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07-04-06, 11:05 PM | #231 |
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gatso speed cameras can't prosecute vehicles travelling towards them
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08-04-06, 12:35 PM | #232 | |
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08-04-06, 04:12 PM | #233 |
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correct, gatsos can only prosecute from the rear numberplate
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08-04-06, 04:18 PM | #234 | |
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Gatsos are either forward or rear facing. Forward facing ones will work on your approaching front plate but ignore traffic going in the opposite directions rear plate. Rear facing ones will ignore oncoming traffics front plates and work on your rear plate. Presuming we're talking cars here with 2 plates. |
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08-04-06, 04:42 PM | #236 |
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Gatso cameras were named after a rally driver, Maurice Gatsonides. Gatsonides wanted monitor his speed around the corners of a race track and came up with the device in order to improve his time around the circuit.
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What's that they say?... the greatest of harm can result from the best intentions. Or was it The road to Hell is paved with good intentions? Something like that anyway |
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09-04-06, 11:32 AM | #240 |
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Ok another one from me.
Water pipes were originally made from Lead with Lead solder. The Roman term for Lead was Plumbum and it is from this we get the term plumber. The Latin Plumbum was originally derived from the Greek for Lead which was Molubdos. It is from the Greek we get the term for the element Molybdenum which was so named because its compounds were often confused with compounds of Lead. |
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