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Replying to: magnette (Jun 03, 2008 4:23 am) Considering it's proximity to other Mogs and MGs, I think you're correct Magnette. |
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Replying to: andys120 (Jun 01, 2008 3:49 am) The dark blue wagon partly obscured by the BMW ( which incidentally I think is a 2002ti, as it has two bars on the grille, and the top one is thicker), is a British Ford Anglia wagon, early 60's. The grey wagon behind the BMW is a German Ford Taunus, as is the very white saloon parked next to the Anglia. The car I find most interesting is the one above the very white Taunus, which is mostly obscured by a man with an umbrella. That looks like a Borgward to me, but that is really a guess. To it's right is a FIat 124. then a Citroen Dyane 4, an Opel Kadett and then the gold and black car is another Opel - I thnk a Commodore, but I am dodgy on these.
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Replying to: andys120 (Jun 03, 2008 4:46 am) |
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Replying to: magnette (Jun 03, 2008 4:48 am) Good eye! I missed that but you can see the tail of a mustard yellow 124 Spider sticking out behind that white Taunus. It looks just like the Positano Yellow Spider 1608 I bought new in 1971. 
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Replying to: fintail (Jun 02, 2008 11:40 am) Apart from the fact that we have a lot of number plate recognition technology now - everything from the congestion charge to tracking criminals - which works in the main by looking at oncoming traffic ( I think it helps because they also get a shot of the driver) we also have a chance to note the number in the event of an accident - whilst you can take a number of a car as it drives away from you, if you are the victim you will have seen it coming towards you - say it hits the front of your car a glancing blow, or you see an accident in approaching traffic. We do have rear plate recording on speed cameras, though as they probably need that for speed measuring. |
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Replying to: magnette (Jun 03, 2008 8:05 am)
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Replying to: andys120 (Jun 03, 2008 6:26 am) |
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we already have it. Between speed cameras, red light running cameras, and EZ pass, there are plenty of opportunities for big bro to be snapping your plate. I know that EZ pass takes a frontal shot to get the driver, but they must also take a rear shot to catch the plate again. NJ has both (a real drag when you have a sports car like an RX-8!, but next door in PA they only have a rear plate. |
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Replying to: andys120 (Jun 03, 2008 9:10 am) We also have a bias towards a liberal attitude in surveillance, supposedly, and UK is signed up to the European Treaty of Human rights, which is supposed to prevent abuses of such power, but London has more camera surveillance than almost anywhere in the free world. But then we also had bombing campaigns by various lunatics from the mid seventies onwards - so I suppose we have tempered our freedoms to match. We are now moving towards road pricing, which I suspect is too much of a hot potato for the politicians to touch, and if fuel stays as expensive as it is now, here, then I suspect the roads will actually get a little quieter. The technology is effectively in place to allow that to be applied in some parts of Britain, especially London, andaround our major roads, and airports etc, already. |
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