Linch
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Registered: 4th May 06
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Rite basically today was coming threw old Durham road doing 30mph, it was lashing with rain, windows misty a bit ect, the road developed into a slight incline, as I was chatting to my lass in the car still doing 30mph, the hill increased and the car speeded up to 38mph (aprox) when the girlfriend shouts speed camera! I was like ah F*uck!, so what you lot think?
It was one of them non-flashing type, do you think I will get dun for it? what's more annoying was the camera was in the shadow of some tree's so i didn't even see it before I knew it.
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ed
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What do I think? You got caught.
No way around it. If it was raining so hard you should have been paying attention more and it's illegal to drive a car with misted up windows.
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Robin
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so were you speeding, or did you react in time?
was it a 30 limit?
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Linch
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Yeah i think i will get dun,
And attention levels were high as i was sticking to 30 untill the sudden hill! and the windows wernt misted up, just not totaly clear, you know how it is when its rainin
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ed
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Annoying  You might have got away with it. I take it you slammed on the brakes when you went though?
Don't all speed cameras flash? Gatso's white and Truvo's purple?
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Linch
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Yeah i slammed brakes on, was wet so was like stopping on a road of marbles, was one of them ones with a purple eye.
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All Torque
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Truvelo?
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All Torque
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Linch
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Aye thats the bastard!
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Steve
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your speedo will prob be ~4mph out normally faster anyway
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Linch
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so that means i would of been doing over 40 then? in other words im stuffed?
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Tom J
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no speedo usually reads higher than you are actually doing
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jazzer2k3
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I think ur gunna get shafted matey =/
U might be very lucky if u slammed ur brakes on, cos its 10%+2mph of the speed limit *30 being 3+2  so hope that u were doing 35mph 
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Dan B
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
your speedo will prob be ~4mph out normally faster anyway
Pretty sure speedos aren't allowed to under-read the speed (ie. speedo can't read 35mph when you're doing 40mph, but can read 40mph when you're doing 35mph - numbers made up, there may be a percentage-allowance), or am I thinking of something else?
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Cybermonkey
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
your speedo will prob be ~4mph out normally faster anyway
at 30mph  get fucked steve stop talking bullshit. myabe 4mph above 100mph
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Sam
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This is exactly what happened to me recently! 
Well, apart from the camera being a mobile camera van!
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=298850
[Edited on 20-08-2006 by Sam]
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Steve
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quote:
Originally posted by Cybermonkey
quote:
Originally posted by Steve
your speedo will prob be ~4mph out normally faster anyway
at 30mph get fucked steve stop talking bullshit. myabe 4mph above 100mph
stfu david you tart, all my speedos have always overread by about 3mph at 30, more like 10mph at 100 
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RKS
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You might find that where it was raining and everything misting up that it didnt get a clear shot on your plate, hopefully there was too much spray coming from yours and other cars
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Steve
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For instance when i crossed the line at avon park in my 106 my speedo always read about +/-100mph but my ET speed was always around 90mph
Also evidence in other cars, using GPS. Always around 30 in every car iv owned has the speedo read about 33mph when i am doing 30
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