If there�s one thing all car enthusiasts can agree on, it�s that speed cameras are a nuisance. Back in the good ol� days, you would see the van or a sign indicating a fixed camera long before you came to it. You�d slow down, pass by it and then speed up again. Don�t be shy, we all do it. Now, these so-called �life savers� hide behind bushes in unmarked vehicles, all the while speed related deaths and injuries continue to rise.
In what I�ll fancifully describe as the government�s latest bid to demoralise its citizenry, a British man has been fined �175 (US$279) and ordered to pay �265 (US$412) in court costs and surcharges after flashing his lights seven times at oncoming motorists in July of last year. Why was he flashing his lights? To warn them of a speed trap, of course.
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