Civilians with Speed Guns

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They have these in Radlicffe on Trent in Nottinghamshire........Always wondered what powers they really had.

[fizzwheel]

They've been doing this in one the villages near me. Its on my summer cycle route home, they lurk at the bottom of a very steep hill which I'm touching nearly 40mph down ( its a 30mph limit ) I'm waiting to get gunned by one of them whlst on my pedal bike

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

They've been doing this in one the villages near me. Its on my summer cycle route home, they lurk at the bottom of a very steep hill which I'm touching nearly 40mph down ( its a 30mph limit ) I'm waiting to get gunned by one of them whlst on my pedal bike

get some damaged plastics off a 'streetfightered' bike
tape them to your push bike, stick one of those kids things on your bike which makes an engine sound (or do it yourself).

[yorkie_chris]

What a pop bottle stuck in the back wheel?

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

What a pop bottle stuck in the back wheel?

yeah thats the one!

if you could get their reg plate (maybe parked up nearby) then even better!

[yorkie_chris]

Maybe if you spot these spastics then you could anonymously report their reg plate for driving like a muppet or picking up jailbait or something lol

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Maybe if you spot these spastics then you could anonymously report their reg plate for driving like a muppet or picking up jailbait or something lol

Follow them home to get their own reg plate (or just see their car parked up next to where they are doing it) get a cloned plate made up to match it, stick it on your bike then speed past a different civilian speedtrap.

[Bluepete]

Just so we are clear, these people only record the details of the vehicles they think exceed the limit using the low tech equipment they have access to. They pass those details on to the council who write the letter.
Then, if there is percieved to be a problem with excess speed, the local Cops will come along with the Home Office approved kit and do some enforcement.

Pete

Originally Posted by BluePete

Just so we are clear, these people only record the details of the vehicles they think exceed the limit using the low tech equipment they have access to. They pass those details on to the council who write the letter.
Then, if there is percieved to be a problem with excess speed, the local Cops will come along with the Home Office approved kit and do some enforcement.

Pete

Or, do what they do with that Michael Collins guy (Not exactly, but set up something to catch a particular person) I guess if the speed was great enough, or you were a repeat offender.

Thanks for the clarity there Blue - that makes a lot of sense. So practically there's no difference between these guys and me twitching my net curtains, using my low tech uncalibrated eyeballs to figure that the boy racer going up and down the road is going closer to 50mph than 30mph and reporting that?

Except..... under this scheme I could get MY VERY OWN lollypop lady jacket and get to point a gun at people, generally be feared and respected by all; feel the POWAH and RESHPECT MAH AUTHORITAH!