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Old 10-21-2006 | 11:34 AM
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http://www.autocar.co.uk/news_article.asp?na_id=222787


sit back and laugh just a little.......

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Old 10-21-2006 | 11:57 AM
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That is great!!!we need those over here!!
Old 10-21-2006 | 01:10 PM
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Notice in the last one, the van's passenger hits the windscreen and breaks it. Ouch!
Old 10-21-2006 | 01:33 PM
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Sore point with Mrs Cuppie -nice pic of her car in an Ealing bus lane thru the post.......tsk! tsk!
Old 10-21-2006 | 01:54 PM
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I shouldn't laugh - I got fined for being in a bus lane about 6 months ago, but it was a genuine mistake - unknown town, and when the nav system said turn left, I did......

No sympathy for those people though - especially the second one. He clearly floored it trying to get through - and after crashing, gets his kid out from the back seat. Bet he's got one of those poxy "baby on board" signs in his back window too........
Old 10-21-2006 | 03:58 PM
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Thats just nasty .
Old 10-22-2006 | 09:37 PM
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FFS! SO dangerous..
This seriously can't have passed health and safety's **** whining executive..

So you drive into a bus lane..punishment: whiplash or some degree of head injury, for you and your children, and a ruined car.

What next? Bailer spikes appearing from the ground in box junctions?
Old 10-23-2006 | 04:48 AM
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Wouldn't it be so utterly refreshing to see our government and councils put as much effort and cash into catching criminals as they do motorists......

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Old 10-23-2006 | 08:47 AM
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These have been installed in Durham for the past 4-5 years... similar story there.... but also city centre residents who get a pass which lets the barriers drop were getting problems whereby the barriers would sometimes come back up too soon! Ouch!
Old 10-23-2006 | 01:17 PM
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Great video....stupid people pay the price for being stupid
Old 10-23-2006 | 01:31 PM
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This happened to my flatmate in his company car and ruined the front end. Again, paying too much attention to the Sat Nav and not the road signs was to blame. Made me laugh though.
Old 10-23-2006 | 01:39 PM
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why bother chasing criminals when you can make sooooo much money out of motorists
Old 10-23-2006 | 02:24 PM
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"Great video....stupid people pay the price for being stupid"
I hope nothing ever happens like that to you , when you make a mistake .
Old 10-23-2006 | 04:58 PM
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Just goes to show how much the 'anti car group' have taken over the councils and running of the UK.
It's now OK to 'maim' errant motorists and their passengers, for minor transgressions on motoring laws. As all these video clips show, the vehicle number plate are easierly identifiable, so why not send them a FPN (fixed penality notice) £40? No lets injure them, because they're the 'lowest of the low', (car drivers) and they deserve it!
Old 10-23-2006 | 05:44 PM
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I don' t think the plan was to injure them(people/ cars), or damage their cars. But just to prevent people from using that lane. But I could be wrong , maybe those guys sat around a table and said" So how do we #$% up the tax payers cars, and maybe hurt them....ya ya hurt them too that would be nice"


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