Speed Cameras

[Doon frae Troon]

Pretty inventive idea from the kids.

https://stv.tv/news/north/1381499-hairdryers-used-to-turn-the-heat-up-on-speeding-drivers/

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Clever stuff

 

[ColchesterFC]

How long before they get told to stop as you aren't allowed to impersonate a police officer?

 

[Imurg]

There's a village near here where someone has dressed up a mannequin in a Hi Vis jacket and cap and stood it his front garden ...On first glance it looks just like a Rozzer but once you know it's there it doesn't work..

 

[Deleted member 18645]

Hopeman has a pretty average 18 hole course with one of the greatest par 3's in golf - the Presiach - 150 yards down a cliff face to the bay. Played the course just to take that hole on - awesome. And I stayed within the speed limit in the town too.

 

[Alex1975]

Hmm using children as a deterrent... no thanks, not safe.

 

[Region3]

A friend of mine has a cap from a policeman's fancy dress outfit on his parcel shelf. If you get close you can tell it's not real but it does a great job of stopping people driving too close.

 

[SocketRocket]

Probably illegal and not the Children's invention. More objectionable is the use of the word 'Gotten' in the article.

 

[Tashyboy]

I live on an estate. At the back of the garden is the main rd that runs through the estates. The speed that some of the knobheads drive at down this rd is frightening.
last year an idiot flipped his vx220 it had hit the kerb and ended up in someone's back garden. He must of been doing 60 minimum.
The latest news showing people on the Roads with over 60 points and still driving does not make good reading nor does it set the right example.

 

[patricks148]

probably has an affect. its the back road from Forres past a big Army (former RAF) to Lossiemouth. it goes though two small villages so most people who drive this road are probably speeding.

As for the golf course i think its a great wee course, has some tough holes.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Probably illegal and not the Children's invention. More objectionable is the use of the word 'Gotten' in the article.

.....by an Independent Councilor as well.

 

[larmen]

There was a guy in Germany who build a fake speed camera and put it in his garden near a speed limited road, but still inside his own garden.
( https://www.kreiszeitung.de/lokales/verden/achim-ort44553/starenkasten-nicht-raser-3206233.html )

It's a bird house, same shape and color as the speed cameras are. In Germany the speed cameras are called 'Starenkasten' by the public, and a 'Star' is actually a bird.

 

[woody69]

Hopeman has a pretty average 18 hole course with one of the greatest par 3's in golf - the Presiach - 150 yards down a cliff face to the bay. Played the course just to take that hole on - awesome. And I stayed within the speed limit in the town too.

I love Hopeman GC. Great value and that hole is amazing. usually play well there though, so that helps.

 

[backwoodsman]

Neat idea - but broadcasting it on the news that it's kids with hairdryers was a surely a less neat idea?

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Neat idea - but broadcasting it on the news that it's kids with hairdryers was a surely a less neat idea?

Might make the police/council take more action though. They dislike bad publicity.

Starting with schoolkids queuing for a bus on a road with no pavement.