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From: Brent on 4 Aug 2010 17:17 With speed cameras being made to cost money instead of bring it in, local governments in the UK are turning off the cameras. They don't get the fines and the grants they get to run them have been cut. No more money in it for them so no more cameras. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1299356/The-big-switch-As-midnight-tolls-end-speed-cameras-county-Britain-soon-follow.html?ITO=1490 "Labour moved to dispel public anger by announcing in 2007 that revenue would no longer go directly to councils but to the Treasury. So, in providing a road safety grant instead, the last government was unwittingly complicit in the speed camera.s downfall. Gloucestershire county council, now facing massive budget cuts, made this point apparent in a recent statement. A spokesman said: .The Government has cut the funding to operate the speed camera network - and remember, the Government keeps the revenue from the fines - therefore, we are cancelling all plans for expanding the speed camera network and upgrading existing cameras."
From: Harry K on 5 Aug 2010 10:45 On Aug 4, 2:17 pm, Brent <tetraethylleadREMOVET...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: <snip for question> OT: Brent, what happened here in this forum? Suddenly all the regulars disappeared and some new ones, many OT, posters appeared. Hardly any new driving related posts even. Did I miss something? Harry K
From: Brent on 5 Aug 2010 11:34 On 2010-08-05, Harry K <turnkey4099(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > On Aug 4, 2:17�pm, Brent <tetraethylleadREMOVET...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > ><snip for question> > > OT: Brent, what happened here in this forum? Suddenly all the > regulars disappeared and some new ones, many OT, posters appeared. > Hardly any new driving related posts even. Did I miss something? no idea. I think judy has finally taken over.
From: N8N on 5 Aug 2010 12:52 On Aug 5, 11:34 am, Brent <tetraethylleadREMOVET...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > On 2010-08-05, Harry K <turnkey4...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > On Aug 4, 2:17 pm, Brent <tetraethylleadREMOVET...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > ><snip for question> > > > OT: Brent, what happened here in this forum? Suddenly all the > > regulars disappeared and some new ones, many OT, posters appeared. > > Hardly any new driving related posts even. Did I miss something? > > no idea. I think judy has finally taken over. In my case it's a combination of my personal and work life both going to hell in a handbasket, as well as a realization that we've been having the same disagreements for the past 15 years give or take a few and repeating oneself just makes one repetitive. nate
From: necromancer on 5 Aug 2010 13:00
On Thu, 5 Aug 2010 07:45:38 -0700 (PDT), Harry K <turnkey4099(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >On Aug 4, 2:17�pm, Brent <tetraethylleadREMOVET...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > ><snip for question> > >OT: Brent, what happened here in this forum? Suddenly all the >regulars disappeared and some new ones, many OT, posters appeared. >Hardly any new driving related posts even. Did I miss something? Just the arrival of an off topic (and prolifigate) religious fanatic who has driven the signal to noise ratio down to near zero. -- "And then we wonder why the UFO's won't stop by and say hello..." --George Carlin |