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Do you have one of those speed monitors near you?

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Old 09-10-2006, 09:58 AM
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Default Do you have one of those speed monitors near you?

Its like a sensor that flashes up your speed. Its an LED matrix, that if you go under the speed limit, it smiles. If you go over the speed limit it frowns.

The best bit is the fact it displays your speed.


I wish I still had a decent car, so I could nail it past it.


Well, anyhow, I am not on my own.



In the local rag, it reported that thousands of motorists have broke the limit past it. It doesn`t record who, just numbers of people over the speed limit. It was reported that somebody had gone past it at 132mph.

Nice work.
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Have seen a couple of these around.

Never tried to see how high I could get them though
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was your speedo acurate ? lol
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Lots of these have been disabled as they actually encourage people to go faster to see if it can read above 99
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Tell you what is similar, on the motorways they have a big sign saying
how long till next junc.

I.E I was on the M6 just coming backing from Rockingham, it said

`time to next junction (M42 South) is 14 minutes`

Well.... being competitive you just gotta see how much you can shave off that.... I did it in just under 9 minutes!
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I like doing that with the satnav in the Golf

Best I've done is 45 mins off a 4 hour journey
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Originally Posted by Dan Hale,Sep 10 2006, 11:49 AM
I like doing that with the satnav in the Golf

Best I've done is 45 mins off a 4 hour journey
yeah i play that one too..... great fun
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If you get a mugen badge and stick it on the speed monitor sign thing, it says you are going faster than you really are
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Originally Posted by AquilaEagle,Sep 10 2006, 12:03 PM
If you get a mugen badge and stick it on the speed monitor sign thing, it says you are going faster than you really are
There is a Mugen badge joke with every topic nowadays.....


I can take it.... come on MB, your turn!
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I find these signs so annoying that I want to pedal to metal past them


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