Speed cameras......

negativenick


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 6023

Message Posted:
21/05/2011 09:35

Just my ten pennyworth..........



Instead of spending vast amounts of money on speed cameras every 100 yards, why didn't the trnc government spend the money on things the country needs, such as:



Decent postal system

Mains Water for 1,000's of housholds on tankered water

Modernising the electric power station

sorting out the corrupt legal system

helping the 1,000's of britts shafted by the system

simplifying the PTP system

clearing the back log on kocan issuing

Strict regulation of the building / legal system

cleaning up the 1000's of tons of builder's shite dumped everywhere

cleaning the beaches and providing staff to keep them clean

making the place more appealing to tourists - and remembering they have a huge choice

making the residency process a doddle for brits that choose to invest / live here

making it easy for non TC's to work / start a business here

Cutting out red tape generally

improving the roads



Anything else i've missed ?





Long live Gulen Kebab..

elko2



Joined: 24/07/2007
Posts: 4400

Message Posted:
21/05/2011 09:49

NN,

You missed the main point: speed cameras are very good revenue earners. Probably they get 1:100 in return. I was looking for the possibility of a joint venture with them. Then I promise not to challenge their legality

ismet

Happy Hussar


Joined: 01/10/2008
Posts: 318

Message Posted:
21/05/2011 10:26

How about making it more difficult for people who live in Thiland to 'snipe' at the TRNC at every possible opportunity.

Tony

MrTed


Joined: 27/06/2010
Posts: 52

Message Posted:
21/05/2011 10:43

Msg 3,



Totally agree.

hodgeliz


Joined: 16/10/2010
Posts: 278

Message Posted:
21/05/2011 10:49

Message 3 absolutely well said

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
21/05/2011 10:51

NN, don't worry your pretty little head with such difficult conundrums... I fear your grasp of basic economics knows no beginning.

A first-year economics student could drive a coach and horses through your logic but then that's never stopped you before.

AnthonySmith


Joined: 14/05/2009
Posts: 455

Message Posted:
21/05/2011 11:00

Actually, I'm one of those who thinks that speed cameras - in lieu of traffic cops actually doing their job - are necessary in North AND South Cyprus. It's mostly "macho, I'm in a hurry and it's my road" style driving IMHO. People are dying needlessly, being injured needlessly. The speed cameras don't bring revenue to the government, according to Dr Mehmet Avci, who I believe should know as he's the main traffic accidents bloke, but go towards other initiatives, including speed cameras, education campaigns and things like the traffic park in Lefkosa.

The sad thing is that drivers belt along a road then stop for the camera, then belt along the road again. What's the rush? I like the idea of the cameras that will clock your average speed over distance - that might get motorists sticking to the laws.

vonny


Joined: 25/06/2009
Posts: 476

Message Posted:
21/05/2011 11:10

Message 1,NN, So really,you are saying that the government should've spent the money to suit the Brits,am i correct?

Pugwash


Joined: 06/09/2010
Posts: 1797

Message Posted:
21/05/2011 11:11

They have made a difference to the speeding that was endemic in North Cyprus

negativenick


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 6023

Message Posted:
21/05/2011 12:15

mess 3 - who lives in thailand that you know ??



not me......



mess 6 - if you happy to live in a shit hole grouch - that's ok by me......

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
21/05/2011 12:18

I think NN said in a previous thread that he now lives in Cambodia.

craig2536


Joined: 09/06/2007
Posts: 277

Message Posted:
21/05/2011 12:21

Who on this forum, have created from nothing a business and sold it for a seven figure sum in the uk. Yes Negative Nick. I think he has a proven track record and can run rings around most people on this forum regarding business. Yes he lives in Thailand, so what.

negativenick


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 6023

Message Posted:
21/05/2011 12:27

mess 12 - oh God, the truth's coming out.....





Thailand / Cambodia ? - even i'm confused......





Where's Ting and Tong when you need them.....

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
21/05/2011 13:01

Craig. If the cameras make a small fortune, and they do, the TRNC would not be better off diverting the installation costs on the schemes NN suggests; so it's not really difficult to see that his 'master plan' for investment does not hold water. As it is they need to raise extra cash to cover all the 'crooks' dodging their properly payable dues by way of residency fees etc. Another of NN's bright ideas.

