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OMG I had the Matchbox of this. So awesome.
If your epoxy resin is melting polystyrene, you need a different resin!
Talk about shade tree engineering!
The Opel Corsa of that generation were truly something to see, built for drifting lover teenagers on the cheap:
In the US, there are ways to get around speed cameras and such that are dubious but legal dodges such as:
Ah, see in the US there's not a general law about that."At night, the dodge is..."
In UK, IIRC, there was a brief craze for sticking a prismatic film over rear number-plate...
This back-fired when traffic wardens etc realised such interference with number plates was both easily spotted and a 'Stationary' offence.
If vehicle was on public road, eg parked kerb-side, such number-plates 'did not conform', drew hefty ticket...
Same expensive 'gotcha' applied to number-plates with a non-standard font...
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Ah, see in the US there's not a general law about that.
Though my personal favorite is still the SQL code injection attack to delete the entire database. Requires a number plate about the width of the bumper to pull off, though.
I hadn’t heard that one, but I have seen the photo of the man who decided to spray a Gatso with paint… just as he started (you can see the spray leaving the nozzle) a car went past triggering the camera. Not only was his face visible (he hadn’t bothered wit a mask) but so was his parked car.Actually the craziest story I've heard (Cannot remember the exact source though.) was a case in the UK where a railway employee stole a thermite applicator from his worksite and used it to destroy a speed camera that he thought had taken a picture of his van.
As it turned out the pictures taken by the camera were not stored in the camera and were not destroyed. Worse the camera took a series of pictures as it was being destroyed and the mans van was parked with either the front or back licence plate facing the camera.
Guess how long it took for the police to turn up at his front door armed with arrest warrents for speeding, attempt to pervert the course of justice, theft from an employer and discharge of an explosive in a public place...
I remember seeing that story or a related one when it was first announced, the word crazy does not even begin to describe it.
Got to see this at the GM display at EPCOT BITD. Very impressive.
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Still driving at 100: a D-Day veteran’s wartime motoring experiences
Aged 20 when the invasion took place, John Roberts went on to have a love affair with Lagonda cars, having bought his first for £150www.telegraph.co.uk