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- From: brent@socs.uts.edu.au (Disco Inferno Curtis)
- Subject: Re: speed camera
- Message-ID: <brent.722232322@coffeeshop>
- Sender: news@socs.uts.edu.au
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- Organization: University of Technology, Sydney
- References: <brent.722224788@coffeeshop>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 04:05:22 GMT
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- (Disco Inferno Curtis) writes:
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- >I went through a speed camera at about 135. This was on the freeway
- >north of Sydney. BUT since the camera points towards the traffic,
- >I didn't get pinged. The policeman didn't even look up.
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- I received an email query about this.
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- "Why does facing traffic make a difference."
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- Because a photo of the front of a bike doesn't identify a motorcycle.
- It has no number plate on the front.
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- I should have phrased my comment better - the camera is pointing to
- the *oncoming* traffic, not the disappearing traffic.
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- Brent.
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- "I'm an urban guerrilla, | Brent Curtis
- I make bombs in my cellar, | School of CompSci
- I'm a derelict-dweller, | UTS
- I'm a potential killer." | New South Wales
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