Peugeot 406 caught doing 406MPH by camera [Archive]

Biff

27th February 2005, 14:24

Yes really.

A guy in the UK has been caught by a speed camera alledgedly doing 406MPH in a standard Peugeot 406. The driver thinks it's a joke as the speed camera must obviously be faulty, but the authorities appear to be seriously considering taking him to court!!

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_857873.html

Jackrat

27th February 2005, 15:25

See,our mob ain't that bad after all. :rolleyes:

spudchucka

27th February 2005, 15:51

Yes really.

A guy in the UK has been caught by a speed camera alledgedly doing 406MPH in a standard Peugeot 406. The driver thinks it's a joke as the speed camera must obviously be faulty, but the authorities appear to be seriously considering taking him to court!!

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_857873.html
653.39Kph???? Rrrriiiiigggghhhhttttttttt!!!!!

Jackrat

27th February 2005, 15:55

Actualy after thinking about it a bit,there's probably more to this than meets the eye.
A 406 doing 406 ??
Me thinks somebody wrote on the wrong line or sumint like that.
Would be neat to be in the court house that day but!!

Zapf

27th February 2005, 15:56

must be that new jet engined 406 they were talking about.... like those flying cars in Men In Black.

avgas

27th February 2005, 16:46

my auto corona does 8,000kmh......no wait thats revs.
Anyhow this is a old joke that came about years ago (or a remake of it), they even made a french movie about it - sort of along the same lines as 'The Transporter', but in french and with a 405/6.
I guess some jokes never die.
wonder what the mazda 808 is good for????? :lol:

bugjuice

27th February 2005, 17:43

bloody boy racers.. pay up!!

pt

TygerTung

27th February 2005, 20:32

Farout I gotta get me one of those 406's! what a quick machine!

Zapf

27th February 2005, 21:23

ermmm... can get me self to wellington from aucklala in under 2 hours.... I bet the drug runners must all drive 406's

idb

27th February 2005, 22:11

There must be a bit more in my 888 than I realised :niceone:

moko

28th February 2005, 01:26

wonder what the mazda 808 is good for????? :lol:

f***-all mate is the answer to that one.

Wolf

28th February 2005, 09:25

Yes really.

A guy in the UK has been caught by a speed camera alledgedly doing 406MPH in a standard Peugeot 406. The driver thinks it's a joke as the speed camera must obviously be faulty, but the authorities appear to be seriously considering taking him to court!
Sounds like a bullshit story to mee - probably originates from Peugeot's marketing team...

ManDownUnder

2nd March 2005, 07:46

653.39Kph???? Rrrriiiiigggghhhhttttttttt!!!!!

Maybe the UK bods are on commission - the bigger the ticket the more they get paid?

inlinefour

2nd March 2005, 07:52

I guess some people just dont know when they dont have a leg to stand on, even if it is the local authorities? :brick:

Biff

2nd March 2005, 09:15

Welcome back Honda. :spudwave:

moko

2nd March 2005, 09:35

There was a programme on BBC1 last night that tested hand-held speed cameras as used by the police here.They showed a car recorded as doing 8m.p.h. despite the minor detail that it was standing still at the time.Better yet they clocked a brick wall at 4 m.p.h. Apparently this can be caused by a slight movement of the operator,unless he`s stood stock-still it wont read a true speed.

ManDownUnder

2nd March 2005, 09:46

There was a programme on BBC1 last night that tested hand-held speed cameras as used by the police here.They showed a car recorded as doing 8m.p.h. despite the minor detail that it was standing still at the time.Better yet they clocked a brick wall at 4 m.p.h. Apparently this can be caused by a slight movement of the operator,unless he`s stood stock-still it wont read a true speed.

Of the car is a volvo - we used to have a race around the waterfront in Wellington and a Volvo that one it was known as the flying brick...

(a tribute to it graceful curves and beautiful lines... NOT!)

It does raise the question about similar issue here in NZ... is it the same equipment, or is even prone to the same issues?

Lou Girardin

2nd March 2005, 11:37

Of the car is a volvo - we used to have a race around the waterfront in Wellington and a Volvo that one it was known as the flying brick...

(a tribute to it graceful curves and beautiful lines... NOT!)

It does raise the question about similar issue here in NZ... is it the same equipment, or is even prone to the same issues?

It's a story as old as radar itself. Years ago a speed gun in the 'states checked a tree at 35 mph.
They use different gear here. But all laser/radar speed guns are capable of the same errors.
PS Those were the days. Seeing more makes than just Falcadores racing. Dinky little M3 Beemers cleaning everything up.
Jim Richards R30 Nissan sounding like the worlds fastest tractor.

scumdog

2nd March 2005, 11:58

Normally have Laser on a tripod, have tried to induce false reading when hand-held but no-go.

Timber020

2nd March 2005, 18:08

Ive mentioned it before but some of the radar used by the cops totally balls up if the air con in the car is going, something to do with the frequency of the fan. In particular I clocked a stop sign doing about 90kmph when the fan was going. This was a few years ago, might have fixed it now.

Blakamin

2nd March 2005, 18:17

Ive mentioned it before but some of the radar used by the cops totally balls up if the air con in the car is going, something to do with the frequency of the fan. In particular I clocked a stop sign doing about 90kmph when the fan was going. This was a few years ago, might have fixed it now.
so the stop sign gets to 100 now?

Gasman

2nd March 2005, 19:50

Doesn't match the fact that the 406 is a boring car with a boring reputation (looks OK though) and not too hot sales. If they really could do 406mph....................

The Pastor

2nd March 2005, 20:12

at least he could sell the ticket on ebay and make a bit of $$