A couple of thank yous

[peterzs]

Reckon you could be OK, I'll keep my fingers crossed.

When we had the air show in August, there were 400 parking tickets issued. I know its easy to park correctly but a lot of roads were closed off along the cliff tops. Kids moaning about walking too far etc.

We got the times wrong, doh! got down late, but there is a great big car park, on the left as you go back down a little bit of dual carriageway, towards the railway station, from the Landsdown/Christchurch Road. Only £4.00 for all day and there were still quite a few spaces left, even though we got there about an hour late.

[andy-81]

i think a lot of the police get beaten with the bad stick quite a lot with the roads they place they park the camera vans although a few of them are sometimes questionable a long straight road can be where the worst accidents can happen, e.g. you are travelling at 40 mph on a dual carriageway, you check your mirrors and miss judge a cars speed in the lane next to you, you pull out to avoid a hazard lets say a cyclist or an item of debris so you indicate and pull out then bang the car who was sppeding in the next lane has hit you.

Next thing you know is you have spun and rolled and your passenger has met there demise in the accident and the driver of the offending vehicle has killed someone.

this is the reason why they park the cameras on the straight roads if i'm right in thinking.

What people say about the speed cameras can be an over reaction, who would say the same thing if it was a traffic officer sat in the same spot and caught you at the same speed? I know i would'nt, if i was caught speeding i wouldnt be angry at the officer or camera as it would be my own fault being daft enough to break the speed limit i'm not saying that i don't speed as that would be a lie

Most if not all speed cameras have been set a several mph over any way so you have a small amount of leniancy any way the same as a traffic officer has a degree of tolerance as well i mean if it was me and you went past at 35 i would lei it go' if you went past me at 45 you would be getting a tug for it

[peterzs]

Agree with what you are saying Andy, and its easy, dont speed and you wont get a ticket.

If you do speed and get caught, man up, take the hit and let it be a lesson.