The grumpy thread

34,044 · June 19, 2018

Best wear ya speedos to bed just in case.

I manned the fuck up and managed to persuade it. Safe for now.

June 19, 2018

Fuck me, that was an expensive trip to Le Mans this year! 1500 miles in the Cobra at an average of about 15mpg , one clutch destroyed in said Cobra, got a hire car courtesy of the AA while the Cobra is returned over the next few days so got home this evening. In the post awaiting me was a friendly letter from Police Scotland informing me I had not seen the Scamera Van on the bridge near Ecclefechan but the Cobra was going well at 81mph in a 70 limit on the A74M and I am to prepare myself for a further wallet raping and some more collectors points! FFS!

Glad you had a good trip!

7,754 · June 19, 2018

81 in a 70? Seems harsh. £60 and 3 points I would imagine. I wonder what speed the camera is set to flash at? 77mph maybes.

18,561 · June 19, 2018

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81 in a 70? Seems harsh. £60 and 3 points I would imagine. I wonder what speed the camera is set to flash at? 77mph maybes.

I have been told it is now £100 plus 3 points, and that the cameras are +10% +2 so that would be 79. Harsh? Certainly but that is the cash collecting scum that Nicola Crankie has installed in this what was once a fine country so I expect no less.

86,384 · June 19, 2018

I got done doing 79 on the m6 with a camera van. I avoided points with a speed awareness course I had to drive to Carlisle to attended (at 70 mph obvz )

26,461 · June 19, 2018

I got done twice for 34 in a 30, there is no justice!

8,854 · June 19, 2018

That's mega unlucky - thought it was 10% + 2mph ?

June 19, 2018

Fucking toothache has just come back from nowhere, feels like I'm being stabbed in the head from the inside out. Back on the salt mouth washes I guess.

39,639 · June 19, 2018

Gets better - stopcock is stuck solid probably because it hasn’t moved for 15 years. Hope the joint doesn’t let go completely overnight....

Turn it off at the Hepworth cover outside.

34,044 · June 19, 2018

Turn it off at the Hepworth cover outside.

39 other households might not appreciate that

15,896 · June 19, 2018

I

I have been told it is now £100 plus 3 points, and that the cameras are +10% +2 so that would be 79. Harsh? Certainly but that is the cash collecting scum that Nicola Crankie has installed in this what was once a fine country so I expect no less.

No 1.

That money goes to the UK government, not Nicola Sturgeon, not the SNP, not the Scottish Government.

There is no financial incentive for Scottish Government to operate those cameras, Holyrood pays the operating costs and Westminster gets the cash from the fines.

Its quite obvious there are road safety reasons for camera and van placement given that people who decide where they go can't earn money from them.

No 2.

You broke the law, you got caught, you'll have to pay the fine.

No 3.

Why didn't you see the van?

It would have been a high-vis battenburg with an open window on a bridge that you would have been descending toward.

You can't have been stuck behind a bus or truck at 81mph and if visibility was significantly reduced then you probably shouldn't have been doing 81mph.

Or perhaps you weren't paying attention...

8,916 · June 20, 2018

In the post awaiting me was a friendly letter from Police Scotland informing me I had not seen the Scamera Van on the bridge near Ecclefechan but the Cobra was going well at 81mph in a 70 limit on the A74M and I am to prepare myself for a further wallet raping and some more collectors points! FFS!

I feel for you brother. They might be called Police Scotland now, but they're still D&G V-Division cunts.

81 in a 70? Seems harsh. £60 and 3 points I would imagine. I wonder what speed the camera is set to flash at? 77mph maybes.

It's been £100 since 2013.

I have been told ... and that the cameras are +10% +2 so that would be 79.

By whom? Forces in Scotland / Police Scotland have don't publish Enforcement Criteria: http://www.scotland.police.uk/assets/pdf/151934/184779/speedingsop

So unless you have official information, then I wouldn't rely on NPCC (Formerly ACPO which is England & Wales anyway) guidelines.

