Posted on 01/30/2011 1:59:14 PM PST by Ken H
Maryland speed camera crashes into a bridge. France, Germany paint cameras. Saudi Arabia stones them.
Vigilantes in Dortmund, Germany painted a traffic camera entirely gold on Thursday, according to Ruhr Nachrichten. Locals have called the automated ticketing machine on the B54 the "Golden Blitzer," as other cameras in the area have been painted red and bright pink. Officials quickly re-painted the camera olive green so that it would be harder to spot from the road.
In Auvergne, France vigilantes chose favored a darker look for their January 20 operation. The automated ticketing machine on the RN102 in Salzuit was sprayed completely black, Le Progres reported. Police have no idea who might be responsible.
In Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the operator of the mobile speed camera system has been forced to install iron bars in the rear windows of its photo radar vehicles because so many have been smashed by vigilantes, SABQ reported. Just such an incident took place in Tabuk where three teenagers were spotted hurling rocks at a pair of "Saher" vehicles. According to the Saudi Gazette a third speed camera car was pelted in Makkah.
In Sugar Creek, Maryland officials on Monday voted to spend $6220 to repair a speed camera that crashed into a bridge. The city's private contractor uses a mobile device that places a camera high atop a pole so that it can look down the highway. When moving the speed trap last year, a police officer forgot to lower the mast and he crashed it into the bridge, The Examiner reported.
There’s not a single word in the Bible about anybody going to hell for shooting or otherwise destroying an electronic device.
We’re supposed to obey the authorities God put in place to govern us. If it is against the law to destroy property then it is a sin.
“Were supposed to obey the authorities God put in place to govern us. If it is against the law to destroy property then it is a sin.”
Seriously? You believe that tripe? Where’s the sarcasm tag?
Lighten up.
At this point, all I can say is “hah!”
I remember one year in december, here in Orange County California......someone dressed as santa and an elf with a ladder, put boxes wrapped as christmas presents over the cameras....
But we’re entitled to and even called to self-defense from people who would do evil things.
So you would be fine with the authorities put in place in Stalinist Russia, Nazi Germany, Cambodia under Pol Pot, etc, etc? You're fine with laws that discriminate against Christians in Pakistan?
Glad to know a few people still have the gumption to destroy the devices.
Heroes
Yea, I love these kind of stories....it warms my heart!
Pan-Tilt-Zonked!
“Vigilantes in Dortmund, Germany painted a traffic camera entirely gold ...”
Why not a little black paint over the lens?
How do we know "the authorities" are empowered by the devil? Take a look at the 0bama regime.
The Top Gear guys are constantly ranting about the speed cameras.
I sure like the smell of traffic enforcement cameras burning !
They are unconstitutional.
You can not confront your accuser.
Moreover, their use is justified as a means to gain “revenue”.
Sure they will tell you they save lives but the statistics don’t support their argument.
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