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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nort ... 682568.stm

This one will raise the heckles.....

It says the system records the bikers face, er...how?

just saw this on MCN too. It takes a picture of the front of the bike, which is very useful seeing as motorbikes haven't had a front number plate for 29 years d'oh!
They also point out that 1 in 4 'extreme' speeders are criminals, as in drivers as well as riders, but hey motorcyclists are just another minority group for the police to marginalise and discriminate against.

Exactly the thing I picked up on.

How on Earth can it record the bikers face? Helmets cover most of the face unless its an open face helmet! What another waste of money!!!!

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Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

they can't photograph my face when i use a mirrored visor.

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the day i stop learning is the day i get put in a box

They may use something like this....

www.advanced-intelligence.com/ir.html

But will it see through the dense iridium visors some bikers wear? If it doesn't, sales and prices of iridium visors will go up I bet!

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Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

This has got to be a wind up surely? Cant see the partnerships shelling out on these filters. Damn science fiction surely.

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Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

I'm not a biker so could someone please tell me how much of your face is actually visible when wearing a normal crash helmet, even with the visor up? I'd have thought that you'd see little more than the bottom of the rider's forehead, the eyes, most of the nose and a bit of both cheeks. So what if they can see through tinted visors. Can they really recognise someone when half their face is hidden by er... whatever crash helmets are made out of?

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No mate, not really. The cheeks are pressed against the inside of the helmet. If its a full face helmet, not the whole of the nose can be seen, and even less if you have an breath deflector fitted (stops visor from steaming up). My helmet, which is a common make and shape, covers my forehead to just above eyebrows, the padding inside covers my cheek bones, and the front of the helmet covers about half way up my nose. The more a helmet covers, the more protection it provides.

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Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

Ah. Even less of someone's face is showing than I thought. Does all this sound like like bollocks to anyone else?

"Yes, that's the one officer. I'd recognise that face anywhere. Eyebrows, two eyes and half a nose. That's GSXR all right."
"Thankyou ma'am. Righto GSXR. You're nicked. Mind the stairs on the way to the cell."

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Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler - Einstein

Classic

Every day in every way - it does get better and better!

You just cannot make it up!

Oh bugger......
I knew them red eyes would give me away!!!!!!!!!

Their having a laugh aint they?!!!!

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Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

I have a fitted mask in my helmet that covers upto the bridge of my nose, then my sunglasses which gives the camera about an inch of flesh to ID me.


They have about as much chance of convicting me from a front photo, as we have of getting a decent state pension.

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Steve

Bring back front number plates in soft plastic. Why should bikers be immune from prosecution?

Bitter and twisted huh.

Why not bring back real policing instead.

Bikers who ride badly usualy end up killing themselves, As opposed to car drivers who usualy kill somebody else.....I use the term bad rather than speed.

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Speed camera policy Kills

Yup!

Remember.....Getting busted by a speed camera... £60 3 points
Having a number plate that does not comply with the law.....£50 no points.

Not being able to be identified from the front......priceless

For everything else theres Mastercard......

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Speed camera policy Kills

Why should safe drivers be fined

I will make the most of the loop hole

Not sticking a cruddy number late on the front of my aerodynamic master piece

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Steve

Huh ? Think your a little bit out with that one Gizmo.
The penalty for 'Having a number plate that does not comply with the law' is, up to a thousand pounds !
And thats just for 'Attempting to avoid detection' by using a spray on your plates.

>"The DVLA is today warning motorists not to be tempted to use sprays which can make number plates unreadable by roadside cameras. It says more and more of the products are available over the internet but that motorists face fines of up to £1000 for attempting to dodge detection in this way.

This statement is at the bottom of the page on this link:

http://www.whatcar.com/News_Article.asp?NA_ID=211064

Hanbo.