatically limits the speed of the car to the limit. But no, speed cameras are just another way for the state to collect revenue.

lol i can just imagine the reaction to that.

Speed cameras over here barely make money. A lot of councils don't turn a lot of them on because of it and my home town recently turned them all off publicly and put efforts into speed detection signs that tell you when you are speeding instead.

The reaction would be amazing to watch Speed cameras here are usually placed in very busy intersections where there's a good chance you'll be trapped in the box by other idiot lost motorists. Or, they put them in places that can be classified as speed traps where the speed drops suddenly and dramatically. They're revenue generators that fly under the radar compared to a real tax increase. Politicians have learned to not touch tax rates as those are easily understood by the voter, so they nickel and dime us everywhere else. Speed cameras, excise taxes on cigs, alcohol, cable television, cell phones, you name it, it's taxed.

Should book flights to Sydney for Easter hols but I'm unsure whether to come back mid week or stay till the end of the weekend. If I don't book soon they'll go up marginally.

PrivateVendetta wrote:

Jay wrote:

_j5689_ wrote:

To be fair, these ones only get you if you're going 12 over as far as I know, I just don't like having limits imposed on me indefinitely, it feels wrong

The only speeding kill that anybody made in the last 5 years in this city was when a cop was doing 50 in a residential 25 during rush hour and killed some kid

If it wasn't about making money they would impose a RF controlled governor on the car. i.e. drive past stop sign, transmitter on the sign automatically limits the speed of the car to the limit. But no, speed cameras are just another way for the state to collect revenue.

lol i can just imagine the reaction to that.

Speed cameras over here barely make money. A lot of councils don't turn a lot of them on because of it and my home town recently turned them all off publicly and put efforts into speed detection signs that tell you when you are speeding instead.

It's the other way around over here, they put those up FIRST and then removed them and now a month later they put up cameras on both sides

HITNRUNXX wrote:

_j5689_ wrote:

Every single last school in my city has speed cameras in front of it.  Both roads that my street connects to now have speeding cameras.

Just a thought... Are you SURE they are speed cameras?

I ask because a BUNCH of people here in OKC got pissed off at the speed cameras being put up at every intersection... But turns out, they are not speed cameras, they are infrared sensors that control the lights instead of the sensors in the streets... They just look like cameras.

I'm positive, all the newspapers mention it as such and I doubt if they were infrared sensors that they would have the large flashbulbs on them that speed cameras have, lol

Not sure what yours look like if they're full-size roadside boxes, over here, the infrared sensors are mounted right on the the same post the traffic lights are mounted on and they look just like security cameras.  Lights that are attached to overhanging power lines are being phased out everywhere in favor of putting in the new street-light posts that allow those to be mounted and of course they have that pedestrian button on them that does nothing as an added bonus.

_j5689_ wrote:

I'm positive, all the newspapers mention it as such and I doubt if they were infrared sensors that they would have the large flashbulbs on them that speed cameras have, lol

Not sure what yours look like if they're full-size roadside boxes, over here, the infrared sensors are mounted right on the the same post the traffic lights are mounted on and they look just like security cameras.  Lights that are attached to overhanging power lines are being phased out everywhere in favor of putting in the new street-light posts that allow those to be mounted and of course they have that pedestrian button on them that does nothing as an added bonus.

Same here, just checking. It was hilarious how many people were mad about it, and it didn't even exist.

In other news, the earth is round!

Keep us updated

bennisboy wrote:

Macbeth wrote:

Keep us updated

1. Not sure if serious
2. I doubt anyone updates when out and about

finray does

Toilet Sex wrote:

bennisboy wrote:

Macbeth wrote:

Keep us updated

1. Not sure if serious
2. I doubt anyone updates when out and about

finray does

Was quite fun. Got home at four. Now I'm poor so I had to go watch the nets instead of the knicks. Outrageous!

I had a fwp that I wanted to post here but I forgot what it was /fwp

HITNRUNXX wrote:

Three other people that filed their taxes on the same day as me got their returns yesterday. Mine is scheduled for Tuesday... So much for buying my camera RIGHT NOW... I have to add a whole FOUR MORE DAYS to my 18 month wait.

I don't get people who like to give Uncle Sam loans.  Adjust your deductions so you are always negative.  And you if want that extra cash like the tax refund, just setup a secondary account that gets automatic transfers from another account.

Had a rose to be delivered to my girlfriend's work today for Valentines. She called in sick but I managed to catch the florist in time and it's going to be delivered to her home.

fwp solved