Oi!!  Speeders  NO!!!!!


Some times you can catch some really irresponsible people out on the river,   this area has a 8kt limit and plenty of canoes and paddle boards use the area,   I missed carching him pass the paddle boards due to his speed.


Taken with the Mini 3 Pro.



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Inconsiderate behaviour
You need a Number Plate recognition camera on the drone (ANPR)

DAFlys Posted at 8-21 00:24
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Remarkable shot DA.    Gives a great perspective of the area.  Shame about the speeder.  We have our share over here also.  It takes an accident for boat speeders to figure out they can't stop as fast in a boat as a car does.  I do love it when the Marine Patrol is out and writing tickets.  I'm told it is a considerable fine and large enough to ruin the boaters day out on the water.  

But it sure makes for a nice pic!

DAFlys Posted at 8-21 00:24
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Not to mention the potential erosion damage from the wake hitting the banks. Thanks for sharing this image.

Depp Posted at 8-21 08:08
But it sure makes for a nice pic!

Cheers Depp.   

Blériot53 Posted at 8-21 02:55
Inconsiderate behaviour
You need a Number Plate recognition camera on the drone (ANPR)

They teach paddle boarding and canoeing up that small piece of creek,   can you imagine If he came round the corner and found 12 paddle boarders there.

AeroNW Posted at 8-21 17:18
Not to mention the potential erosion damage from the wake hitting the banks. Thanks for sharing this image.

cheers AeroNW.   

DowntownRDB Posted at 8-21 03:01
Remarkable shot DA.    Gives a great perspective of the area.  Shame about the speeder.  We have our share over here also.  It takes an accident for boat speeders to figure out they can't stop as fast in a boat as a car does.  I do love it when the Marine Patrol is out and writing tickets.  I'm told it is a considerable fine and large enough to ruin the boaters day out on the water.

That small section is often used to teach canoes and paddle boarders,   Im sure he would struggle to stop if he came round the corner and found a group of them there.

DAFlys Posted at 8-21 22:43
They teach paddle boarding and canoeing up that small piece of creek,   can you imagine If he came round the corner and found 12 paddle boarders there.

Doesn't bear thinking about. Can he be reported? And to whom?  The River Police?

Blériot53 Posted at 8-21 22:47
Doesn't bear thinking about. Can he be reported? And to whom?  The River Police?

A>. I dont know who to report.
B> I think its the EA that police it round here from something I read.

DAFlys Posted at 8-21 22:59
A>. I dont know who to report.
B> I think its the EA that police it round here from something I read.

You can only hope he got it irretrievably stuck on a mud-bank

Blériot53 Posted at 8-21 23:24
You can only hope he got it irretrievably stuck on a mud-bank

And cracked the hull in the process,   maybe he found the small bridge he was speeding towards and hit it.

DAFlys Posted at 8-21 23:39
And cracked the hull in the process,   maybe he found the small bridge he was speeding towards and hit it.

With any luck - head first.

Blériot53 Posted at 8-21 23:56
With any luck - head first.

hahahaha.  

DAFlys Posted at 8-21 22:45
That small section is often used to teach canoes and paddle boarders,   Im sure he would struggle to stop if he came round the corner and found a group of them there.

No doubt about that becoming dangerous really quickly.  Powered boats can't stop fast and canoes can't get out of the way quickly, definitely a disaster just waiting to happen.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 8-22 02:31
No doubt about that becoming dangerous really quickly.  Powered boats can't stop fast and canoes can't get out of the way quickly, definitely a disaster just waiting to happen.

It gets quite narrow up there so hopefully he broke his boat on something.  

DAFlys Posted at 8-22 22:45
It gets quite narrow up there so hopefully he broke his boat on something.

Would have served him right if he did.

great one ! !

Good picture, bad behaviour. While I do like the feeling of acceleration and going fast, I do realize there are times and occasions where there is no place for that.

fateofangel Posted at 8-23 10:34
great one ! !

cheers fateofangel.   

HGDC84 Posted at 8-23 14:44
Good picture, bad behaviour. While I do like the feeling of acceleration and going fast, I do realize there are times and occasions where there is no place for that.

Absolutely HGDC84.    He was so close the main river he would have had a lot more room there for it.

DAFlys Posted at 8-24 00:46
Absolutely HGDC84.    He was so close the main river he would have had a lot more room there for it.

Sometimes I can't help but just wonder how lazy people can be. Such as not going to that wider river or not taking their trash to a trashbin that is located almost next to them. What once infuriated me was that a group of teens threw their empty soda and energy drink cans on a floor of a shopping mall, instead of taking them to a bottle and can recycling machine located in the same shopping mall, located practically on the very same corridor they were. They would have even received money for it, as in Finland those who return the empty bottles and cans to the machine are paid a bottle deposit through a receipt they can claim at the cash registers for money.

I did give them a couple of chosen words for feedback

HGDC84 Posted at 8-24 03:19
Sometimes I can't help but just wonder how lazy people can be. Such as not going to that wider river or not taking their trash to a trashbin that is located almost next to them. What once infuriated me was that a group of teens threw their empty soda and energy drink cans on a floor of a shopping mall, instead of taking them to a bottle and can recycling machine located in the same shopping mall, located practically on the very same corridor they were. They would have even received money for it, as in Finland those who return the empty bottles and cans to the machine are paid a bottle deposit through a receipt they can claim at the cash registers for money.

I did give them a couple of chosen words for feedback

A few supermarkets used to so the here but its mostly dried up,  I rather like the idea.  

DAFlys Posted at 8-24 05:09
A few supermarkets used to so the here but its mostly dried up,  I rather like the idea.

Yes, it's a very good incentive for making people recycle more. I think this system should be broadened to other kinds of recyclable items too. Could help the littering problem. :-)

HGDC84 Posted at 8-24 05:17
Yes, it's a very good incentive for making people recycle more. I think this system should be broadened to other kinds of recyclable items too. Could help the littering problem. :-)

We are quite lucky here as the council will collect bottles,  plastic, metal etc for recycling. Its the soft plastics that are not really being dealt with yet.

People (some of them) are the same everywhere I guess.

Nice capture btw!

Montfrooij Posted at 8-29 23:18
Nice capture btw!

Cheers Peter.  

Montfrooij Posted at 8-29 23:17
People (some of them) are the same everywhere I guess.

Yes,   its been quite a theme of the summer this year.  

DAFlys Posted at 8-29 23:43
Cheers Peter.

You're welcome!

DAFlys Posted at 8-29 23:43
Yes,   its been quite a theme of the summer this year.

As if people are more and more like : I have taken enough. Now I have the right to do as I please.

Montfrooij Posted at 8-29 23:46
As if people are more and more like : I have taken enough. Now I have the right to do as I please.

Yes. that certainly seems the way at the moment.  

DAFlys Posted at 8-30 00:47
Yes. that certainly seems the way at the moment.

So I will start taking my fair share too

Montfrooij Posted at 8-30 00:48
So I will start taking my fair share too

I won't,  Im bound to be the one to get caught.

DAFlys Posted at 8-30 00:55
I won't,  Im bound to be the one to get caught.

Just kidding of course.

Montfrooij Posted at 8-30 00:58
Just kidding of course.