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iTrader: (1)

I think double-crewed cars are pretty rare these days - most I see (marked or otherwise) seem to be single crew. And as stated, they have a single aerial that looks like a phone aerial, so that doesn't work. They mostly have alloy wheels too, so the missing wheel covers are no longer a giveaway.


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Stuart J

They tend to be clean which helps when the roads are as mucky as they are at the moment

richs2891

True but this type dont bother with 6), 7) and then take an absolute age to get back to the speed they where travelling at !

Collegue went into the back of someone who did exactly this two weeks ago !

Richard

StickyMicky

must admit, any white van by the side of the road and i now prepare for full deceleration g-force to commence

M444GY

iTrader: (72)

flip up led screen on the parcel shelf . 3 or more ariels on the roof . objects behind the grill also

liedetector

That would be all very well if road deaths weren't on the decrease, but they are on the decrease. I take it you didn't see last years road casualty statistics - ie three hundred less fatalities than the year before (an 8% decrease, practically all of which was in urban areas where the vast majority of road humps and speed cameras are situated).

Stuart J

This can be debated forever, why not throw in that cars are getting safer therefore you will survive more accidents. Deaths in Urban areas you say are falling, is that because they are so congested accidents now tend to be at lower speed.

Fact is that the government are concentrating on the theory that speed causes accidents, it dosent its inapropriate speed & poor driving. Driving standards are falling, standards of car maintenance are falling yet people arent being stopped because there arent enough Police on the roads to enforce it. When you drive at night count the number of cars with defective lights. Years ago that was an invitation to be stopped today theres nobody there to do it or perhaps, is it that its too much paperwork to bring a prosecution that may well be argued in court, thus taking up more Police time therefore its not "cost effective"

Either way the continual fixation with speed is meaning that large numbers of peole who considered themselves to be law abiding are getting criminal records for doing only very slightly over the limit which is giving them a bad feeling about the Police. In time this will lead to the Police becoming more isolated, a bad thing for society as a whole.

For those who say its not a criminal record it is, I recently did some work in a Prison & I had to declare any criminal convictions prior to getting clearance to enter & that included any driving convictions so that makes me a person with 2 criminal convictions.

How I love Mr Blairs Britain

2000TLondon

Off topic slightly, but I've just moved to Texas, where there are no speed cameras, just the sheriff with his laser gun, but that's very, very rare.

You do occaisonally get a sheriff sitting near an intersection with "all-way" STOP signs, as they consider running a STOP sign to be far more dangerous and ticket worthy than speeding, which makes a lot of sense.

The traffic is heavy but all moves at at least the speed limit. The only down side here (once you've mastered people weaving and using any lane for overtaking) is that most of the smaller highways (10 lanes or less) only have yellow lines in the middle to seperate oncoming traffic, and considering lots of people have told me "drink driving is common here as the place is so big" ......

Oh, the other downside is the highest octane petrol is 93!!!!!!! In the oil state!