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Police chief denounces 'cowardly' iPhone users monitoring speed traps
Washington Examiner ^ | 7 Jul 2009 | Haley Peterson

Posted on 07/16/2009 5:04:30 AM PDT by KRyanJames

Area drivers looking to outwit police speed traps and traffic cameras are using an iPhone application and other global positioning system devices that pinpoint the location of the cameras.

That has irked D.C. police chief Cathy Lanier, who promised her officers would pick up their game to counteract the devices, which can also help drivers dodge sobriety checkpoints.

"I think that's the whole point of this program," she told The Examiner. "It's designed to circumvent law enforcement -- law enforcement that is designed specifically to save lives."

The new technology streams to iPhones and global positioning system devices, sounding off an alarm as drivers approach speed or red-light cameras.

Lanier said the technology is a "cowardly tactic" and "people who overly rely on those and break the law anyway are going to get caught" in one way or another.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: cowardly; iphone; redlightcameras; speedtraps
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So, the DC chief (who has 290 red light cameras) is calling technology "cowardly".
1 posted on 07/16/2009 5:04:31 AM PDT by KRyanJames
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I’d like to know why it’s okay for troopers to consistently break the speed limit when they’re off duty.


2 posted on 07/16/2009 5:06:11 AM PDT by Slapshot68
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"It's designed to circumvent law enforcement -- law enforcement that is designed specifically to save lives make money."
3 posted on 07/16/2009 5:07:17 AM PDT by Arkinsaw
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>>”It’s designed to circumvent law enforcement — law enforcement that is designed specifically to save lives.” <<

That is bunk. These types of motorist traps are designed to generate revenue.


4 posted on 07/16/2009 5:08:06 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (Communism comes to America: 1/20/2009. Keep your powder dry, folks. Sic semper tyrannis)
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"I think that's the whole point of this program," she told The Examiner. "It's designed to circumvent law enforcement -- law enforcement that is designed specifically to save lives."

While I strongly disapprove of both drunk driving and reckless driving, and I don't drive after even one drink, the focus of the sobriety checkpoints and the speed traps is on revenue and not safety. If a driver is sober enough to use an iphone to get around them or cautious and alert enough to adjust speed based on those alerts, I'm okay with that.

5 posted on 07/16/2009 5:08:45 AM PDT by TurtleUp (So this is how liberty dies - to thunderous applause!)
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He should at least call it what it really is...

Tax evasion


6 posted on 07/16/2009 5:09:12 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Hey, Obama! Where's my check?)
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It’s counter intuitive. When/where the intention of speed traps is to promote traffic safety - wouldn’t knowing where a speed trap is.... make one slow down?

Stating the obvious, the point of many speed traps is for municipalties to generate revenue. Too bad they don’t have the guts to say just that.


7 posted on 07/16/2009 5:09:28 AM PDT by Made In The USA (BO stinks.)
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“law enforcement that is designed specifically to save lives.”

Law enforcement is not designed to save lifes. They have stated that. They are there to arrest you, fine you and fill out forms, nothing else.


8 posted on 07/16/2009 5:10:15 AM PDT by caver (Obama's first goals: allow more killing of innocents and allow the killers of innocents to go free.)
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Their special


9 posted on 07/16/2009 5:10:20 AM PDT by John 3_19-21 (Tagline server crashed)
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Yeah, we now have red light cameras everywhere and fairly common speed traps that we all know how to avoid. But we also have a lot of cops who will turn on their lights and sirens just to get across an intersection where the light is red.

Whatever, lady. Half your little "law enforcement" tricks are strong arm, big brother tactics. And I still think speed traps are unconstitutional.

10 posted on 07/16/2009 5:11:38 AM PDT by Desdemona (True Christianity requires open hearts and open minds - not blind hatred.)
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Suddenly the old leftists are on the receiving end of “fight the power”, and they dont like it. Keep sticking it to them.


11 posted on 07/16/2009 5:12:56 AM PDT by Hacklehead (Liberalism is the art of taking what works, breaking it, and then blaming conservatives.)
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I’ve always noticed that.


12 posted on 07/16/2009 5:14:22 AM PDT by taxtruth
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Ms. Lanier would be much more comfortable with a nice, soft leather pair of jackboots (with heels of course), maybe some epaulettes,and to top it off a nice Iron Cross. The capital of the land of freedom has the bodyguard of Joseph Mengele as its head law enforcement officer.


13 posted on 07/16/2009 5:14:26 AM PDT by domenad (In all things, in all ways, at all times, let honor guide me.)
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No, the system designed specifically to RAISE REVENUE, is what is “cowardly”.


14 posted on 07/16/2009 5:14:27 AM PDT by G Larry (Obamacare = Dying in Line)
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This is cowardly but a cop hiding in the bushes with a radar gun is good solid police work


15 posted on 07/16/2009 5:15:02 AM PDT by slumber1 (Serenity Now!)
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Lanier said the technology is a "cowardly tactic"

And hiding behind a bridge abutment or line of shrubs with a radar gun isn't?

16 posted on 07/16/2009 5:15:47 AM PDT by SlowBoat407 (Achtung. preparen zie fur die obamahopenchangen.)
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WHATEVER it is, right or wrong, it is NOT Cowardly! She is just a bitch trying to negatively label the users - the issue is unrelated to bravery in any sense.


17 posted on 07/16/2009 5:16:10 AM PDT by 2harddrive (then)
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I damn thee for thy 45-second advantage!


18 posted on 07/16/2009 5:16:20 AM PDT by SlowBoat407 (Achtung. preparen zie fur die obamahopenchangen.)
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Our "Boys in Blue" heading to the donut shop! Protect and Serve!


19 posted on 07/16/2009 5:17:48 AM PDT by WVKayaker (Even stumbling blocks can be used for re-construction - Ernst R. Hauschka)
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Speed traps are designed to make money. Having just driven through Charlotte, NC. and Columbia, SC, two of the nation's dishonorable mention cities for speed traps, I can verify that they had an unusual number of police assigned to the radar gun over the 4 July weekend.

National Motorists Assoc. have identified some of the worst cities for speed traps, and they are on this website:

The Worst Speed Trap Cities In The United States

20 posted on 07/16/2009 5:20:03 AM PDT by xzins (Chaplain Says: Jesus befriends all who ask Him for help.)
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