Posted on 06/09/2010 8:11:25 AM PDT by HandsOffMyFreedom
If you’ve ever been issued a traffic ticket by a red light or speeding camera, you will revel in the bittersweet justice one luck recipient bestowed upon his local nanny state police department.
Upon receiving a speeding ticket in the mail, Brian McCrary followed the citation’s payment instructions and attempted to pay his $90 fine on the Bluff City Police Department’s (BCPD) website. Much to his surprise, he discovered its domain name was about to expire.
Instead of paying his fine, McCrary saw it as a rare opportunity to literally ‘pay back’ the police department for violating his civil liberties with ‘Big Brother’ traffic cameras ...
(Excerpt) Read more at nannystateliberationfront.wordpress.com ...
I don’t agree that is what you are doing.
Correct, but say it again while looking in the mirror.
Use of hyperbole should be limited to the Religion Forum.
“Park an empty squad car and you’d get the same effect. Moving it every once in a while.”
No revenue enhancement there.
These laws violate Natural Law and commonsense thinking. You cleared the lane safely.
Good government recognizes Natural Law and punishes violations of it.
These laws are like gun control with all the emphasis on control. In this case revenue they can’t raise through taxation.
It isn’t about safety.
Follow the money.
It doesn't matter where I live, I don't have any twisted "loyalty" to someone that is recklessly driving down a street or highway endangering innocent lives. Should I be "loyal" to someone that very well might be drunk or high on drugs and not report it to the police?
First, minding my own damn business doesn't equate to having some "twisted loyalty." Second, speeding doesn't equal endangering innocent lives. It just pisses you off so you want control someone else's business. Third, speeders are not necessarily drunk or high. If they're swerving, sure go ahead and report them.
So if you're driving down the freeway with your wife and small children and someone recklessly speeds by you at 90-100 MPH, you just ignore it?
See. There you go. You equate speeding with reckless driving. That's your opinion. It doesn't make it so. I bet you'd crap your pants on the Autobahn driving next to all those reckless speeders. But to answer your question, no, I wouldn't report it.
Public safety is MY business.
No. You just think it is because you like to control others' behavior.
I'd not only report you in a second, I'd stop and give the police officer the full details of your disrespect for your fellow human beings.
Well if you do that in Texas, the LEO will tell you to get your ass back in the car and be on your way. And if you did it at night, you'd likely get a gun in your face for endangering the LEO's life. They don't appreciate "helpful" citizens who try to interfere in their business of public safety.
Cool! I’ve noticed that, with a lot of sites, it can pay to pay attention to the whois expiration dates.
Driftdiver, this college kid wades into our playground and calls us dumb kids?
He's too smart for us. Let's go play!
I love freedom.
“He’s too smart for us. Let’s go play!”
The range or fishing?
“I love freedom.”
Ain’t it grand!
Exactly. This crime isn't like other crimes. It is a revenue generating scheme.
Crimes must be real not created by government.
They get kickbacks from Scottsdale, AZ Company
the nanny state is definitely getting what it deserves
Everything that has been going on lately has been a violation of civil liberties and privacies. Why should the government be able to control something as trivial as where we eat? Doesn’t sound very democratic to me.
traffic cameras suck...no more freedoms...what are they gonna do next...good for McCrary.
nanny state liberation front? thats great haha im gonna join
Actually, the argument for that is more valid than 'running' a red light.
If you don't believe me, visit the local restroom at the closest burger joint like BurgerKing or McDonald's. You'll go home and microwave some leftovers.
Let's say that you are photographed entering your hotel room with a woman, and then a few hours later you are photographed leaving that room alone. Nobody entered or exited the room between these two events.
Now suppose that the next day the woman is found dead in your room. Is the photo enough to convict you of the murder?
-PJ
Pfft. Your ridiculous “analysis” of the situation is garbage since most red light tickets are given to people who don’t come to an absolute full and complete stop before making a right turn on a red light. Apparently if you’re going just 0.5 MPH and make a right turn on a red you need to pay the city $70.
Oh it's worse than that. Reporting alleged traffic violations make you a HERO. The signs say so.
Just as I used the word “could”, you used the figure 99% rather than 100%. My point is made.
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