Rat trap cameras introduced in Cambridgshire

[Duddy]

There are many areas where the Police get involved or assist a person or business and a CRIMINAL offence is not involved.

With regards trespass, the guidelines were "A Police Officer MAY assist with regards a trespass"

So long as the hospital displays the correct notices I see no problem in the offending drivers being civily sued.

On a personal note I think a driver, who uses a hospital grounds as a rat-run is an idiot, should pay £45 on the 1st instance, £100 on 2nd and doubleing up every time after that. Eventually he would have to sell his car
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[Skippy]

[Duddy]

You mis-understand me slightly, I was attempting to point out the Police assist on many occasions when a criminal offence is not being commited or is not likely to be commited.

With regards to your 2nd point, the law can be applied in many ways, it just takes the will to apply an appropriate law. The MP's thought they were immune with regards their expenses.

In a civil case evidence of a previous occurrence, of the same matter, can, and is, given after the findings. e.g. evidence of a non-criminal bankruptcy, whereupon a greater penalty may be applied.

Nothing is done, about small irritations in life, until someone stands up and tries.

Just my opinion.
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[BigPerk]

I can't help feeling that a traffic 'calming' measure, or a 'pay-on-entry/exit' (as most drivers SHOULD be using the hospital facilities or visiting) would solve this sort of problem, and possibly at less overall cost (and certainly less continuing administrative maintenance).

Rats run where it's fastest and just wouldn't bother if it took longer, or was more hassle, going through the hospital grounds. Basically, any time-'wasting' measure should do the trick. Why bother with expensive techy solutions?
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David
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[M8TJT]

[Skippy]

[DennisN]

A hospital where I delivered recently had something of a scheme. Every vehicle had to take a ticket on entry and the driver has to go (by foot) to a pay station on exit. If time start to end is within ten minutes, free exit, otherwise pay at the usual exhorbitant scales. I would expect such a free exit system would still add enough delay to dissuade rat runners. I didn't see what arrangements were in force for emargency ambulances, but that could surely be a separate lane/barrier.
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Dennis

If it tastes good - it's fattening.

Two of them are obesiting!!

[BigPerk]

I had in mind something more like 'one way' working, to send any through traffic 'round the houses' a bit, into the parking areas, for instance. In any case, I don't honestly think emergency vehicles would really be doing high speeds in the grounds, even if there was one of that endangered species, the A&E Dept there, as surely that would be extremely hazardous.

I take the point about revenue to some extent, though I would have expected the hospital to be relying more on parking revenue - it's very expensive at our local one. But this is clearly a measure to STOP people doing the rat-running for safety reasons, so I would have expected revenue to dry up long before any installation became self-financing, as otherwise the hospital authority would be looking for a better alternative.

I know the really cynical view is that such measures are always intended to be revenue gatherers, but I do think that there is sometimes a feeling of the 'Reds Under The Bed' syndrome.
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David
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