Oh No - not again.......

[Alfanige]

BLOODY B*******D'S!!!!

A11 going into Narridge today came round a corner, downhill and there hiding behind the large junction sign out of view until the last seconds was the orange "safety camera van" with a man operating the damn thing.

Not only was that the sneakiest position they could possibly have for it - but apart from a standard off/on junction there is no danger there at all. The spot is perfect for catching drivers wallets on the way past though.

I "think" I was only doing 75 but I braked first checked 2nd - and I WASNT driving particuarily fast, I was early, the road was dry, it was a fantastic morning and I was the only thing on the road... if the bastards nick me I am doomed to a ban for one but I will definently kick up a fuss!

My nerves are shot now - I drive so many miles and its affecting my ability to drive as I am constantly looking for cameras and watching my speed - not the road anymore.

A very depressed Nige

 

[Tom]

What is the limit there? National?

Cheeky feckers zapping people on a dry day, they should be out infront of schools, playgrounds or city centres or following smee around

 

[Anonymous]

Oh no Nige, not again!

At this rate i will have to visit you for lunch

Daz

 

[Anonymous]

welcome to narrrridge nige land of the tractors... didnt think we could afford camera vans... bastids should be repairing the roads there crap up here... or is that over here???

sorry to hear it nige but like i said should have a 1.6

tom, they knew i was at work so they hassle other for that amount of time but i swear asoon as i leave some 1 tell them cos i see about 10 on the way home everyday....good job its single road back to swaffham a few time i could of lost it if that tractor aint of been there.... BIG UP THE TRACTOR

Smee

 

[mathew]

the snooper not work again nige!

 

[Roberto]

I might have seen that one this morning Nige. I was on my way home from Papworth hospital about 10am and there was one sitting on the bridge above the A11 outside Norfolk Constabulary HQ in Wymondham. I had a guy in a Prelude up my arse and a **** in a Ford Mundane thinking he was Ayrton Senna. I was doing over the limit, although not 100% sure how much, probably 80-85. I hit the brakes the moment the van popped into view, so I think I was ok, so did the Prelude, but the Mondeo just sailed past and under doing 85+ LOL !
Like you say, dry morning, not a lot of traffic about, should be outside a school or other accident blackspot, not on a straight piece of dual carriageway. Lazy fooker only had to drive 30 seconds from his base to the bridge.

The Xmas party fund obviously needed topping up LOL

Rob



My New Objet Du Désir

 

[Sabre23]

"My nerves are shot now - I drive so many miles and its affecting my ability to drive as I am constantly looking for cameras and watching my speed - not the road anymore."

Cut down your stress level, Nige.
Watch your speed, then there will be no need to be on the lookout for cameras!

Are you making a claim that drivers driving within the speed limit are a liability because they are not concentrating on the road, just their speedos?


Mark.
Council estate lad.
And proud of it!

 

[AlfaNige]

No, what I was saying was to I have to keep watching the speedo to ensure I am not speeding. The difference between OK and a ban is 2 or 3mph for me now. I drive an average of 42,000 miles a year which is stressfull enough without having to watch the speed all the time. Keeping the speed down is fine but when the speed creeps up to 75 on a dual carriadgeway and then you get nicked its just a mare.
I got nicked a few weeks ago for doing 95 in a 70 - fair cop and I asked for no sympathy - just annoyed I got nicked. Thsi time I was driving slowly, just meandering along 75ish on a dry dual carraidgeway with excelent visability and nothing around me. I was concentrating on the junction and looking for anything coming off or on - not on the ****** sitting on the bridge with the camera - thats what pisses me off - so now I concentrate on watching the speedo and the bridge and ******** to anyone coming on or off.
I have the snooper set at an overspeed warning of 70mph now so it beeps regardless
I have been done 7 times now - which is once every 96,000 miles so its not like I am a continual criminal - if you drive the miles I do each year then you would be nicked now and again. Its just unfortunate that I have accumulated a few more points in a short period of time - like 9 in 3 weeks!

 

[Anonymous]

invest in cruise control!!
nick

 

[Martin]

I feel for ya Nige, I have been banned 3 times, all for speeding, 2 were for doing over 100 on the motorway, they were just a one month ban, hefty fine, one month is pretty small fry, that is copeable. It's the totting up, I was the same as you, driving shed loads of miles for work, got caught 3 times in about 6 months, then was O.K for a while, but got caught again well within the 3 years, I got 6 months and £500 fine, I appealed cos I needed the car for work, they cut it to 3 months and gave me an extra £250

3 of my speedings were 42,43 and 43 in a 30, all during the day, the coppers all said about not being able to stop if a child ran out, I argued about it being schooltime and there were no kids, but it fell on deaf ears. I have a daughter myself now, so I don't speed in built up areas as much now. The las one I was doing 96 on the M11

You have my sympathies Nige. Been there, done that, didn't like it, didn't buy the T-Shirt.

 

[Bahney]

sorry to hear that nige

i am sure there is a poor student out there that could do with some spare cash, slip them a few hundred notes and hey presto they were driving !

it will cost you about £100 per point last check plus u pay fine but better then banned ??

invest in a road angel mate i would if i were doing that milage a year

 

[AlfaNige]

I invested in a Snooper and need to upgrade it to get the mobile bastards.
Oh well, off to Whitstable in Kent now - another 340 mile round trip, lets see how many I get today