No escape, no surrender

[Cdr]

Originally posted by Jonaldo
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I wasn't taking the 'piss', it was merely a simple question to ascertain whether or not you drove.

I do however think your statement of 'Pretty easy solution really, suprised so few people manage to work that one out.' is now null and void, as you have no idea how 'easy' it is to drive within the speed limit.

And to use your examples, although I may shout at the TV when someone misses an 'easy' goal, I haven't got a clue how easy or how hard it was to score that goal. Why? Because I'm not a footballer. It's easy to criticise others when you don't actually do the thing yourself.

And I think your last post clearly proves you have no idea what you are talking about.

Why dont you learn to drive, then come back and tell us how you stick within the speed limit everytime you step foot into a car.

 

[Jonaldo]

Originally posted by Cdr
Why dont you learn to drive, then come back and tell us how you stick within the speed limit everytime you step foot into a car.

I can drive. I don't drive. I have a car in a garage about 100 yards away from here.

I don't doubt that when I do start driving full time I will break the speed limit.

However, all I say is I don't think any warning should be given where speed cameras are. All that does is stop people speeding for 30 seconds which pretty much voids the whole point of them being there. Just don't think people should complain when they get caught as it was only due to the fact they were breaking a law that they got caught in the first place.

 

[CAC]

Meanwhile back on topic.....


I drive up and down the M6 on a daily basis taking and picking up yoni from work,on the stetch i drive on they are currently working on the central reservation and have implemented a 50 mph speed limit with cameras in place to take your photo.

Today i noticed a big board on the side of the road informing me that in the space of 1 week there have been 3275 fines issued
for people speeding on that bit of road.

 

[Uncle Sick(tm)]

I am with Jonaldo here... I actually am a driver.

Contrary to popular belief there are speed limits in Germany - I broke it a couple of years ago and crashed into a parked car behind a bend.

Result: me fined, three fingers broken, various other bruises.

Speeding kills people. Most of the time it kills the wrong people, like innocent pedestrians, families etc.
No matter how good a driver you are, there are moments when you don't have control over your car... like, oh my god, when you speed.

 

[Cdr]

Originally posted by Jonaldo
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Surely if for that 30 seconds as they get past the dangerous point on the road, or past the school entrance, it saves lives, it doesn't void the purpose.

The speed camera is there as a deterrent, and it's doing its job if it slows cars down (regardless of the amount of time they actually do slow down) - just because it isn't fining the people who then speed back up again, doesn't mean it's useless.

 

[Xavier]

Originally posted by Deadmanwalking
infra red to see a number ?

Nightvision surely?

That or the motor way lights

:wall:

 

[Xavier]

Originally posted by Any
Both types of night vison use infrared. Just different parts of the spectrum.

Infrared accounts for a tiny portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, of which can be divided into 3 simple bands- far, mid and near.

Far infrared is the longest of IR wavelengths and is basically heat, - go any longer with your wave and you get microwaves - ( and either way you'd want a identify the numberplate, not melt it ) - so that's not much use. At any length, imaging based on far infrared is called thermal imaging, not night vision.

Mid infrared is partially visible, but still generates some heat, again not ideal for sticking in a precision imaging device... You can't read a numberplate with thermal imaging and sure sure as hell can't with a mid ir.

Which only leaves near infrared - greater than 1µm wavelength, almost red light but not quite.

From the limited expoure I've had to digitally amplified IR, they rely on exactly the same narrow band of near wavelengths.. but instead of throwing IR onto the target they just amplify whatever already exists in the scene...

*puts chalk down and trundles off to make a coffee *

(note to self, post less at 4am )

 

[Swift^]

The problem I have with speed cameras and the likes is that around here - southwest london - the speed cameras are only placed on busy, straight and simple roads - there's a lot of very very dangerous roads around here, and not one of them has a speed camera on them.

You can usually see the remains of accidents at these areas too, and where the speed cameras are - I've never heard of an accident, and no-one I know considers them dangerous.

Also gg local councils hiding cameras behind roadsigns (there's several great illegal jokes on the A3).

 

[Clowneh!]

SW London SUXXXX!!!!!!! OMFGLOL