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Forum: Help! I'm being prosecuted! Topic: Getting the video |
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Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 17:58
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| So why do the police refuse to bring a LTI20:20 and its user manual to court as evidence when requested by the defendant? If it is so perfect, what have they got to hide? |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Strobed LED light designs |
| davemar |
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Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 17:18
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| What you might sometimes experience is a beating effect. If you have one set of LEDs flashing at 100Hz, and another at 110Hz, you may notice a 10Hz beat going on which could be distracting. While the LEDs in isolation may not appear to be flashing, when they are close together and reflecting off the... |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Limit acceleration |
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Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 13:35
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| I've been behind plenty of drivers who aren't learners who take ages to pull away when the lights are green and they've got no excuses. You've got to teach learners how to drive properly when they pass. If they never learn to pull away promptly when learning, then they won't do so when they are fina... |
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Forum: Help! I'm being prosecuted! Topic: Getting the video |
| davemar |
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Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 12:57
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| You are also assuming they have any video evidence in the first place. If it is like Sussex they don't use a video recorder with the LTI20:20, so don't generate any evidence that could be used to prove your innocence. I really hope this isn't the case for you, as you'll be up ploppy creek without an... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: The country's daftest speed limit - near Brighton. |
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Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 12:49
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| OK, good visibilty most of the way. There's one bend that needs a slight easing off, but still can be taken way above 30mph. Where the carparks are at the southern end of the road you are usually slowing right down for the junction and the inevitible queue of cars. There do appear to be roadworks ap... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: The country's daftest speed limit - near Brighton. |
| davemar |
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Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 13:36
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| I was driving to Brighton last night along the Ditchling road from Ditchling. This was a NSL road, which after the steep windy climb up the Beacon opens up into a nice fast smooth level road where you can safely cruise along at 60mph (or much more if you were inclined). It's got a few good overtakin... |
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Forum: Help! I'm being prosecuted! Topic: are there supposed to be two pictures? |
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Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 13:27
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| I've found the case. A single LTI photo - no video at all - was deemed to be admissible and used as evidence in a case, one which the defendant lost. That happened to me. All there was was a single photo and no video evidence. Therefore I had no way of calculating my speed from the photos, as you c... |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Limit acceleration |
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Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 13:11
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| I agree with the sentiments that the ability to accelerate is a good thing to have for safety reasons. I'm currently trying to teach SWMBO to drive. I'm trying to get her into the habit of when pulling out at T-junctions, if she's decided she's going to go, then she pulls away as quickly as possible... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Civilian speed trap in Sussex |
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Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 11:52
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| They did appear on the local news, though I don't think it was these actual two people. There's probably a whole group of them and they work in shifts. The local news was certainly spun to make is sound like they were heroes fighting against the evil motorist who has the temerity to drive through TH... |
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Forum: Campaigning Topic: What about a docu-film? |
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 00:16
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| I'm just watching Super-size Me at the moment (I videoed it if you're checking the date!), and it gave me an idea (apart from not eating junk food which I already avoid). How about making a documentry film exposing all the things this website campaigns about? It needn't cost a lot to make, and being... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Civilian speed trap in Sussex |
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 00:11
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| I was out for a little drive this evening when I passed through Sharpthorne in East Sussex. I had known this village had civilian speed 'monitors' after seeing them on the local news. So much to my delight I saw a couple of day-glo clad people with a hair-drier at the side of road pointing towards m... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Mobile speed trap false reading. |
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Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 16:12
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| :gatso2: Read this guys story too. It's well worth the read. http://www.notsoaccurate.com/Page%201.htm Interesting little device he's designed there, though the only way of testing the GATSO I suppose, is too drive through it and set it off. Not something I'd risk doing!! ;) Maybe just wait around ... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Mobile speed trap false reading. |
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Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 16:11
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| Not much to do at present if you are taking the 'disclosure route', you are only entitled to the full session video when a plea of not guilty is entered when a summons is received, however if you doubt you were at the scene as stated above then there would be no harm in requesting the photographs, ... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Mobile speed trap false reading. |
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Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 11:39
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| make sure you use special delivery when sending on the 27th day(next day delivery) and keep records/copies cheers, matt Good point, I'll have to check when the 28th day is, to make sure I can get the last day the post office is open before then. Any ideas for good evidence I can build up for myself... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Mobile speed trap false reading. |
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Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 13:56
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| I was planning on holding things back, as I wanted to go and take some pictures of the road, and hopefully some of the trap when they are next there. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Mobile speed trap false reading. |
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Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 12:29
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OK, I'll send the reply off. They seemed to imply this is what you do on the gumph that came with it.
BTW, where on the IOW are you? I grew up in Bembridge! |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Mobile speed trap false reading. |
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Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 12:10
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| Apologies if this is wrong place for this post, but I'm new around here! I've just received a NIP for travelling at 36mph in a 30mph, from a mobile speed trap. However I was travelling at no more than 25mph at the time. I saw the van a long way off and made doubly sure I kept well below the limit. I... |
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