The £100 car that clocked 480 mph (Radar speed trap generates ticket for 480 MPH clunker)

The Western Mail ^ | 11.1.03 | Duncan Higgitt

[mhking]

Just damn.

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[ican'tbelieveit]

England doesn't use kmh?

[ovrtaxt]

If they can get it wrong once they can get it wrong again. I have no faith in speed cameras at all.

Red meat for a lawyer!

[Ben Hecks]

I know a guy that has a bar code on the side of his car - when the police try to clock him with radar, their gun reads out "creamed corn, 79 cents".

[ovrtaxt]

Hmmmm. Maybe they should send her a ticket for bad teeth and hairy armpits.

[martin_fierro]

That is one butt-ugly ride.

[Henchster]

KPH? HA! The Brits still use the Pound, not the Euro, still serve a pint of ale based on an Imperial gallon, which means you get 20 ounces instead of 16, they still drive on the wrong side of the road, and they still use MPH.

God Bless them!

[ican'tbelieveit]

Oh ok... thought they may be strange in all of that, considering they drive on the wrong side of the road. Can someone explain why they have their transportation system set up that way? Always wondered.

[ican'tbelieveit]

I thought hairy armpits on women were for the US ultra-liberal and French. The UK women do that too?

[Slings and Arrows]

BRITISH MUSCLE CAR!

[Trailerpark Badass]

"When my husband Ken opened the notice he was furious. Then when he read I'd been doing 480mph he nearly lost it completely. It took us a couple of minutes to realise it was impossible.

A couple of minutes?

[Orangedog]

Buy two of them and you can skate home.

[Holly_P]

Bassackwards (Also British)


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[DeFault User]

Must have had a birdie under the bonnet:

[Slings and Arrows]

I admire a man who takes the trouble to make everyone's day just a bit more surreal.

[Henchster]

They drive on the left hand side for one simple reason:

The Roundabout.

The Roundabout is a beautiful invention for rural or low-to-medium traffic intersections. As you come to an intersection, you merge from the left side, because it now puts you in a clockwise rotation in the Roundabout, which seems natural.

The nice thing about a Roundabout is that you can keep going around and around if you're unsure of your "exit" or if you miss it because your spouse is arguing with you about the proper "exit."

The bad thing about them is when the traffic gets heavy, it's not quite as efficient as a 4-way light system, and it only takes one turkey without the guts to jump into a busy Roundabout to back up the whole road you're on.

[Holly_P]

One more try.

[Oztrich Boy]

Can someone explain why they have their transportation system set up that way?

Because that's how it's been done since time immemorial.

Napoleon was left-handed, so he changed the rules south of the Channel to suit himself.

Why other countries adopted the French System is the mystery.

[longtermmemmory]

those are all over european cities.

Three cylinder smart.

Designed by Swatch and built by Mercedes. It is considered a luxury car. (Gasp!)

Basically two seats and room for two grocery bags.