Harsh? Certainly but that is the cash collecting scum that Nicola Crankie has installed in this what was once a fine country so I expect no less.

That;s bollocks. The cash-collecting scum in D&G have always been there. My dad used to rattle on about the keeness of Polis round Lockerbie back in the 1970s.

I got done doing 79 on the m6 with a camera van. I avoided points with a speed awareness course I had to drive to Carlisle to attended (at 70 mph obvz )

Irrelevant jurisdiction.

That's mega unlucky - thought it was 10% + 2mph ?

See above about D&G shysters.

No 1.
That money goes to the UK government, not Nicola Sturgeon, not the SNP, not the Scottish Government.
There is no financial incentive for Scottish Government to operate those cameras, Holyrood pays the operating costs and Westminster gets the cash from the fines.

Sort of. I know it amounts to the same thing, but technically..."Fine money goes to the Scottish Government however safety cameras are not funded by fine revenue. The retention of monies received by the Scottish Government from fines and fixed penalties is off-set by an associated reduction in the block grant the Scottish Government receives from the UK Government. This is in accordance with the Fiscal Framework agreed between the UK and Scottish Governments in March 2016 which complemented the powers sets out in the Scotland Act 2016."

Its quite obvious there are road safety reasons for camera and van placement given that people who decide where they go can't earn money from them.

Sorry, on a such a statistically safe road as a motorway and knowing the area, there isn't a road safety reason for it. It's just shooting fish in a barrel

No 2.
You broke the law, you got caught, you'll have to pay the fine.

Fair enough, but doesn't excuse that D&G were sleekit bastards

No 3.
Why didn't you see the van?
It would have been a high-vis battenburg with an open window on a bridge that you would have been descending toward.
You can't have been stuck behind a bus or truck at 81mph and if visibility was significantly reduced then you probably shouldn't have been doing 81mph.
Or perhaps you weren't paying attention...

That's a moot point. By the time you see the van, it's probably too late.

20,234 · June 20, 2018

Cross the border heading north on the A1 and you'll pass three cameras in the first 2.5 miles, and then one roughly every 4-5 miles.

Cross the border heading south, and there's one at the Paxton turn off (bad junction, 3.5 miles), at the Beal/Holy Island turnoff (really bad junction, 12 miles), Purdy Lodge services (bad junction, 21 miles) and then that's it until you're another twenty-odd miles down the road.

Definite differences between the two forces in how camera sites are chosen.

9,176 · June 20, 2018

Came out of the house to go to work this morning and some shit-head has tried to steal my three pointed star off the bonnet of the Merc.The little fucking shit has had to walk onto my drive to do it.What's the point in nice cars if you can't even leave them on your own property over night.Yeah it's an old car but it's a nice old car.

June 20, 2018

A lot of oxygen thieves need their face kicking out their arse daily.

18,561 · June 20, 2018

In response tothe comments about my grump about my NIP

1. Yes, I broke the law, I will need to pay the fine, no grump there

2. Why did I not see the van? When doing 70ish in a car with NO driver aids, no crumple zones, alluminium bodywork and zero crash protection, I concentrate on the road and immediate area, not on the scenery. In addition, these new vans have lasers that reach well over 1km and from an elevated position, if you see them it is too late.

3. My grump about Ms Crankie and her government and cash collecting is because a couple of miles further south and I would almost certainly be offered a speed awareness course, where I might have learnt something and made me a safer driver, which is what these cameras are supposed to do. North of the border, they seem to not care about making safer drivers, just cash collection.

This will be the second time I have been caught on camera since they were introduced. I cover 40k miles a year, mostly between Scotland and France. In that time I have had zero accidents (touches wood) and do tend to press on but not excessively so. If we take the guidelines into account of 10% + 2 into account, my speeding is a combined total of 5mph. Harsh but I have to accept it. The fine I look on as an additional motoring expense, and a minor one at that.

