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Admittedly I have not heard it about as much recently but it was very prolific 2 years ago |
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I know how it's done, they use a VASCAR unit over a measured distance, same as my traffic car. What I want to know is, does anyone know someone, or can anyone point me to a reliable source showing how many people have been prosecuted for exceeding the speed limit using the helicopter as the corroberation for the observers opinion that the bike was speeding? Pete ![]() |
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I have seen it getting cars over the A55, more than I've seen it getting bikes TBH. Then it tends to hover in one place.
I heard (don't mean it's true, though actually I think it was one of the emergency services pilots from another part of the UK that told me this, though it could just as easily been a man in the pub, I can't remember!) that they pay for the helicopter for a certain amount of hours per month. If they haven't used the quota towards the end of the month they send it up on speed enforcement. Still pi$$es me off that tax payers money is used for this purpose, they should buy a smaller quota, then PAYG on a higher rate as and when they need it if they run out of hours. Then it pi$$es me off that they spend taxpayers money on a scamera van and a man to stand inside it to catch speeders, when they could spend it on a police officer and a vehicle, that would be 10 times more effective in catching every type of offence "They" are to blame for everything you see ![]() Last edited by -Ralph-; 26-04-11 at 07:31 PM. |
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**** me give us a all break, why don't "they" just fit tachometers in the Bikes and have done with it? Electronically upload it automatically complete with biological data, blood/ alcohol count, retina scan, fingerprints and sperm count. It's all too much, in the wrong area. I need a cup of tea! |
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Cheshire Police send their plane up the Cat N Fiddle, see it circling over Macc quite regularly before heading up there. Don't know of anyone who has been done by it though.
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Returning from 1973 Austrian GP, the 'other' truck was stopped by a helicopter on the autobahn. It hovered in front of them & charged a hefty fine. Best bit was, the lads circled the biggest number on the document, converted it from deutschmarks into real @ Sterling @ money and claimed it on expenses, making a thumping profit. Oh, regarding Brunstrom: " Former North Wales Police chief Richard Brunstrom fined for having out-of-date car tax disc " In New Zealand, bought a car & thought the tax disc date was when it started! Just like here?
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I was going up and down to see Maria in Aberystwyth lots through all the Brunstrom years and never had a problem, think it was all a load of balls and more likely a problem if you were going powerrangering on the popular roads.
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Holy necro-post batman!
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