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Baz
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Re: How NOT to beat the Traffic system
« Reply #1 on: Oct 22nd, 2006, 8:22am » |
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Brilliant..... they have them in our town centre and I am just waiting for that to happen one day!
PS... We put the network into that building shown at the end!!
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Re: How NOT to beat the Traffic system
« Reply #2 on: Oct 22nd, 2006, 9:01am » |
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very,very good..... 
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Re: How NOT to beat the Traffic system
« Reply #5 on: Oct 23rd, 2006, 8:24am » |
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 Love the first clip and the first car with the driver hitting his head!
I have a give 'way to oncoming vehicles section of road' on the way home, quite often someone doesn't give way because they have not read the sign and then give me a look as if I am in the wrong! 
I know we all make mistakes but this just takes the biscuit
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« Reply #6 on: Oct 23rd, 2006, 8:29am » |
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The damage must be HORRENDOUS!! Radiators, Fans, Sumps.....OUCH!! 
I can't believe how fast those things come up under White Van Man!! 
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Re: How NOT to beat the Traffic system
« Reply #7 on: Oct 23rd, 2006, 11:29am » |
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None of these clips are playing today !!!!
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Re: How NOT to beat the Traffic system
« Reply #8 on: Oct 23rd, 2006, 11:53am » |
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Same for me, but I bet its something similar to this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_Cw0QJU8ro
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Re: How NOT to beat the Traffic system
« Reply #9 on: Oct 23rd, 2006, 12:05pm » |
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Can only comment on the utube ones as other clips wont open, but: These things are lethal, what happens if you're following a bus in traffic in a town you don't know? We've all been in that situation you can't see anything apart from the rear of the bus! Then bang! You can tell the people in the people carrier had kids in the back by their reaction/running to rear of car, not amusing for myself as i have 2 very young kids, If you're going to make town centres pedestrian areas then do just that ban ALL traffic.
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« Reply #10 on: Oct 23rd, 2006, 3:15pm » |
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It's the same clip. Microsoft Media Player doesn't like it for some reason. Typical fussy Microsoft software!
It runs fine on Realplayer.
Hadn't noticed the oil trail from the silver car before......!! It's amazing too that this woman has a disabled badge on the dash, but she is moving around like she hasn't a care in the world!! Well, until the crash of course!!
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Re: How NOT to beat the Traffic system
« Reply #11 on: Oct 23rd, 2006, 3:22pm » |
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But you will know, there are big signs to tell you
P.S. they guy with kids KNEW, did you see the speed he tried to get through them, in a pedestrian area, with kids in his car!
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Re: How NOT to beat the Traffic system
« Reply #12 on: Oct 23rd, 2006, 3:30pm » |
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COURSE they know. they're just plain THICK! Signs don't apply to THEM! 
First saw these in France, but I understand that they now have them on Southend High Street and in London, Cambridge and Glasgow..... and they are spreading fast, because they are so effective at keeping cars and vans OUT of bus lanes, private car parks, and the like.
If you want to see what REAL DAMAGE these things can cause, then this will scare you to death!! If you want to see what REAL DAMAGE these things can cause, then this will scare you to death!! If you want to see what REAL DAMAGE these things can cause, then this will scare you to death!! If you want to see what REAL DAMAGE these things can cause, then this will scare you to death!! If you want to see what REAL DAMAGE these things can cause, then this will scare you to death!! If you want to see what REAL DAMAGE these things can cause, then this will scare you to death!! If you want to see what REAL DAMAGE these things can cause, then this will scare you to death!! If you want to see what REAL DAMAGE these things can cause, then this will scare you to death!! If you want to see what REAL DAMAGE these things can cause, then this will scare you to death!! If you want to see what REAL DAMAGE these things can cause, then this will scare you to death!! If you want to see what REAL DAMAGE these things can cause, then this will scare you to death!! If you want to see what REAL DAMAGE these things can cause, then this will scare you to death!! If you want to see what REAL DAMAGE these things can cause, then this will scare you to death!! If you want to see what REAL DAMAGE these things can cause, then this will scare you to death!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s26s-rjKuAE&NR
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Re: How NOT to beat the Traffic system
« Reply #13 on: Oct 23rd, 2006, 4:57pm » |
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Holy crap!
My point still stands though, have we now moved to a system where we try to kill drivers/passengers for straying/trying to stray into bus lanes? What's next machine gun/sniper nests picking off drivers who stay in the middle lane of motorways actually that's a good idea.
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Re: How NOT to beat the Traffic system
« Reply #14 on: Oct 23rd, 2006, 10:44pm » |
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I think the way to look at it is that these drivers KNOW what they are doing, they know the risk or at least with the large warning signs they SHOULD know!
Its the same as Level crossings... EVERYONE knows the risk! but some try and sneak through.. some make it,, some dont!
And did i mention speed cameras......
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on Oct 17th, 2011, 12:35pm, Simmo wrote:| I give up ! Too much for an old boy! |
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Re: How NOT to beat the Traffic system
« Reply #15 on: Oct 24th, 2006, 6:32am » |
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on Oct 23rd, 2006, 10:44pm, Highlander wrote:
And did i mention speed cameras...... |
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Don't start that again!
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Re: How NOT to beat the Traffic system
« Reply #16 on: Oct 24th, 2006, 1:48pm » |
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When I used to work in the car parking industry the amount of drivers who would try and tailgate a car through the barrier systems was unreal in the end they had to pay for a new barrier arm and a engineers inspection of the equipment. normally over £400.
the point is the in most places the average fee for using the car park was £1.30 if they had payed that then they would have saved a fortune.
the funniest particular incident was when the system was inspected by reprasentative of a customers insurance engineers because the customer said the system did not conform to regulations.
The engineer had inspected the system and watched it in operation for about half an hour then he made himself known to me.
I am glad I just happened to be at that site at the time because the guy was a great laugh we discussed it over coffee and he told me that the customer was unlikely to be getting a penny towards the repairs of the vehicle.
Some of the things this guy had seen were beyond beliefe.
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Re: How NOT to beat the Traffic system
« Reply #17 on: Oct 24th, 2006, 5:24pm » |
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How do these things actually work, I take it its not on a timer, theres not much time between the vehicle passing and the barrier/bollard being deployed
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on Oct 17th, 2011, 12:35pm, Simmo wrote:| I give up ! Too much for an old boy! |
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Re: How NOT to beat the Traffic system
« Reply #18 on: Oct 24th, 2006, 9:38pm » |
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They work on Induction loops or by driver operated keypad control. The sensors are fitted to the front and rear of the permitted vehicles, and these lower, and then raise the bollard again. The scary thing is that the Raising time to full height (after the authorised vehicle has passed) is as little as 2 Seconds.
Have a look at this.
http://www.atgaccess.com/downloads/ATG%20Access%20Automatic%20Brochure.p df
These things are everywhere. I had no idea there were so many in the UK!! Scary, but I have to say it....VERY effective aren't they. 
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Re: How NOT to beat the Traffic system
« Reply #19 on: Oct 24th, 2006, 10:09pm » |
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I'd really love to see something like that in romania, i'm sick and tired of morons that ignore trafic rules, and take your paid parking lot space..........
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