Posted on 01/20/2020 12:51:35 PM PST by Ken H
Next-generation speed cameras are being destroyed faster than they can be deployed in France.
French officials were convinced that mounting speed cameras high atop poles would keep them from being attacked. The government committed to replacing every existing photo radar installation with these next-generation "turret" speed cameras only to learn that the devices are being destroyed faster than they are deployed. According to the experts at Radars-Auto.com, twelve cameras have been installed in the Tarn department since January 1, but a total of thirteen turret cameras there have been knocked out of service during the same period.
On Friday, vigilantes used white paint to blind the speed camera on the A320 in Forbach. On Thursday, the turret camera on the RD612 in Beziers was cut down. Down the same road toward Agde, another turret camera was pried open and blinded with yellow spraypaint. On January 11, vigilantes cut down the speed camera on the RD600 in Sainte-Croix.
Vigilantes in San Giuliano, Italy, took out a trio of orange Velo OK brand speed cameras last week. The camera on the Via Gorky was blown up on January 10. The device on the Via Della Repubblica was knocked over, and on January 12 the camera on the Via Tolstoj was struck with a blunt object. In Cuneo, the speed camera on the SS231 was rammed on Thursday.
Speed cameras schmead cameras.
Inside of three years all the insurance companies will require every one to use that app that tells them how fast you’re driving, etc.
You know, the ones that Aaron Rodgers and Tina Fry, and Mayhem, are telling us are so cool because they’ll get us our discounts.
No, not quite. Now, they won’t need you to get pulled over and get a ticket for doing 45 in a 35. Now, they’ll know, every time... and you will be hearing about it.
“Oh, Mr. Smith, you didn’t have your app running? I’m so sorry, you didn’t have insurance.”
” wouldn’t work, they just backtrack until they find you. “
Uhh, so far, that universal video monitoring is only in England.
Go! government! right?
and lots of cities in the us
And in areas of France.
If the camera isn’t too far out of reach a can of silly string is very inexpensive.
I always figured it would be a black box installed in the car for insurance companies to monitor your speed and adjust costs. Guess I was wrong- now its an app.
Maybe just shoot the lens with a paintball gun?
Well maybe just maybe the people dont want them sheesh get a clue they probably dont want to be invade by hordes of muzzles either but too bad.
Be sure to burn it good...I'd hate to think the French are more thorough than Americans...
UK: Somerset Speed Camera Scorched (12/13/09)
Vigilantes destroy Somerset, UK speed camera with gasoline-soaked tire.
UK, The Netherlands: Speed Cameras Destroyed, Gift-Wrapped (12/6/09)
UK speed camera burns while Dutch cameras are gift wrapped on St. Nicholas Eve.
France, Germany, Italy: Speed Cameras Burned, Blinded, Bombed (11/29/09)
Three cameras in Germany, two in France and one in Italy were destroyed or damaged this week.
Dorset, UK Speed Camera Destroyed by Fire (11/15/09)
Vigilantes in Dorset, England take out a speed camera with a burning tire.
UK: Surrey Speed Camera Burned (10/25/09)
Vigilantes set fire to a speed camera in Surrey, England.
Speed Cameras Attacked in Finland, Poland and Wales (10/11/09)
Explosives destroy speed camera in Northern Finland, Welsh authorities report 102 camera attacks and Polish speed camera burned.
Louisiana and UK Speed Cameras Burned (10/4/09)
Fixed and mobile speed cameras damaged by fire in Bradford, UK and Westwego, Louisiana.
Speed Cameras Attacked in Italy, Germany, Kuwait, Poland (9/27/09)
Speed cameras smashed, traffic cameras shot, a speed trap hiding spot is destroyed in Italy, Germany, Kuwait and Poland.
Automated Enforcement Assaulted in Australia, France, Maryland, UK (9/13/09)
Speed cameras are spraypainted, toppled, shot and firebombed on three continents.
Speed Cameras Attacked in France, Ireland, Poland, The Netherlands and UK (8/30/09)
Speed cameras in France, Ireland, Poland, The Netherlands and UK are booed, blocked, burned, bombed, bent and boosted over the past week.
Camera Attacks in Tennessee, Australia, Italy, Latvia, Spain, UK (8/16/2009)
Speed cameras are shot, rammed, burned and smashed in Tennessee and throughout Europe this week.
