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Corranga
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by Corranga » Wed Jul 04, 2012 12:00 pm
Matelotman wrote:IIRC scam vans use laser devices with a cross hair so the operator knows exactly who he's pointing at
...an asterix appears on his screen indicating that the target vehicle is over speed
...once he's pinged your car, he could easily haved moved over and pinged Lindsay's aswell.
That sounds amazing! A physical mod to give it a trigger and a programming mod to display photo-realistic explosions, and I reckon they are on to a winner!

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by Scotty C » Wed Jul 04, 2012 1:24 pm
i jsut wonder if i can get away with telling them the Stig was driving my car. I was wearing a helmet at the time

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by meatball » Wed Jul 04, 2012 8:12 pm
Do you mean a copy complaint?
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by Scotty C » Tue Jul 10, 2012 11:17 am
I'll take that

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by meatball » Tue Jul 10, 2012 11:22 am
Bummer.
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by Scotty C » Tue Jul 10, 2012 11:28 am
first time ive been over the limit in 10+ years of Lotus ownership.
Take it on the chin.
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by hendeg » Tue Jul 10, 2012 11:54 am
Scotty C wrote:first time ive been over the limit in 10+ years of Lotus ownership.
Well - in the UK anyway

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by j2 lot » Tue Jul 10, 2012 12:02 pm
Scotty C wrote:first time ive been caught over the limit in 10+ years of Lotus ownership.
Take it on the chin.
Edited that for you

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by Dominic » Tue Jul 10, 2012 12:11 pm
Scotty C wrote:
Take it on the chin.
That's my take on things. I have been done a couple of times in 20 years of driving, and just see it as an occupational hazard of being a modern motorist - everyone speeds a bit, everyone gets done from time to time.
I have noticed a lot more speed traps in the Glasgow area recently (passed two, safely of course

) on my 20 minute commute this morning.
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by Peter » Tue Jul 10, 2012 12:25 pm
Take a leaf out of my book and don't speed, those speedlimits are set for a reason.
Can anyone tell me what the reason is?
What principles are adopted for setting them?
How different drivers, cars and road conditions are taken into consideration?
I'm looking forward to stamping on the brakes at Gretna when coming north (ref English motorways being lifted to 80MPH limit yet Scottish Goverment thinks 70 is enough)..
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by tut » Tue Jul 10, 2012 1:04 pm
Scotty C wrote:first time ive been over the limit in 10+ years of Lotus ownership.
Take it on the chin.
I think that reads pulled Scotty.
Was Linzi OK?
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by Scotty C » Tue Jul 10, 2012 2:06 pm
Peter wrote:Take a leaf out of my book and don't speed, those speedlimits are set for a reason.
Can anyone tell me what the reason is?
What principles are adopted for setting them?
How different drivers, cars and road conditions are taken into consideration?
I'm looking forward to stamping on the brakes at Gretna when coming north (ref English motorways being lifted to 80MPH limit yet Scottish Goverment thinks 70 is enough)..
i was a van, but Ali got pulled on the way down by a couple of cops playing hide and sneek behind some bushes.
I think they were apologetic for pulling him over and having to tread him like every other joe bloggs
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by scottishselise » Tue Jul 10, 2012 2:38 pm
How come they were apologetic? As in they thought it was stupid they had to pull him too?
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by woody » Tue Jul 10, 2012 2:40 pm
scottishselise wrote:How come they were apologetic? As in they thought it was stupid they had to pull him too?
They were apparently apologetic when they pulled one of our group (not me) on the way home from TT, just north of Abz. No NiP though.