Devon and Cornwall Police use dashcam footage to combat dangerous driving

[Sheepy]

Actually, on second thoughts, I'd like you to have one too.

Yeah well that won't be happening either, care in the community has a lot to answer for.

[papasmurf]

A film? Well I never. It must be "true" then?

The film isn't, a Hardly Dangerous would be wrecked when is landed.
However a mini-gun mounted on a motorcycle has been fired on a firing range. (The man sat on the bike at the time was brave or stupid or both.)
They have to rev the bike whilst firing due the high amps needed to work the gun.)

[DeppityDawg]

The barrels are not near the fuel tank, and the combined fire power is some 20000 rounds a minute so a 1/2 second burst is more than enough to shred a caravan and the vehicle towing it.
Also it is not a motorcycle used in a film.
However this one is:-

A film? Well I never. It must be "true" then?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machete_(2010_film)

Machete is a 2010 American exploitation action film

An exploitation film is a film that attempts to succeed financially by exploiting current trends, niche genres, or lurid content. Exploitation films are generally low-quality "B movies". They sometimes attract critical attention and cult followings

[papasmurf]

I assume the huge heat created by those barrels next to the fuel tank, or the fact that the frame couldn't absorb the recoil without also destroying you in the process has completely passed over Arnold Schwarzenegger's head?

Actually, on second thoughts, I'd like you to have one too.

The barrels are not near the fuel tank, and the combined fire power is some 20000 rounds a minute so a 1/2 second burst is more than enough to shred a caravan and the vehicle towing it.
Also it is not a motorcycle used in a film.
However this one is:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRs243dwWkw

[DeppityDawg]

Agreed but I would still like this:-

I assume the huge heat created by those barrels next to the fuel tank, or the fact that the frame couldn't absorb the recoil without also destroying you in the process has completely passed over Arnold Schwarzenegger's head?

Actually, on second thoughts, I'd like you to have one too.

[papasmurf]

That's 3 times you've mentioned the Stasi state but there's no reason to be alarmed. The East German Stasi was government led.
Reporting people on webcam footage is people led and should be encouraged to root out the people in society who routinely break the law and put others in danger.
About 3 people an hour are seriously injured or killed on our roads and many of these are avoidable.

Quite, just up the road from me a few hours ago:-

[Barry]

There is a difference between the police calling for witnesses to a crime they are already investigating, and people being encouraged to spy and snitch on each other without prompting. The latter smacks somewhat of a Stasi state to me.

That's 3 times you've mentioned the Stasi state but there's no reason to be alarmed. The East German Stasi was government led.
Reporting people on webcam footage is people led and should be encouraged to root out the people in society who routinely break the law and put others in danger.
About 3 people an hour are seriously injured or killed on our roads and many of these are avoidable.

[srb7677]

I find the eagerness with which we are all encouraged to report on each other rather concerning. I don't want us resembling a Stasi state.

Okay but can you separate out for me how police should appeal to wittinesses of crimes without encouraging this behaviour?

There is a difference between the police calling for witnesses to a crime they are already investigating, and people being encouraged to spy and snitch on each other without prompting. The latter smacks somewhat of a Stasi state to me.

[Nalaar]

I find the eagerness with which we are all encouraged to report on each other rather concerning. I don't want us resembling a Stasi state.

Okay but can you separate out for me how police should appeal to wittinesses of crimes without encouraging this behaviour?

[papasmurf]

Why does it not deter drivers if they know that any car (with a dash cam) could result in them being punished for their dangerous driving?

Actually a notice:- Smile you are on candid camera does have a deterrent effect, as does if you can read this notice you are too ******* close.

[srb7677]

the public are asked to become snitches

Do you use the term 'snitches' to intentionally load the sentence to paint the reporting of an incident as a bad thing?

I mean it in the sense of encouraging the public to spy on each other and report each other as a dubious thing.  We actually need more police on the roads, whose presence would often deter dangerous driving in the first place

I don't see how this is different from any appeal for witnesses to crimes, which I assume you support?
Why does it not deter drivers if they know that any car (with a dash cam) could result in them being punished for their dangerous driving?

I find the eagerness with which we are all encouraged to report on each other rather concerning. I don't want us resembling a Stasi state.

[Borg Refinery]

the public are asked to become snitches

Do you use the term 'snitches' to intentionally load the sentence to paint the reporting of an incident as a bad thing?

I mean it in the sense of encouraging the public to spy on each other and report each other as a dubious thing.  We actually need more police on the roads, whose presence would often deter dangerous driving in the first place

I don't see how this is different from any appeal for witnesses to crimes, which I assume you support?
Why does it not deter drivers if they know that any car (with a dash cam) could result in them being punished for their dangerous driving?

Stop trying to misrepresent people FFS

[Nalaar]

the public are asked to become snitches

Do you use the term 'snitches' to intentionally load the sentence to paint the reporting of an incident as a bad thing?

I mean it in the sense of encouraging the public to spy on each other and report each other as a dubious thing.  We actually need more police on the roads, whose presence would often deter dangerous driving in the first place

I don't see how this is different from any appeal for witnesses to crimes, which I assume you support?
Why does it not deter drivers if they know that any car (with a dash cam) could result in them being punished for their dangerous driving?

[srb7677]

Zero tolerance results in near zero crime.

Which politician fed you that hogwash ?

Indeed. It is not the level of tolerance, nor even the severity of punishment that deters crime, but the likelihood of being caught. A certainty of being caught would eliminate most crimes except those committed in senseless anger or out of desperation. There is no such certainty at the moment. Indeed quite the opposite. Many crimes of theft simply don't even get investigated anymore.

As for motivations for crime, a likelihood of actually getting away with it is something of a biggie, along with a variety of other factors which can include economic deprivation, pure selfish greed, a high level of immorality, or in some types of crime psycho-sexual motivations.

[papasmurf]

We actually need more police on the roads, whose presence would often deter dangerous driving in the first place

Agreed but I would still like this:-