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Old 25-08-2005, 12:40 PM   #1
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when you see a speed camera on the side of the road do you flash other incoming motorist to to warn them ?? i do most of the time!

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Old 25-08-2005, 12:43 PM   #2
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Old 25-08-2005, 12:44 PM   #3
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Every single time... including this morning...

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Old 25-08-2005, 12:45 PM   #4
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Seeing as we have no speed cameras here........ :Reverend:

I do flash for oncoming HWP and unmarked units though. Stupid thing is half the time people dont realise what youre doing and flash you back.
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Old 25-08-2005, 12:47 PM   #5
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Yep I always flash. I know I'd appreciate the same done back to me
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Old 25-08-2005, 12:48 PM   #6
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Yep sure do

Usually down here the camera vans are in heaps visible spots though so you dont really have to but there is the odd occasion when they will hide around a bend or at the bottom of a hill.

I pretty much know every spot where they have them on the roads i use.
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Old 25-08-2005, 12:50 PM   #7
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Old 25-08-2005, 12:50 PM   #8
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Of course. If I can I'll also wind my window down and indicate there's a revenue raiser ahead (either twirling my finger like a siren or rubbing my fingers together).
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Old 25-08-2005, 12:54 PM   #9
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.....indicate there's a revenue raiser ahead (either twirling my finger like a siren .......).
Ahhh, so that explains what the hell the queen is doing when she is driving though the crowds!!! I knew it wasnt a wave, no one waves like that! :
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Old 25-08-2005, 12:58 PM   #10
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i wanna park in front of a speed camera one day just to arc em up ,lol
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Old 25-08-2005, 01:01 PM   #11
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Old 25-08-2005, 01:04 PM   #12
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Ahhh, so that explains what the hell the queen is doing when she is driving though the crowds!!! I knew it wasnt a wave, no one waves like that! :
Ya, I can sorta imagine the queen doing that and saying, "I ownzer yous guys. Gimme your ching so I can buy da bling."

But any chance I get to warn motorists gives me a warm fuzzy feeling for the rest of the day.
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Old 25-08-2005, 01:16 PM   #13
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always, no one needs to get done by them, unless your speeding ofcourse :P
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Old 25-08-2005, 01:17 PM   #14
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yep i do it everytime, although you can get fined for flashing high beams in an innappropriate manner according to the fuzz.. and by inappropriate they mean 'possibly reducing revenue' ..

solution - i just turn my headlights on and off quickly without using the high beams, perfectly legal...
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Old 25-08-2005, 01:17 PM   #15
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Old 25-08-2005, 01:21 PM   #16
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on country roads yeah, but in the city, not as often, depends what the traffic flow is like, some areas of adelaide i wouldn't.
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Old 25-08-2005, 01:24 PM   #17
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absolutely, ive even thought about stopping about half a kay before them and putting up a sign warning people...!

one drunken night a mate and i actually thought about dressing up in superhero costumes and heading out near a camera not far from our house and warning people...i think we sobered up just in the nick of time! :hihi:
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Old 25-08-2005, 01:32 PM   #18
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Yep do it everytime, plus i broadcast it on the UHF.

Police cameras are a joke, they are getting more sneaky in QLD with where they park them, lucky for me im good at spotting them from a distance.
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Old 25-08-2005, 01:36 PM   #19
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I always flash....and love getting the old thankyou wave back..
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Yep do it everytime, plus i broadcast it on the UHF.

Police cameras are a joke, they are getting more sneaky in QLD with where they park them, lucky for me im good at spotting them from a distance.
yea they try to sneak around in rowville, but im aware of there tricks and spots, half the time there very easy to spot, ahhhh how they try
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Old 25-08-2005, 01:39 PM   #21
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One hting I have noticed, it's very rare in NSW but EVERYONE does it in Victoria. Funny really, they probably catch more in NSW even though they're less strict simply through this fact, whereas in Vic everyone flashes so they'd potentially catch less people.
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Old 25-08-2005, 01:54 PM   #22
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I do it whenever i see a camera. Everyone in the country does it!

Get drunk and **** on their signs... then the operator gets hella annoyed when he goes to get it...
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Old 25-08-2005, 02:00 PM   #23
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Yep...From the speed camera capital (Vic) must always warn my follow Mexicans.

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Old 25-08-2005, 02:42 PM   #24
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yep i flash, sometimes when im in a bad mood or some random VL has annoyed me i only flash falcons!!! :P
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Old 25-08-2005, 03:06 PM   #25
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I always flash. The government takes enough money from us without us giving them more for nothing
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Old 25-08-2005, 03:14 PM   #26
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I flash even when there isn't one to the cars I can see are going way way too fast. Its kind of satisfying to see their brake lights come on and you may have just saved there life or someone elses.. maybe.

But yes I will always flash.

At night time I do it very quickly so the lights don't actually reach their full brightness but its obvious to someone you are flashing.

I always wave back too.
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Old 25-08-2005, 03:27 PM   #27
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always do it as well, and i to have though about going half a k down the road with a big as sign warning people....don't know why i havn't yet??
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Old 25-08-2005, 03:30 PM   #28
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Yep, always.

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Done it!! Because they are just lowly scum, they don't have the right to make you move either. :yeees: The guy was just about to set up when he asked me if I would move.. "Ummmm no" and continued to hassle me for ages. I didn't budge. Eventually he moved off. Sucker. :
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Old 25-08-2005, 03:30 PM   #29
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Depends on where I am. On a country road I would, but not in the city.
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Old 25-08-2005, 03:34 PM   #30
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Nope. The tolerances are high enough in NSW, if you get done then it's your own fault.
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