In uk.rec.sheds,  (Rusty Hinge 2) wrote in
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>The message <009a87fe$0$18077$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com>
>from JonG  contains
>these words:
>
>>  but it seems that Beemer drivers at least have changed 
>> dramatically over the last decade or so.
>
>Most of them round here drive through the village (30 mph limit) at well
>over fifty.

It's a 40 limit outside our place, but some of them exceed that by a
considerable margin.  We're thinking about a Community Speed Trap.

The worst thing is the juggernauts that go through at early dark
o'clock, doing about 60- they shake the whole house.
>
>One black BMW (Abstrad Motoring Jnaxre) was going so fast I cooden read
>his index number. I'd have guessed it was travelling at well over 90
>mph. This was in the early afternoon - around 1, and during the fpubby
>holidays.

Abstrad!  I hope you dobbed him in to the local plod.  If he's doing
that near your house, he'll probably continue to drive like a demented
dingbat and they should pick him up somewhere.
-- 
Marc

A friend is someone you'd spend an hour with if you had a day to live, not an hour to kill.

Znep  wrote in 
news:vdfpd4t8dam1q7ccs4jp23f5fjgu0d6dik@4ax.com:

> It's a 40 limit outside our place, but some of them exceed that by a
> considerable margin.  We're thinking about a Community Speed Trap.

I remember when I was little I used to think that a speed trap was like one 
of the animal traps you used to see in old films - big holes covered with 
branches and leaves. The older I get the more I think that this would be a 
very good idea.

-- 
Graeme

In uk.rec.sheds,  (Guy King) wrote in
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>The message 
>from Znep  contains these words:
>
>> It's a 40 limit outside our place, but some of them exceed that by a
>> considerable margin.  We're thinking about a Community Speed Trap.
>
>Do what Dad and his neighbours did. Park cars both sides alternately so
>traffic has to zigzag all the way. Worked a treat, though it took a
>while to persuade the police that it was in their interests not to come
>along and tell them to move them.

Don't think we haven't thought of it.  The parish council actually
researched this- although there are no parking restrictions as such on
the road, the police can charge you with obstruction.

We've applied, again, for a 30 limit, and the council are "looking at
it."   Again.
-- 
Marc

A friend is someone you'd spend an hour with if you had a day to live, not an hour to kill.

The message 
from Znep  contains these words:

> Don't think we haven't thought of it.  The parish council actually
> researched this- although there are no parking restrictions as such on
> the road, the police can charge you with obstruction.

Ah - they tried that on Dad. He just pointed out that at 30mph it was
easy to drive down the road. At 40 it became tricky and at 50 it was
next to impossible.

-- 
Skipweasel
Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

In uk.rec.sheds,  (Graeme Dods) wrote in
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>Znep  wrote in 
>news:vdfpd4t8dam1q7ccs4jp23f5fjgu0d6dik@4ax.com:
>
>> It's a 40 limit outside our place, but some of them exceed that by a
>> considerable margin.  We're thinking about a Community Speed Trap.
>
>I remember when I was little I used to think that a speed trap was like one 
>of the animal traps you used to see in old films - big holes covered with 
>branches and leaves. The older I get the more I think that this would be a 
>very good idea.

I would support the use, in built-up areas, of radar-operated 1,000-ton
concrete barriers that pop up out of the road surface and reduce people
to a thin veneer.  Motorways are one thing- no pedestrians (the odd mad
Swede aside), and everyone travelling in the same direction, but the way
some people go on in built-up areas is criminal.
-- 
Marc

A friend is someone you'd spend an hour with if you had a day to live, not an hour to kill.

In uk.rec.sheds,  (Rusty Hinge 2) wrote in
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>The message 
>from Znep  contains these words:
>> In uk.rec.sheds,  (Rusty Hinge 2) wrote in
>> ::
>> >The message <009a87fe$0$18077$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com>
>> >from JonG  contains
>> >these words:
>> >
>> >>  but it seems that Beemer drivers at least have changed 
>> >> dramatically over the last decade or so.
>> >
>> >Most of them round here drive through the village (30 mph limit) at well
>> >over fifty.
>
>> It's a 40 limit outside our place, but some of them exceed that by a
>> considerable margin.  We're thinking about a Community Speed Trap.
>
>I haven't seen our speed carambra deployed yet, but the arrangement is
>that we will hfr it in another village that shares it, and they will hfr
>it in ours, so as not to generate undue ill-feeling between neighbours.

Eh?  It's not the neighbours who are the problem- it's the through
traffic, particularly the amphetamine-crazed, pedal-to-the-metal
truckers.
>
>> The worst thing is the juggernauts that go through at early dark
>> o'clock, doing about 60- they shake the whole house.
>> >
>> >One black BMW (Abstrad Motoring Jnaxre) was going so fast I cooden read
>> >his index number. I'd have guessed it was travelling at well over 90
>> >mph. This was in the early afternoon - around 1, and during the fpubby
>> >holidays.
>
>> Abstrad!  I hope you dobbed him in to the local plod.  If he's doing
>> that near your house, he'll probably continue to drive like a demented
>> dingbat and they should pick him up somewhere.
>
>I was out siopping, and it's no hfr phoning the dibbles - at some times
>of the day there's only one traffic car between Attleborough and
>Yarmouth.
>
>Lwk it up and wonder!

Bloody hell.  That's a bit thin.  Where's the rest of plod; in a nice
warm office doing vital paperjbex, no doubt.
-- 
Marc

A friend is someone you'd spend an hour with if you had a day to live, not an hour to kill.

The message 
from Znep  contains these words:

> >Lwk it up and wonder!

> Bloody hell.  That's a bit thin.  Where's the rest of plod; in a nice
> warm office doing vital paperjbex, no doubt.

Occasionally you see one, and t'other day three dibble botormikers
processed through the village. There's a mobile Dibble-orofice wot comes
round muncely. Howsomedever, their budget has been slashed (I'm told)
and in any case, they've got to cnl sbe their swish and comfy arj
headquarters in Wymondham innit.

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Rusty
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