3,526 · June 20, 2018

I

I have been told it is now £100 plus 3 points, and that the cameras are +10% +2 so that would be 79. Harsh? Certainly but that is the cash collecting scum that Nicola Crankie has installed in this what was once a fine country so I expect no less.

The M74 at Lockerbie has been a notorious speed trap since long before I got stopped in 1983 in a W123 diesel that was indicating round about the "p" in "mph".

I had to answer, "no" to the inevitable, "Do you know what speed you were doing sir?"

22,798 · June 20, 2018

Ugh. First, my sleep cycle is broken, second night of three where I've gotta be up at 2am to be in work for overnight maintenance (plus work regular hours at work), except tonight I get home and the dog has eaten something to upset her stomach and crapped in 7 places from the hallway to the kitchen. It would have been fine if it was just regular crottes but no, it has to be a combination of poop, squidge (that was starting to dry and weld itself to the floor), shart that went up the wall also and goopy yuk.

Just what you want to nearly step in at 3am.

What got on my wick was the dog was happy to see me.

That and I've got a slow puncture.

Oh well, up in 2 hours to go back to work.

3,526 · June 20, 2018

So has the dog, by the sound of it.

11,762 · June 20, 2018

I should think the dog was glad to see you, who would want to be in a house smelling like that....sorry

Hope you are back to normal shifts and the dog is well again soon

20,408 · June 20, 2018

When did wiper blades become so expensive? £26 from my local factor.

Is there a wiper blade shortage?

30,476 · June 20, 2018

I paid £9 for a full set a few weeks ago, lucas ones.

They haven't released any wiring loom smoke yet

20,378 · June 20, 2018

Jury duty. Several days of several hours of waiting around.

In as a witness next week.

Contract with work expires at the end of the month. Why do I suspect it'll not be extended again...

8,916 · June 20, 2018

This will be the second time I have been caught on camera since they were introduced.

Location of the first place you were nabbed?

18,561 · June 20, 2018

Location of the first place you were nabbed?

A1 just north of the border heading north flashed at 60 in a 60 zone, but had a trailer on.

44,499 · June 20, 2018

Jury duty. Several days of several hours of waiting around.

In as a witness next week.

Contract with work expires at the end of the month. Why do I suspect it'll not be extended again...

Working (briefly) for a solicitor many years ago taught me a lot about the law. And how much of it involves doing absolutely sod all, waiting for other stuff to happen. I was a smoker back then. It started costing me a fortune. Now, we apparently live too far away from any courts, so no chance of jury service. Maybe the fact it's hours to anywhere isn't so bad after all...

6,857 · June 20, 2018

DVLA tossers,

When i got the Bristol 05/17 i used the MGB i had as PX.. filled my portion of V5 and sent to Swansea.

The receipt for the Bristol shows MG as trade in and registration of car..

i got a pay up as you're going to court as your car not insured in 12/17.. send full copies off as evidence and told them not guilty.

Today got a we're not taking into account any of your evidence, have a nice day in court. or you can pay £100.

If i'm found not guilty, can i claim days wages and travel costs back ?

8,916 · June 20, 2018

A1 just north of the border heading north flashed at 60 in a 60 zone, but had a trailer on.

When? (stay with me on this one)

128,657 · June 20, 2018

DVLA tossers,
When i got the Bristol 05/17 i used the MGB i had as PX.. filled my portion of V5 and sent to Swansea.
The receipt for the Bristol shows MG as trade in and registration of car..
i got a pay up as you're going to court as your car not insured in 12/17.. send full copies off as evidence and told them not guilty.
Today got a we're not taking into account any of your evidence, have a nice day in court. or you can pay £100.
If i'm found not guilty, can i claim days wages and travel costs back ?

DVLA aren't arsed about insurance?

18,561 · June 20, 2018

When? (stay with me on this one)

About 5 or 6 years ago I think

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