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2007-02-07 Britain

Woman hurt in explosion at UK vehicle agency

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Posted by Steve 2007-02-07 07:45|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The UK population has "learnt" the lesson the state sent when it appeased the terrorist supporting Koranimals.

Posted by Bright Pebbles in Blairistan 2007-02-07 07:59|| 2007-02-07 07:59|| Front Page Top

#2 Right. But when they catch this nutjob, I bet there'll be no outreach, consultation, special accomodations, task forces, policy reviews, employment initiatives, cultural sensitivity training, or sympathy for "legitimate grievances." It'll be life in clink and that's that.

Posted by exJAG 2007-02-07 08:18|| 2007-02-07 08:18|| Front Page Top

#3 I keep telling people the chances of motoring related injury are greater than those of being involved in a terrorism incident but will they listen? No.

And now they will have to pay.

/domestic nutjob in this probably called Clive or Cecil instead of you-know-what

Posted by Excalibur 2007-02-07 09:03|| 2007-02-07 09:03|| Front Page Top

#4 red-light cameras cause more accidents than tehy "prevent". They are strictly for revenue enhancement under the guise of safety

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-02-07 09:06|| 2007-02-07 09:06|| Front Page Top

#5 The company collects 25 million payments a year from motorists who pay to drive into central London.

That's odd, why pay to go into london, is this some crude form of traffic regulation, or simply a screw job to collect money?

Posted by Redneck Jim 2007-02-07 09:23|| 2007-02-07 09:23|| Front Page Top

#6 Britain must have pretty lax bomb-control laws.

Posted by eLarson 2007-02-07 09:46|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2007-02-07 09:46|| Front Page Top

#7 Congestion reduction, pollution reduction, carbon reduction I think, Redneck Jim.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-02-07 10:20|| 2007-02-07 10:20|| Front Page Top

#8 IMHO it's "simply a screw job to collect money"

Posted by Bright Pebbles in Blairistan 2007-02-07 10:21|| 2007-02-07 10:21|| Front Page Top

#9 Frank G :

Red-light cameras cause more accidents than they "prevent". They are strictly for revenue enhancement under the guise of safety.

And my wife has enhanced the coffers of Los Angeles and Garden Grove (California) in the last 5 years...

We need a ballot initiative out here to ban the red-light cameras...

Posted by BigEd 2007-02-07 11:22|| 2007-02-07 11:22|| Front Page Top

#10 Interesting you mention that, BigEd. Our State (GA) Rep. is proposing a bill that will ban red-light cameras at intersections. They're fairly new in the Atlanta area. Anyways, literally speaking, his basis is correct.

The bill would ban the red light cameras because the Constitution/Bill of Rights guarantees the accused the right to face their accuser. Thusly, you can't do that, because the "accuser" in this case is an object (camera). Doubt it'll fly (it's become a cash cow for the cities/counties around here), but it's an interesting argument.

Posted by BA 2007-02-07 14:09|| 2007-02-07 14:09|| Front Page Top

#11 Oh, and like Frank G stated, they are a revenue enhancer big time. One smaller city around our parts (metro Atlanta) took in MILLIONS last year at just 1 intersection. For a city their size, that could about fund the entire police force and some other employees.

Posted by BA 2007-02-07 14:10|| 2007-02-07 14:10|| Front Page Top

#12 In Minnesota, the state supreme court declared these cameras illegal on the grounds that someone else could be driving a car licensed to you.

Al

Posted by Frozen Al 2007-02-07 14:18|| 2007-02-07 14:18|| Front Page Top

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