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From: CheggersPop on 15 Aug 2006 04:31 Dave M wrote : > More than 20 motorists in Hampshire have fallen victim to a mystery > vigilante who appears to target drivers spotted using mobile phones. > > All the car owners have found their tyres have been slashed and, in many > cases, a note on their windscreens. > > The sinister message, made from newspaper cuttings, says the driver was > seen using a phone. > > Hampshire Police are investigating the incidents in Gosport, > Lee-on-the-Solent and Stubbington.
From: CheggersPop on 15 Aug 2006 04:32 CheggersPop submitted this idea : > Dave M wrote : >> More than 20 motorists in Hampshire have fallen victim to a mystery >> vigilante who appears to target drivers spotted using mobile phones. >> >> All the car owners have found their tyres have been slashed and, in many >> cases, a note on their windscreens. >> >> The sinister message, made from newspaper cuttings, says the driver was >> seen using a phone. >> >> Hampshire Police are investigating the incidents in Gosport, >> Lee-on-the-Solent and Stubbington. I know where my enquires would start if I was investigating this - http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=l&hl=en&q=tyre&near=Gosport&ie=UTF8&om=1 :-)
From: McKev on 15 Aug 2006 05:22 > me2(a)privacy.net declared for all the world to hear... >> More than 20 motorists in Hampshire have fallen victim to a mystery >> vigilante who appears to target drivers spotted using mobile phones. >> >> All the car owners have found their tyres have been slashed and, in >> many cases, a note on their windscreens. >> >> The sinister message, made from newspaper cuttings, says the driver >> was seen using a phone. >> >> Hampshire Police are investigating the incidents in Gosport, >> Lee-on-the-Solent and Stubbington. > > Investigating slowly I hope. Do they investigate at any other speed?
From: Mozzer on 15 Aug 2006 06:52 Dave M wrote: > More than 20 motorists in Hampshire have fallen victim to a mystery > vigilante who appears to target drivers spotted using mobile phones. > > All the car owners have found their tyres have been slashed and, in many > cases, a note on their windscreens. > > The sinister message, made from newspaper cuttings, says the driver was > seen using a phone. > > Hampshire Police are investigating the incidents in Gosport, > Lee-on-the-Solent and Stubbington. As a motorbike rider i'm going to go ahead and sing the guy some praises. Unaware car drivers doing the most stupid manouvres are possibly the most dangerous thing I can think of. I mean, they're insured, they're strapped in, they're in a nice big metal cage... why should they care if they hit something; Chances are they are going to be fine, if not come out better with a claim or two. For me, nothing strapping me down and nothing to protect me other than some padded clothes and a helmet things aren't going to be as nice... so the less mobile phone using morons there are on the road, the better. Hell, I can't even properly concentrate on browsing the internet while i'm on the phone to somebody, and i'm an I.T. Manager... let alone playing with other peoples lives. Would you like your doctor to be chatting away to his mates about the next pub crawl while he operates on you? I think not.
From: R. Mark Clayton on 15 Aug 2006 07:03
"Dave M" <me2(a)privacy.net> wrote in message news:ees1e2ps2lpsfnrt92ld7b896eik84m098(a)4ax.com... > More than 20 motorists in Hampshire have fallen victim to a mystery > vigilante who appears to target drivers spotted using mobile phones. > > All the car owners have found their tyres have been slashed and, in many > cases, a note on their windscreens. > > The sinister message, made from newspaper cuttings, says the driver was > seen using a phone. > > Hampshire Police are investigating the incidents in Gosport, > Lee-on-the-Solent and Stubbington. > 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. |