Posts Tagged with 'fine'

12 Jan 2008

South Africa’s First World Speeding Fine System

Filed under: General at 17:53 GMT.   |  Tags:, , , . 6 Comments

The speeding fine system being used in South Africa is pretty impressive, very advanced and certainly puts the UK to shame. Whilst they’re not as kind about making the cameras highly visible, like they are in the UK, they certainly do make it easy for you to confirm it definitely was your car and cough [...]

05 Dec 2006

Tailgating Detector

Filed under: In The News at 10:04 GMT.   |  Tags:, , , . 0 Comments

It seems Arizona is waking up to a new radar that detects tailgating. This is apparently already popular in Canada, Australia and Hong Kong and is gaining popularity in the US.
I’ve not heard of these being implemented in the UK just yet (but there are plans), but give it time, and we’ll [...]

  • → You’ve really got to feel a bit sorry for Zimbabwe when Uncle Bob’s govt thinks a Z$1 million fine for violating foreign exchange regulations, is a tough fine. Before you all rush to xe.com, that Z$1m is about US$13, €11 or £7.50 - yes, you read correctly, it’s less than a tenner. Hey, Mr Meman, give me a shout, I’ve got more than that in my wallet right now, I’ll pay off your fine in the interests of promoting cricket. ( 0 )