Speed camera defiance

[zadok]

Our Sunday paper made the front page story one of motorcycle defiance of speed cameras. It shows a chap in shorts and jandals 'flipping the bird' at a speed camera while speeding.
The speed cameras here are set up to take pics from the front, hence risers can't get pinged for speeding. There are a couple of special cameras just for us bikers that take pics from the rear. It's unfortunate that idiots like these do this sort of thing as the law then decides to bring in more measures to curtail our riding pleasure. They are already setting up two cameras back to back to catch bikers. I like to think I can go for a ride and give the bike a bit of a squirt without worrying about those damn cameras. Oh well, you always get some blonks that spoil it for the rest!

Story: http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/stor...31-948,00.html

[Macktheknife]

Dumbarse trick, why antagonise them?
If they get caught there will be no reason to pity them and once again the few disgrace the rest.

[Kendog]

Dumbarse trick, why antagonise them?
If they get caught there will be no reason to pity them and once again the few disgrace the rest.

I agree. There are far easier ways to get a picture of you on your bike, just get a friend to take a photo.

Oh wait, this guy obviously has no friends.

[TerminalAddict]

actions like this means soon we'll have front facing regos

not good at all (aerodynamics and and all)

[Toaster]

actions like this means soon we'll have front facing regos

not good at all (aerodynamics and and all)

Not to mention they would look ridiculous on bikes!

[Indiana_Jones]

Well don't mind the old school places on the front mud guard

-Indy

[sAsLEX]

actions like this means soon we'll have front facing regos

not good at all (aerodynamics and and all)

Doubt it.

Victoria, ie our governments pseudo brain, looked in to it and deemed it infeasible with the current bikes being made.

Search if you like its here a fair bit.

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

Doubt it.

Victoria, ie our governments pseudo brain, looked in to it and deemed it infeasible with the current bikes being made.

Search if you like its here a fair bit.

I doubt it to... there is no where on the front to place them without interfering with the fron suspension, or covring the light etc... it was also deemed that the were more dangerous in a "accident"

[NordieBoy]

I doubt it to... there is no where on the front to place them without interfering with the fron suspension, or covring the light etc... it was also deemed that the were more dangerous in a "accident"

Yes there is.
Longitudinally on the front guard.

[ghost]

Whats the likely hood of this guy having a plate on the back when he did this? Making front mounted plates for the front of bikes will only mean they have to take two off to get up this sort of "fun", wont actually stop it. It'll just make it more diffucult for the majority of law abiding citizens, sounds like a fine bit of legislation for this goverment to railroad through............

[Deano]

Yes there is.
Longitudinally on the front guard.

I heard that those were outlawed after cutting up a few people in accidents.

[NordieBoy]

Cutting you up just before 200kg of bike hits you...

[yod]

yup, I've been caught and fined for speeding on a bike - doing 80 in a 50 zone just as i was coming north into the 50 zone at Paeroa - didn't even see the camera, this was about '95 so i doubt the intention was to get bikes, i'd say it was for traffic heading south and it was just bad luck for me

i've also been photographed in tokoroa (from the front) so I waved :spudwave: (I hope he got my best side....)

[sAsLEX]

Go here http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...t+mount+plates

[ManDownUnder]

I doubt it to... there is no where on the front to place them without interfering with the fron suspension, or covring the light etc... it was also deemed that the were more dangerous in a "accident"

There's more than one way to skin a cat though. Mandating number plate should be clearly visible on fairing or flat across front of bike perhaps?

They've solved that problem in racing circles - what makes you so sure they can't do it for the road going versions?