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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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To: KRyanJames

Now it’s “cowardly” to seek freedom from excessive government interference.


21 posted on 07/16/2009 5:24:50 AM PDT by keats5 (Not all of us are hypnotized.)
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To: KRyanJames

Everyone should time the yellow lights in their city/town.Lately,I’ve seen some reduced to 2 seconds which is illegal.3 seconds is legal.


22 posted on 07/16/2009 5:32:45 AM PDT by taxtruth
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To: KRyanJames

Did I stumble into a time warp??

This is kind of old news, isn’t it?


23 posted on 07/16/2009 5:32:54 AM PDT by DustyMoment (FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
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To: keats5
FYI: In Texas it is not illegal to avoid DUI check[points. If the police see you stop before one, make a 3 point turn, and drive away, they do not have probable cause to stop you.

I think that's awesome.

24 posted on 07/16/2009 5:42:25 AM PDT by I Buried My Guns
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To: Slapshot68

why it’s okay for troopers to consistently break the speed limit

Just doing their job getting to the scene and protecting some innocent donut shop from excessive supply.


25 posted on 07/16/2009 5:46:10 AM PDT by dusttoyou (Remember the Alamo Tea Party - PALIN 2012)
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To: KRyanJames

26 posted on 07/16/2009 5:50:09 AM PDT by bondjamesbond (Don't blame me... I voted for PALIN!)
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To: Arkinsaw

where there is a will there is a way

http://www.gpsangel.com/?page_id=1&sid=


27 posted on 07/16/2009 5:50:14 AM PDT by bikerman (Buck Farack)
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To: keats5
Now it’s “cowardly” to seek freedom from excessive government interference.

The MommyState loves you and wants to do things to you for your own good. When you speak hateful things like that, you make Mother Pelosi and the police chief woman cry.

28 posted on 07/16/2009 5:56:21 AM PDT by MichiganConservative (Your government has harmed mankind more than all the evil done by evil men in the name of my God.)
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To: KRyanJames

One of our small towns in our shore summer resort area regularly parks empty patrol cars on a couple of the 25 MPH through streets. Since you never know if the car is occupied, it slows folks down without creating paranoia. So we can surmise that their goal IS public safety.


29 posted on 07/16/2009 6:06:19 AM PDT by JimRed ("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?" TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
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To: SlowBoat407

Sorry SlowBoat...your name says it all!


31 posted on 07/16/2009 6:08:03 AM PDT by slumber1 (Serenity Now!)
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To: MichiganConservative
"She said, 'with the Internet and all the new technology, it's almost impossible to stop the flow of information.'"

I bet the Chinese government thinks the same thing.

32 posted on 07/16/2009 6:08:33 AM PDT by Tom D. (Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. - Benj. Franklin)
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To: KRyanJames

LOL!! Reading about this makes me almost want to go buy an iphone.

“Cowardly?”
What a jackass. These pukes admit so many times that it’s not about safety, but revenue.


33 posted on 07/16/2009 6:10:27 AM PDT by RandallFlagg (30-year smoker, E-Cigs helped me quit, and O wants me back smoking again?)
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To: freedumb2003

“These types of motorist traps are designed to generate revenue.”

Yep, and they are working overtime. I commute between IN and NC every two weeks. The last couple of months I have seen huge increases in the number of cops with radar along the interstate highways.

I used to almost never see them, now they are everywhere. Every little town along the way has their cops out there.
They apparently desperately need the revenue.

Sad to say I have contributed twice. ;(


34 posted on 07/16/2009 6:12:41 AM PDT by EEDUDE
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To: John 3_19-21
Their special

Their special what? What about their specials?

35 posted on 07/16/2009 6:15:15 AM PDT by Travis T. OJustice (I can spell just fine, thanks, it's my typing that sucks.)
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To: KRyanJames
I remember Saddam Hussein calling us “cowardly” during the war for using technology. That's the first thought that popped in my head.

These cameras do NOTHING but generate revenue. If the DC police chief says different she is a bold face liar.

36 posted on 07/16/2009 6:18:28 AM PDT by 4yearlurker (The ground at Arlington is moving & shaking.)
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To: KRyanJames
"...law enforcement that is designed specifically to save lives..."

Crapola. It's not "law enforcement" It's revenue generation. I recently was ticketed for rolling (at driveway speed after braking) thru a stop sign at 5:15 in the morning. Cop was sitting 50 yards down a darkened side street watching the stop sign, residential intersection - not even a primary side street. I was probably the only car in motion for a mile in all directions. Did I come to a full stop at the stop sign? No. But this is still harassment and revenue generation. Pure and simple.

37 posted on 07/16/2009 6:23:57 AM PDT by wny
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To: KRyanJames
This idiot is also about the biggest gun-grabber on Earth.

Imagine the poor guy that has to have sex with that.

38 posted on 07/16/2009 6:31:58 AM PDT by jmc813
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To: KRyanJames
"Lanier said the technology is a "cowardly tactic"

If you find yourself in a fair fight, then your tactics suck.

39 posted on 07/16/2009 6:36:00 AM PDT by Deaf Smith (I spent all my money on women & booze, the other rest I just plain blew.)
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To: I Buried My Guns
If the police see you stop before one, make a 3 point turn, and drive away, they do not have probable cause to stop you.

Here in Jersey I have no idea if it is legal to avoid them, but they usually try to set them up where escape routes are lacking, like divided highways with no turnarouds in visual range of the checkpoint. When approaching them (not having had a drink, naturally) I'm often tempted to try to turn off just to see what would happen. Have not done it yet.

But really, if that ain't probable cause, what is? It WOULD be probable cause to stalk you for a few miles, maybe?

40 posted on 07/16/2009 6:40:44 AM PDT by JimRed ("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?" TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
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