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Business idea: tank vs speed camera

A businessman is offering motorists the chance to get their own back on speed cameras - by crushing them with a 17 tonne tank. Bill Bailey (not that one), who runs a paintball business, will set motorists up in his Abbott 433 Self Propelling Gun alongside an expert driving instructor. They can take the caterpillar-tracked tank for a spin around a Somerset quarry, and finish the day off by mowing down a mocked-up speed camera.

Mr Bailey said: “It will cost about £100 for an hour in the tank, with an extra charge of £60 to crush the speed camera. I think it will be popular with motorists. A lot of people may think that is a reasonable price to pay to destroy a Gatso. “There is also the option of blowing one up. The gun only fires blanks, but we can simulate an explosion at the other end with pyrotechnics.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .