Had Another Picture Taken

"Klaus Schmoll" (klausschmoll) 12/09/2015 at 16:21 • Filed to: None

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We all like taking pictures of cars, especially our own cars. Getting a picture of yourself actually driving your car is kind of tricky, though. Sure, you could tell a mate to wait for you to pass by, but with “Winter is coming” and the constant drizzle you would have to pay a lot of beers. Fortunately, the goverment installed those automated photo booths, which are pretty handy.

This time I went for the cheap €20 option. There’s a lot of room for improvement! The last time I went for the €180 full package and got this:

Just as with everything else, quality comes at a price.

Also a shoutout to the state of Brandenburg: I love that you always offer a link to download the pictures. This is good customer service! Other states don’t do this. Even though I don’t live there and only have to pass through from time to time, I will from now on try to only use your services.

pjhusa > Klaus Schmoll 12/09/2015 at 16:23

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I see what you did there!!!

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > Klaus Schmoll 12/09/2015 at 16:35

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Did they get you for 136 in a 135, or are those just the initial speed and final speed you were going? We sometimes like to joke that Germans are anal retentive, but sending tickets for 1 km/h over the limit seems excessive.

I have to say that €20 is pretty reasonable for a good driving certificate. My state starts at $100 and adds $1 for every mph over the posted speed you are ticketed for IIRC.

My citroen won't start > Klaus Schmoll 12/09/2015 at 16:37

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136 in a 135 zone must feel shitty.

Klaus Schmoll > My citroen won't start 12/09/2015 at 16:40

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There are no 135 zones. It must have been a 130.

My citroen won't start > Klaus Schmoll 12/09/2015 at 16:44

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Oh, so what is that meaning of Grenzwert there?

Klaus Schmoll > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 12/09/2015 at 16:46

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There are no 135 zones. They usually let you go with anything below 10 over. So this must be 136 after they deducted possible errors with this method of clocking (usually a blank 3-4 kph). My best guess is that this was 140 in a 130 or so. Could also have been a 120 zone. 129 in a 120 won’t even trigger it.

Klaus Schmoll > My citroen won't start 12/09/2015 at 16:51

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That’s when it starts actually taking pictures. They automatically deduct like 3-4 kph for possible faults with the setup. They don’t waste film on people going 1 over. This was probably me doing 141-142 on the speedometer in a 120.

My citroen won't start > Klaus Schmoll 12/09/2015 at 17:04

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Oh ok, so they don’t show the actual limit on that stretch of road? We have the same 10% margin of error on our speed cameras.

Takuro Spirit > Klaus Schmoll 12/09/2015 at 17:07

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I had to wait a year and a half for mine to come via Bing Streetside.

Spaceball-Two > Klaus Schmoll 12/09/2015 at 17:14

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10 and 2!

10 and 2!

MultiplaOrgasms > Klaus Schmoll 12/09/2015 at 17:35

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Ist ihnen bewusst dass dort ein Blatt DIN A1 Papier anstelle der Fenster ist? So wird das aber nix mit dem TÜV.