MCN news: Police hide speed camera in horse box

Here's the proof police are using a speed trap disguised as a horse box.
The sneaky new speed trap was spotted on Sunday on a 60mph road at Maenan, near Llanrwst, North Wales, hunting ground of notorious police chief Richard Brunstrom.

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[lollygaggle]

@XTee500 As we have already discussed, pointing out you own a different colour crash helmet, will not be enough to convince anyone that it wasn't your machine.

[XTee500]

@lollygaggle covert entrapment in my book, false plates are back in fashion or it is probably safer to clone my bike as long as I know it is at least 300 miles away from me ....

[3603089]

@lollygaggle OK so there is no official, legal recognition of the term entrapment in UK law, that doesn't mean it dosn't go on. and no I'm not suggesting horseboxes makes motorists go faster? I'm saying the police deliberately go to lengths to hide their camera's JUST to be sneeky and catch speeders.... and your comment "ALL the money goes to central government".....that's very much an earner (for the government) in my book.

[lollygaggle]

@3603089 Hi, firstly there is no such thing as entrapment in UK law. That said. the above is the complete reverse as the police have gone to some lengths to create the most natural environment as opposed to anything designed to encourage speeding. Are you suggesting horseboxes makes motorists go faster?

ALL the money goes to central government, so no, not an earner in any way.

The object here is to detect high-end motorcyclists, not slow them down.

[3603089]

@lollygaggle Then why hide the camera's like that....people don't take much notice of signs......make the camera vans highly visible if you want to slow them down...what the police are doing there is nothing more than entrapment......allowing them to speed then pouncing....a nice little earner you could say.

[lollygaggle]

@3603089 Hi, no it's a situation that those who ignore posted thresholds have steered themselves.

[3603089]

WTF crafty bastards...with tactics like this they don't deserve any respect...it's just not cricket old chap.

[lollygaggle]

@sagaciousknight The above was part of a specific operation targeted at high-end motorcyclists who habitually ignored the posted thresholds & travelled at more than twice the limit.

Why exactly do you think it was full of disgrace?

[sagaciousknight]

Absolutely Disgraceful behaviour. No wonder no one has respect for them any more. How to alienate the public in one easy move. Who ever thinks these things up should be dismissed immediately, if for nothing else than holding the opinion of the public with contempt. DISGUSTING!

[lollygaggle]

@XTee500 Hi, just a point.

In your previous comment, you clearly stated that 'you pick one', meaning that the intention exists, nothing to do with inadvertently purchasing a cloned vehicle.

Cloned vehicles owned by those who do not realise, very quickly bubble to the surface when insurance/tax is sought. The theft of DVLA log books a couple of years ago has done a lot to increase the numbers of cloned vehicles.