Unbelievable

[Jabba]

Some of the world's top rally drivers were caught by speed cameras around the site of the British leg of the world championship, a court has been told.

information kindly sent to me by GAT

http://www.supercarshowdown.co.uk/wrccaughtonaspeedcamera.jpg

[novass]

WTF? are you serious? are they gonna try and give them a ticket? LOL i cant believe that

[Jabba]

not only that...they may well loose their licenses..and therefore not be able to compete in any more rallying...thats why our country sucks so much....absolutely pathetic...banning some of the best drivers in the fucking world IMO for going a bit over 30 mph

[novass]

that is unbelievable! these arent average citizens, they are some of the best damn drivers in the world! i cant wait to see what happens

[gis]

only in the UK huh jabba

[jon_s]

I can believe that!

[wizard]

thats bad....its really bad for the uk. for the name and fame uk has about rallys

[TT]

Not Photoshop? :)

[Jabba]

its in all the national newspapers here....

[TT]

Uhm... but the pic showed is clearly fake..

Were they shooted prior to the rally while they were "testing" the roads? In that case, obviously, the rules say they have to repect road rules..
But the pic was taken during the rally itself ... and it's clearly Photshopped...

[Jabba]

yes I see what you mean...but the photo is from a national newspaper here:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2003350448,00.html

[TT]

yes I see what you mean...but the photo is from a national newspaper here:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2003350448,00.html

Ok, I read, but you agree with me that the light is clearly fake, as the lens flare...

[Jabba]

completely...the whole thing looks wrong now I have looked at it properly...but I cant belive the paper could have been tricked like that...perhaps they created it...to "enhance" the story...

[TT]

Yeah, I got your point.. maybe it was just created to add something to their lines..

But the whole story seems so wrong.. it would be like putting speed traps during Monaco GP LOL!
The roads were closed for the rally, the Rally has all the needed permissions from the State and the Police...
So it sound so strange...

BTW, the last rally was held at the end of 2002, many months ago.. so why the news came out only now?

[Jabba]

speed cameras are a very hot subject in the UK right now...to the point where there are almost riots taking place...and lynching the govenment...we also have had a farmer put in prision for shooting a burglar....our whole "justice" system is way beyond a joke now...

I got caught the other day...doing 41 mph in a 30 mph zone heading onto a 70 mph carriage way (1 minute away)....a total "trap"

the police force responsible for the rally tickets hand out an average 4,200 speeding tickets per month against solving 6% of all burglaries....the only place soon that will not have any speeding cameras will be the pavement (sidewalk) soon....

they have only just taken the drivers to court now...thats why its making the papers now

[TT]

ok, I see :)

Obviously I know about the situation mainly thanks to evo...

I hope things will change for you ober there, if not, you'll have to move to the Isle of Man :D

[novass]

i still cant believe they would do something like that. its not like the govt didnt know they were gonna be there, and after all its a fuckin RACE! the whole meaning of the term signifies speed, wtf were they expecting? its not like their gonna come on the road and immediately slow down, take off the helmet, put the top down and cruise for the rest of the stage.

we have had some issues with road cameras too. a few cities were fuckin with the lights makin it catch people running reds when they really werent. its bullshit. fuckin big brother bullshit. driving is not a right its a privilege, gimme a fuckin break. i cant wait till im taxed for breathing.

alright im done bitchin....for now at least LOL

[Jabba]

our government considers all motorists to be criminals....they would also like to make owning a car a crime also....and yet we are the people putting the most into the economy....its totally and completley unfair...if I could... I would leave tommorow...

[gis]

id do the same as u jabba if i could,i can see another speed camera goin up near me very soon,this mornin at 7:15 am i just read in the news paper,there was a head on crash in a 40 zone,a 20 year old overtaking a toyota celica in an old vauxhaul astra and head on crash.

its people like him who make the UK a bad place to enjoy our cars

[Ziploc]

they are to obey the law when travelling from stage to stage on public laqw wnforced roads

i read the article to

got it on my palm pilot 8)

[stracing]

speed cameras are a hot topic in sydney as well. they're all revenue raising schemes. they get them wrong too. a lady was clocked doing 160kmh in her datsun 120y!!! later it was tested that top speed was 140kmh but it was a surprise it even wen that fast

why can't your bitish transport ministers stop doing stuff like this. we are completely copying their stupid ideas. our transport ministers are trying to bring in a toll just entering the city

[troskap]

Well, that photo does look like a bit of a photoshop hack. It wouldn't be the first time, or the last time...sort of reminds me of that brouhaha that came up after the Kentucky Derby here in the US when someone apparently used the 'Burn' function on Photoshop to make it look like the jockey was carrying something extra on the inside of his hand.


Here in my part of the US, all the rage hasn't been about speed cameras, but mainly red-light cameras (though knowing the money grubbing politicians around here, the speed cameras are probably on the way.....). Ostenibly, it's caught quite a few red light busters, a few of them quite flagrant in violation. Or at least, so it would appear. Unfortunately, there's been a lot of shady play involved with the authorities doing things like shortening yellow lights to make the cameras more 'productive', like novass mentioned. It's just a bit annoying. Naturally, I've been fortunate to be able to avoid most of the damn things by taking country backroads, but who knows how long that will last....