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Author:  Amnesia10 [ Tue Aug 23, 2011 2:36 pm ]
Post subject:  Pensioner ordered to take down fake speed camera
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... d-box.html

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A pensioner has put his foot down on speeding motorists by erecting this bird box outside his home - which looks like a speed camera.

Ian Magee, 63, was fed up with motorists breaking the 30mph speed limit on the main road in Williton, Somerset, so he decided to make his own deterrent.

He created a bird box - complete with nesting holes where the camera lense should be - and painted it the trademark yellow of a roadside speed trap.
Author:  hifidelity2 [ Wed Aug 24, 2011 11:42 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Pensioner ordered to take down fake speed camera
Might be hard

As the police say - its on his land and it could be difficult for a council to prove that you need planning permission for a bird box
Author:  Fogmeister [ Wed Aug 24, 2011 11:52 am ]
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hifidelity2 wrote:
Might be hard

As the police say - its on his land and it could be difficult for a council to prove that you need planning permission for a bird box

Plus if those bats have taken up home in there then he won't be able to move it as they are protected.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Wed Aug 24, 2011 12:05 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Pensioner ordered to take down fake speed camera
Fogmeister wrote:
hifidelity2 wrote:
Might be hard

As the police say - its on his land and it could be difficult for a council to prove that you need planning permission for a bird box

Plus if those bats have taken up home in there then he won't be able to move it as they are protected.

That is the best bit of this story.
Author:  ProfessorF [ Wed Aug 24, 2011 12:50 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Pensioner ordered to take down fake speed camera
hifidelity2 wrote:
Might be hard

As the police say - its on his land and it could be difficult for a council to prove that you need planning permission for a bird box


It might be on his land, but it looks like it's crossing the boundary onto public property (over the footpath) and I think that's what'll do for it.
Author:  Linux_User [ Wed Aug 24, 2011 1:58 pm ]
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And the bit about the bats looks like pure speculation on the part of the guy and the journalist.
Author:  paulzolo [ Wed Aug 24, 2011 4:20 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Pensioner ordered to take down fake speed camera
hifidelity2 wrote:
Might be hard

As the police say - its on his land and it could be difficult for a council to prove that you need planning permission for a bird box


It’s attached to something in his land (a tree), but it’s most definitely across his boundary and in the public space.
Author:  belchingmatt [ Wed Aug 24, 2011 7:03 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Pensioner ordered to take down fake speed camera
Even if it is on his land and had planning permission, he could be forced to remove it if it was found to cause drivers to react in an unsafe manner.
Author:  jonlumb [ Wed Aug 24, 2011 8:34 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Pensioner ordered to take down fake speed camera
belchingmatt wrote:
Even if it is on his land and had planning permission, he could be forced to remove it if it was found to cause drivers to react in an unsafe manner.


But if it was found that a speed camera caused drivers to react in an unsafe manner that would open a massive can of worms...
Author:  l3v1ck [ Thu Aug 25, 2011 3:16 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Pensioner ordered to take down fake speed camera
I love this quote:
Quote:
'It is causing rather a lot of public interest, which isn't necessary, this is something we want to stop.'

They want to stop the public being interested in things? :shock: :o :roll:
Idiots!!!
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Thu Aug 25, 2011 6:14 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Pensioner ordered to take down fake speed camera
l3v1ck wrote:
I love this quote:
Quote:
'It is causing rather a lot of public interest, which isn't necessary, this is something we want to stop.'

They want to stop the public being interested in things? :shock: :o :roll:
Idiots!!!

It is much harder to do things badly if people are watching and interested.
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