Ailletoo


Joined: 24/01/2009
Posts: 1003

Message Posted:
21/05/2011 13:29

I have paid for most of those speed cameras!!!! ;-)

walkerscott


Joined: 13/08/2009
Posts: 901

Message Posted:
21/05/2011 13:49

I do not condone speeding but do know that all of us forget sometimes what speed we are travelling at when we are not concentrating. I always use "photo blocker" which helps prevent the camera from taking photos of number plates which in turn saves many from having their licences confiscated ... it works well.

negativenick


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 6023

Message Posted:
21/05/2011 16:52

mess 16 - get yer PC hat off WC...



the country hasn't got a postal system to send the bleeding speeding fines out !!



its a total farse.........



the money could have been better spent............

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
Posts: 4110

Message Posted:
21/05/2011 18:45

Most reviews say 'Photo Blocker' DOESN'T WORK!



How come yours does, 'walkerscott' - or, are you 'extracting the Michael'?

Visitor


Joined: 19/08/2010
Posts: 492

Message Posted:
21/05/2011 19:53

Negative Nick





http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1219743/Britain-worst-place-live-Europe-despite-big-pay-packets.html

ttoli


Joined: 24/03/2007
Posts: 1172

Message Posted:
21/05/2011 21:29

WS, whether Photo blocker works or not, under UK traffic laws(On which the TRNC is loosely based) any attempt to intentionally render Index plates unreadable to Cameras constitutes an offence, along with excessively dirty index plates, lights etc, Am surprised any number of vehicles aren't tugged here for just such an offence.

queen


Joined: 04/05/2011
Posts: 42

Message Posted:
21/05/2011 22:39

quickest earner, cheapest earner, good business all computerised no manpower!

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
Posts: 4110

Message Posted:
21/05/2011 23:00

And, according to reliable information, never calibrated, either - which is why they had to stop using them in the South, or face heavy fines, until they complied with EU law!

Blackbird



Joined: 11/08/2009
Posts: 1432

Message Posted:
21/05/2011 23:05

Speed cameras have nothing to do with road safety...they are there to earn...

negativenick


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 6023

Message Posted:
22/05/2011 08:32

mess 14 - you got any bright ideas then grouch ?



you're living next to a building site surrounded by dust and noise (and no doubt some sneaky dumping of builder's shite to come....)



or you just getting some thicker lenses to your rose tinted specs ??

walkerscott


Joined: 13/08/2009
Posts: 901

Message Posted:
22/05/2011 10:50

http://www.photoblockeruk.com/special/faq.aspx

negativenick


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 6023

Message Posted:
22/05/2011 11:43

mess 25 - 20 quid every six months - bargain !



i'd rather spend the money down sexy girls a go go..............

Visitor


Joined: 19/08/2010
Posts: 492

Message Posted:
22/05/2011 14:07

I think you would need to spend abit more then that NIck?



Sexy girls are not desperate!

keithr


Joined: 20/08/2008
Posts: 720

Message Posted:
22/05/2011 14:27

You are thinking like a European again mate,it don't work here.

Visitor


Joined: 19/08/2010
Posts: 492

Message Posted:
22/05/2011 14:47

Keithr



'You are thinking like a European again mate,it don't work here. ' What does this mean, who are you referring to?

lucienne


Joined: 29/01/2009
Posts: 129

Message Posted:
22/05/2011 15:02

Am I being cynical or does a new camera appear almost every time a supermarket is built. Are the government buying them or is it a bribe to allow a new supermarket to be built?

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
24/05/2011 19:34

NN Msg 24.

I think you are abnormally obsessed with where I live... is there something I should know about you?

I bought several new homes in the UK over time and while there were other building works in progress there was plenty of noise and dirt and disturbance...

Scoty


Joined: 23/05/2010
Posts: 846

Message Posted:
24/05/2011 19:47

NN - you are full of shite accepted by the mods as per your post

canada


Joined: 17/05/2011
Posts: 195

Message Posted:
24/05/2011 21:40

ive heard spraying hair spray on your license plate will make the photo on the speed camera blurry.i havent done it so i can not confirm it .i think the cameras may save lives

MUSIN M


Joined: 26/06/2008
Posts: 1352

Message Posted:
24/05/2011 21:48

neither photoblock nor hairspray works ,i do not for a moment believe walkerscott uses it .







musin







long live the kktc

philbailey


Joined: 17/01/2011
Posts: 3534

Message Posted:
24/05/2011 21:50

Msg 34 ,I agree



the only plates that worked (light reflective)



were banned in the uk about 15 yrs ago



hairspray ,surely you would need about 10 layers?

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
24/05/2011 23:07

Nick. Message 13.







1 post - 1 author - Last post: 16 May

"I'm in Cambodia - moved from Thailand several months ago... 2. Ting and Tong don 't really exist - in fact "Ting Tong" means stupid in Thai ..."



Your words!