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Dixie
PostPosted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 14:58 
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A Mirfield, UK speed camera is burned as a stolen car rams a speed camera van in the Newcastle area.

An attack on a speed camera on Huddersfield Road in Battyeford, Mirfield, UK succeeded in severely damaging the device on April 5 at 4:30am. A burning tire was used to render the machine incapable of issuing further tickets.

In Newcastle, a speed camera van that had been traveling along Crow Hall Lane in Cramlington attempted to pull over a Rover Metro on March 30 at 7pm. Instead, the Metro rammed the camera van and took off. The van failed in its attempt to catch the Metro, which turned out to have been stolen. The suspected car thieves have been arrested.

Source: Camera out of action (Huddersfield Daily Examiner (UK), 4/5/2006)

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In Newcastle, a speed camera van that had been traveling along Crow Hall Lane in Cramlington attempted to pull over a Rover Metro on March 30 at 7pm. Instead,


I presume this van had "real" cops in it not the usual civilian crusaders.

Something about this story does not stack up.

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Failed to catch the metro :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
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Failed to catch the metro :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:


probably sticking to the speed limit :roll:

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diy wrote:
Failed to catch the metro :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:


probably sticking to the speed limit :roll:


What ---a camera van observing limits ---pass me my cranial protector , pig poo will be falling next.

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diy wrote:
Failed to catch the metro :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:


probably sticking to the speed limit :roll:


thats no excuse for not catching a car that is incapable of reaching the speed limits :lol:

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thats no excuse for not catching a car that is incapable of reaching the speed limits

That's not strictly true... rumour has it that a Metro was stopped having passed through a village (40 limit) at 50+, and the driver told the BiB it had taken so long to reach 50 he was loathe to slow down for such a small village! :lol:

Even 2CV's can exceed 65 given long enough to wind them up! :D

That said, I could never understand why nicking a Metro was called "JOY riding"! :roll:

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