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Maryland, France, Germany, Saudi Arabia: Speed Cameras Painted, Pelted
thenewspaper.com ^ | 01/30/2011 | n/a

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.


TOPICS: Germany; Government; News/Current Events; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: speedcamera; speedcameras
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1 posted on 01/30/2011 1:59:19 PM PST by Ken H
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To: Ken H

There’s not a single word in the Bible about anybody going to hell for shooting or otherwise destroying an electronic device.


2 posted on 01/30/2011 2:03:58 PM PST by wendy1946
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To: wendy1946

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.


3 posted on 01/30/2011 2:07:38 PM PST by InvisibleChurch ( ever y one has the rig ht to be left out)
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To: InvisibleChurch

“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.”

Seriously? You believe that tripe? Where’s the sarcasm tag?


4 posted on 01/30/2011 2:12:26 PM PST by brownsfan (D - swift death of the republic, R - lingering death for the republic.)
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To: hkp123

Lighten up.


6 posted on 01/30/2011 2:22:38 PM PST by cweese (Hook 'em Horns!!!)
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At this point, all I can say is “hah!”


7 posted on 01/30/2011 2:25:40 PM PST by sand lake bar
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To: Ken H

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....


8 posted on 01/30/2011 2:27:20 PM PST by TaxPayer2000 (The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government,)
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To: InvisibleChurch

But we’re entitled to and even called to self-defense from people who would do evil things.


9 posted on 01/30/2011 2:29:15 PM PST by PieterCasparzen (Huguenot)
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To: InvisibleChurch
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.

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?

10 posted on 01/30/2011 2:29:30 PM PST by PapaBear3625 ("It is only when we've lost everything, that we are free to do anything" -- Fight Club)
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To: Ken H

Glad to know a few people still have the gumption to destroy the devices.


11 posted on 01/30/2011 2:32:34 PM PST by Little Ray (The Gods of the Copybook Heading, with terror and slaughter return!)
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To: Ken H

Heroes


12 posted on 01/30/2011 2:35:20 PM PST by montag813 (http://www.facebook.com/StandWithArizona)
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To: Little Ray

Yea, I love these kind of stories....it warms my heart!


13 posted on 01/30/2011 2:38:50 PM PST by kevslisababy
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To: Ken H

Pan-Tilt-Zonked!


14 posted on 01/30/2011 2:46:33 PM PST by bunkerhill7
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To: Ken H

“Vigilantes in Dortmund, Germany painted a traffic camera entirely gold ...”

Why not a little black paint over the lens?


15 posted on 01/30/2011 2:57:15 PM PST by mrs. a (It's a short life but a merry one...)
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To: Ken H
The people in England don't seem to like them. http://www.speedcam.co.uk/gatso2.htm
16 posted on 01/30/2011 3:02:50 PM PST by shooter223 (the government should fear the citizens......not the other way around)
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To: InvisibleChurch
"We’re supposed to obey the authorities God put in place to govern us"

How do we know "the authorities" are empowered by the devil? Take a look at the 0bama regime.

17 posted on 01/30/2011 3:25:40 PM PST by The Sons of Liberty (Psalm 109:8 Let his days be few and let another take his office. - Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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To: shooter223

The Top Gear guys are constantly ranting about the speed cameras.


18 posted on 01/30/2011 3:30:35 PM PST by ReneeLynn (Socialism is SO yesterday. Fascism, it's the new black. Mmm mmm mmm.)
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To: Ken H

I sure like the smell of traffic enforcement cameras burning !


19 posted on 01/30/2011 3:38:09 PM PST by CORedneck
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To: Ken H

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.


20 posted on 01/30/2011 3:48:26 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously..... You won't live through it anyway.)
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