...>"Petert" <peter.thomas8899@googlemail.com> wrote in message news:d9bad41et7b8eg7sl6gha81qj52dn9v992@4ax.com... On Sat, 20 Sep 2008 13:22:36 +0100, John Wright <john@pegasus.f2s.com> wrote: With parking enforcement contracted out so minimum wage slaves can do the work their is probably little knowledge, no training and lots of incentives to make the numbers and bring money in. After all, people like Duhg think ...

...@foodbanter.com> wrote in message news:ASHLEE.JAMES.31b0bf8@foodbanter.com... The Boston Beer Company is an American brewing company founded in 1985 by Jim Koch in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. The beers were originally contract brewed by the Pittsburgh Brewing Company, though today, more than 60%% of its beer is produced at the company's Cincinnati brewery. The brand name for the beers is Samuel after Samuel Adams, a brewer and...

"Petert" <peter.thomas8899@googlemail.com> wrote in message news:d9bad41et7b8eg7sl6gha81qj52dn9v992@4ax.com... On Sat, 20 Sep 2008 13:22:36 +0100, John Wright <john@pegasus.f2s.com> wrote: With parking enforcement contracted out so minimum wage slaves can do the work their is probably little knowledge, no training and lots of incentives to make the numbers and bring money in. After all, people like Duhg think motorists ...

... one reason is that the radius, or rather, the circumference of the wheels of cars/lorries etc aren't constant. It will change as the tyre wears down and as the pressure of the air inside it expands/contracts/leaks. Perhaps a different means of measuring the speed of a vehicle is needed - perhaps some sort of radar signal bounced off the road below the vehicle? Or maybe laser light, using same technology as for ...

On Sat, 20 Sep 2008 13:22:36 +0100, John Wright <john@pegasus.f2s.com> wrote: With parking enforcement contracted out so minimum wage slaves can do the work their is probably little knowledge, no training and lots of incentives to make the numbers and bring money in. After all, people like Duhg think motorists are pampered so they must have money to burn. In fact Traffic Wardens now appear to be unpopulareven with the police!!...

On Sat, 20 Sep 2008 13:22:36 +0100, John Wright <john@pegasus.f2s.com> wrote: With parking enforcement contracted out so minimum wage slaves can do the work their is probably little knowledge, no training and lots of incentives to make the numbers and bring money in. After all, people like Duhg think motorists are pampered so they must have money to burn. I think the following link helps explain why parking wardens are (...

... demand means conservation. It means weatherizing ... millions and millions of buildings across the country. Millions of buildings have to be weatherized so they don't leak so much energy. What does that mean? That creates thousands of contracts, millions of jobs, billions of dollars of economic stimulus. We're not building any more houses, but we can begin to rebuild the ones that we have right now to save on energy costs. See? That's a ...

The Boston Beer Company is an American brewing company founded in 1985 by Jim Koch in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. The beers were originally contract brewed by the Pittsburgh Brewing Company, though today, more than 60%% of its beer is produced at the company's Cincinnati brewery. The brand name for the beers is Samuel after Samuel Adams, a brewer and an American patriot famous for his role in the American Revolution. ...

... they are incentivised to DELIBERATELY make the parking rules and signage as complex as possible so that they can earn extra revenue from us innocent citizens who are TRYING to obey the law. With parking enforcement contracted out so minimum wage slaves can do the work their is probably little knowledge, no training and lots of incentives to make the numbers and bring money in. After all, people like Duhg think motorists are ...

... one reason is that the radius, or rather, the circumference of the wheels of cars/lorries etc aren't constant. It will change as the tyre wears down and as the pressure of the air inside it expands/contracts/leaks. Perhaps a different means of measuring the speed of a vehicle is needed - perhaps some sort of radar signal bounced off the road below the vehicle? It all adds up to reasons why setting speed scameras to clock...