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Excuses given by speeders
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14-08-2008 2:17pm#1Police survey
In 2004 police in Northumbria did a survey of good drivers who had been 'unlucky' and caught by speed cameras ...
They said that people for some reason believe that they will be excused their fine if their behaviour is explained by a wild story.
They have compiled list of favourite excuses;
1) I passed out after seeing flashing lights, which I believed to be UFOs in the distance. The flash of the camera brought me round from my trance.
2) I was in the airport's flight path and I believe the camera was triggered by a jet overhead, not my car.
3) I had a severe bout of diarrhoea and had to speed to a public toilet.
4) There was a strong wind behind my car that pushed me over the limit.
5)I had to rush my dying hamster to the vet
6) I did not see the camera
7) My friend had just chopped his fingers off and I was rushing the fingers to hospital.
8)The vibrations from the surfboard I had on the roof rack set off the camera.
9)There was a suspected case of foot and mouth and I had to rush to see the cow concerned.
10)A violent sneeze caused a chain reaction where my foot pushed down harder on the accelerator.
11) The only way I could demonstrate my faulty clutch was to accelerate madly.
12) My foot slipped on the accelerator
13) My brakes did not respond as I approached the camera
I like the flightpath one
I wonder how fast he was recorded at 0
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The one that always makes me laugh when I see it on Road Wars etc is.....
"I was just keeping up with the flow of traffic"
Last time I saw this one used on telly was some biker stopped doing about 110mph along the white line between the middle & outside lane on a m-way.
Keeping up with the traffic? Yeah right 0 -
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Not really camera related but WTH...
/newsflash....
A middle aged man was let off a speeding charge after being chased for 5 km...
The guy was clocked doing 160kmh on the motorway and failed to stop despite the Garda car chasing him with blue lights and siren on.
When he eventually stopped, the irate guard went to speak to him.
"Well sir, you were recorded doing 160kph in a 120kph zone and despite us chasing you for 5km, you failed to stop. You better give me a damn good reason for that behaviour unless you wish to receive a summons."
"Well Guard, It's like this. Six months ago, my missus of twenty years decided she'd had enough and so she upped and left me - for a Guard!!! My life just hasn't been the same since and when I saw you behind me I thought you were the one she ran away with."
"That's all very sad sir but I don't understand how that could be the reason you tried to outrun me."
"I thought you were trying to give her back...." 0 -
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