Bob
16th October 2004, 01:04
In a move likely to both alienate and insult, the Warwickshire Speed Camera Partnership has sent out postcards to riders with titles like “Through-and-through bummer” showing three bikes crashing into hedges – and in one truly insulting cartoon, a graveyard with a biker’s tombstone on it.
They claim they chose the word as a tortured acronym for ‘Be Under Maximum MPH Every Ride’ and because a "bummer" is slang for a bad time.
One line from the organisation's website suggests: "You can also help others by sharing your 'Bummer' experiences."
To see the cartoons, click here. (http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/Web/corporate/pages.nsf/Links/D32E8FF45C974BFC80256EE4004EC76F)
If anyone finds these cartoons insulting, then complain to the Warwickshire Speed Camera partnership at roadsafety@warwickshire.gov.uk
They claim they chose the word as a tortured acronym for ‘Be Under Maximum MPH Every Ride’ and because a "bummer" is slang for a bad time.
One line from the organisation's website suggests: "You can also help others by sharing your 'Bummer' experiences."
To see the cartoons, click here. (http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/Web/corporate/pages.nsf/Links/D32E8FF45C974BFC80256EE4004EC76F)
If anyone finds these cartoons insulting, then complain to the Warwickshire Speed Camera partnership at roadsafety@warwickshire.gov.uk