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From: Alex Heney on 15 Aug 2006 17:00 On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 19:39:39 GMT, "Steve" <no(a)way.com> wrote: > >> >> Well they could always start by issuing themselves with FPN's whenever >> they use their push to talk half duplex personal radios while driving and >> it isn't an emergency - but oops I forgot it is one law for them and >> another law for the rest of us see:- >> >> The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations >> 2003, >> http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2003/20032695.htm >> s 2 [110] (4) >> >> EXPLANATORY NOTE >> >> Regulation 110(4) provides a definition of devices that are considered >> similar to hand-held mobile telephones for the purpose of these >> regulations. This definition excludes two-way radios. >> > >Police dont use 2 way radios and so are covered by the regulations. 2-way >radios are so defined by the name, they send and recieve data/voice between >2 radios, ie the ones you buy for your kids while out camping. > Utter rubbish. -- Alex Heney, Global Villager The facts, although interesting, are irrelevant. To reply by email, my address is alexATheneyDOTplusDOTcom
From: Richard Brookman on 15 Aug 2006 17:08 MrBitsy wrote: || Two way radio conversation between police and control, are || pre-learnt short phrases. They are talking about the task in hand, || so require much less concentration. And they end with "Out", not: OK then OK then See ya Yeah, see ya Love yoooo Love yoooo <giggle> OK then OK then Tara then Yeah, tara By the way, did you get the milk? Nah, sorry Can you... Christ, where'd he come from? -- Rich ============================== I don't approve of signatures, so I don't have one.
From: Phil Clarke on 15 Aug 2006 17:34 JNugent wrote: >> That is a good point - if we all had a little more gumption, we could >> take videos of the idiots who insist on using a mobile while driving. > > Yeah, right. > > Using a video camera while driving probably isn't an offence, eh? friend of mine has front & rear cameras hooked up to a solid state recorder with dashboard on/off switches. It's for track days, but AFAIK there's nothing wrong with turning them on while driving on the road (no displays in the car, just the recorder).
From: Peter on 15 Aug 2006 17:43 >> > > He was in the same lane to start off with > > Then he tied to over take me on the inside lane so move over, you pompous cretin.
From: JNugent on 15 Aug 2006 18:06
MrBitsy wrote: > JNugent wrote: > >>MrBitsy wrote: >> >>>JNugent wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>What a weird sense of priorities you have. You choose to disbelieve >>>>the word of the victim and to believe the allegations of an >>>>anonymous nutter who is committing criminal damage (the legal >>>>equivalent of theft). >>> >>> >>>Just who is the nutter? >> >>The person damaging other peoples' property. He does it intentionally. > > > You think the drivers making calls are doing it unintentionally? > > >>>At least the tyre slasher is doing it when the car is stationary. >> >>Don't be daft. > > > I'm not - the tyre slasher is causing less danger. You have now got to be almost the front runner for the "Biggest Missing Of The Point" 2006. |