 civil disobediance in the UK, v for vendetta style |
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 Jun 21 2006, 10:37 AM
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There's a group in England that destroys speed cameras. England used to have the safest roads in Europe, but with the introductions of the speed cameras there has been a dramatic increase in accidents.
Their leader wears a mask of Tony Blair... sorta V for Vendetta style. http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/11/1192.asp  QUOTE UK: Captain Gatso Declares War on Speed Cameras
Motorists Against Destruction declare a zero-tolerance policy for speed cameras in the UK. Captain GatsoThe mysterious leader of Motorists Against Detection (MAD), an anti-speed camera group, has declared a "zero-tolerance" policy for photo enforcement in light of statistics that show the devices have caused an increase in accidents. Captain Gatso, a Tony Blair mask-wearing family man in his 40s asserted his group would begin stepping up attacks. "This will be civil disobedience on a grand scale," he told the Sunday Express newspaper. "We are planning to target any and all cameras until the government sees sense and re-thinks its road safety policy. Before we had speed cameras we had the safest roads in Europe. Since their introduction this is no longer true." The group, which claims two hundred members, has been responsible for the destruction of between 600 and 1000 speed cameras since 2000. Newly developed technologies allow for camera destruction within a matter of seconds. "Most of the organizing group are just ordinary blokes with families who are sick of us heading towards a police state," Captain Gatso said. "There will be a zero tolerance policy towards all cameras. We need to focus attention on what the cameras are about." In Liverpool, an eighteen year old was arrested around midnight on June 14 for using a hammer to smash a speed camera on New Chester Road in Birkenhead. Source: Gatso gang return (Sunday Express (UK), 6/18/2006) |
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Jun 21 2006, 10:45 AM
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I'd like to see how the cameras caused an increase in accidents. -------------------- QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Oct 13 2006, 09:51 PM)  Holy shit, pebkac, you're awesome! "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Theodor Seuss Geisel (AKA Dr. Seuss) "An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all." - Oscar Wilde |
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Jun 21 2006, 11:07 AM
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Increase in accident reports maybe
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Jun 21 2006, 11:18 AM
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QUOTE (pebkac @ Jun 21 2006, 10:45 AM) ... I'd like to see how the cameras caused an increase in accidents. People slamming on the brakes when they see one of the cameras. -------------------- |
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Jun 21 2006, 11:27 AM
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QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Jun 21 2006, 11:18 AM) People slamming on the brakes when they see one of the cameras. exactly in england they always put them in the worst possible spot and in such a manner as to create a speed trap example... most of them are at the bottom of hills the speed limit on the road to and up the hill is 55, as soon as you get to the bottom the speed limit changes to 30 or 20 and they have a camera installed there thus everyone slams on their brakes and it causes tons of accidents... thus why people are pissed off and are destroying the cameras |
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