Speed Cameras Taken Out in The Netherlands, Poland and the UK (8/9/2009)
Vigilantes act to stop camera ticketing in The Netherlands, Poland and the UK.
Louisiana, Poland, South Africa and UK Express Anger Toward Speed Cameras (8/2/09)
People in Zachary, Louisiana; Poland; South Africa and Swindon, England choose different methods to strike at photo enforcement.
UK, California and New York Destroy Traffic Cameras (7/26/09)
Traffic cameras smashed in Fremont, California; grabbed in New York City, New York; burned in West Yorkshire, UK.
Speed Cameras Disabled in Arizona, France (7/5/09)
Arizona freeway camera vans receive Post-It Note treatment while French cameras are burned and painted black.
Speed Cameras in UK, Germany, The Netherlands Swiped, Smashed, Scorched (6/7/09)
Vigilantes use a variety of methods to eliminate Scottish, British, German and Dutch speed cameras.
Australian Cops Block Speed Cameras, French, UK Vigilantes Destroy Them (5/31/09)
West Australian police block speed cameras while vigilantes smash French and burn UK cameras.
Speed Cameras Attacked in Germany, Italy, Poland, UK (5/24/09)
Vigilantes disable and destroy speed cameras located in Germany, Italy, Poland and Wales.
Tennessee Protests Speed Cameras, UK Burns and Poland Grabs Them (5/10/09)
Students protest speed cameras in Tennessee, while cameras burn in Lancashire, UK and are grabbed in Poland.
Cameras Burn in England and Germany (4/26/09)
Vigilantes incinerate a Lincolnshire, UK speed camera and damage another in Stade, Germany.
Vigilantes Target French, UK Speed Cameras (4/6/09)
Vigilantes burn speed cameras in France, UK. Anti-war rioters take time to eliminate a speed camera during NATO summit.
Vigilantes Destroy Speed Cameras in France, Italy, UK (3/8/09)
Two French speed cameras disabled, two Italian camera smashed and one UK camera is knocked over.
Vigilantes Attack Cameras in UK, Italy (3/1/09)
Spray paint disables a French speed camera while a burning tire destroys a UK camera.
UK, Italy Vigilantes Attack Speed Cameras (2/22/09)
Two speed cameras in the Isle of Wight, UK covered in paint while a speed camera in Lombardy, Italy is destroyed.
Belgian, British, Polish Speed Cameras Swiped (2/8/09)
Vigilantes grab speed cameras in Belgium, England and Poland.
UK and French Vigilantes Continue Attacks on Speed Cameras (1/25/09)
French speed camera attacked six times in a year while UK speed camera disappears.
https://www.motorists.org/blog/everybody-loves-to-destroy-ticket-cameras/
If you have a fairly new car, it’s already there. Here’s an excerpt from “Edmonds”.
“Over the years, as electronics got cheaper, smaller and smarter, event data recorders became capable of doing more than simply monitoring airbags. Automakers realized the devices could be used to provide information about the seriousness of an accident, and if a car was being operated properly when a crash occurred. Based on a separate NHTSA regulation passed in 2012, if a vehicle today does have an event data recorder, it must track 15 specific data points, including speed, steering, braking, acceleration, seatbelt use, and, in the event of a crash, force of impact and whether airbags deployed.”
Happy Motoring.
And make sure you bought your supplies with cash. Whenever you bought them.
I would prefer a .308 myself.
Not like London,
on camera ALL the time in public.
There are several construction zone truck mounted speed camera’s in Maryland. They always set them next to the porta potty so they are actually easy to see.
A couple years ago, the operator was sitting in the front seat when a guy stepped out of the woods with a baseball bat and destroyed the camera. The operator claimed he also had a shotgun, but it seems to be hard to get a good enough swing to destroy a camera while holding a shotgun so I doubt it existed.
As far as I know he was never caught
Pellet gun
Paint ball gun
Get elected.
Pass a law making the destruction of speed cameras a non crime.
Simple.
later
later
Could use something from plumbing supplies to make a liquid retaining feature, something circular as in girdling a tree, except adding the material to retain a liquid ring.
Introducing liquid Gallium metal to Aluminum promotes a detrimental alloying effectdo not dawdle in your retreat. Avoid the experiment in damp conditions, unless one is an affirmed adrenaline junky.
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