topic Re: Hero or Villain? in The Round Table

Hero or Villain?

fallen-archie — Sat, 30 Apr 2016 11:09:04 GMT

Story all over the social media about a guy who pulled up behind a mobile speed camera opened his boot lid and then walked across the road for a drink leaving the camera unable to record speeding motorists. In theory this seems a perfectly ridiculous thing to do however in an age when Police routinely ignore calls for help after Burglary or charge people for the recovery of stolen property is it perhaps understandable? If the police discriminate or are seen to be unfair when dealing with crime how can they expect to maintain public trust.

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astrologica — Sat, 30 Apr 2016 12:03:20 GMT

Villain.

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right-then-petal — Sat, 30 Apr 2016 12:17:15 GMT

Emm Their Both Breaking The Law Parking On Pavement

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*.*..lola..*.* — Sat, 30 Apr 2016 12:48:02 GMT

Grudgingly have to say villain I suppose for all the obvious reasons like speeding costs lives bla de bla but in my mind I did give him a secret little high 5 just for his chutzpah

Petal that made me laugh out loud hehe!

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bankhaunter — Sat, 30 Apr 2016 16:01:22 GMT

It rather depends on why the camera was there in particular.

If local residents had been complaining about speeding motorists, it might be there to ascertain the size of the problem so the car owner was doing them no favours.

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fallen-archie — Sat, 30 Apr 2016 18:23:35 GMT

This is a regular spot for the camera, If there is a problem why don't they use calming measures I wonder?

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bankhaunter — Sat, 30 Apr 2016 19:26:24 GMT

Road calming measures do require quite a lot of consultation and gathering data to be done before they can be put into operation.

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fallen-archie — Sat, 30 Apr 2016 19:31:06 GMT

True, then there is the cost. I suppose the common sense answer is, If you want to drive fast go to a racetrack, If you are late for work slow down and arrive alive.

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lambsy_uk — Sun, 01 May 2016 08:29:08 GMT

May not condemn them as a villain but certainly no hero either. BTW the van is not on the pavement but the car is, so tit!

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*.*..lola..*.* — Sun, 01 May 2016 08:53:18 GMT

@bankhaunter wrote:
It rather depends on why the camera was there in particular.

If local residents had been complaining about speeding motorists, it might be there to ascertain the size of the problem so the car owner was doing them no favours.

Very true, Bank and... logical

...but sometimes it does you good to have a wee bit of devilment and rebellion inside you. It keeps the spirit young