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Police chief denounces 'cowardly' iPhone users monitoring speed traps [DC angry about lost $]
Washington Examiner ^
Posted on 07/07/2009 10:00:19 AM PDT by RatherBiased.com
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To: RatherBiased.com
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posted on
07/07/2009 10:40:16 AM PDT
by
kenmcg
(THE)
To: RatherBiased.com
"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." Translation, drivers are slowing down and we aren't getting any money.
If it is designed to get drivers to slow down "to save lives" then it is working, no?
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posted on
07/07/2009 10:41:01 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
To: RatherBiased.com
"It's designed to circumvent law enforcement -- law enforcement that is designed specifically to save lives generate easy revenue without having to do much." There, fixed it for him.
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posted on
07/07/2009 10:41:14 AM PDT
by
Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus
(We bury Democrats face down so that when they scratch, they get closer to home.)
To: Charles Martel
How long before the government smartens up and saturates those colaborative systems with fake data?
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posted on
07/07/2009 10:42:34 AM PDT
by
tarator
To: Matthew James
You’d think they’d have their hands full juat monitoring Marior Barry (who was just arrested for stalking a woman).
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posted on
07/07/2009 10:42:51 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
To: All
To: big bad easter bunny
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posted on
07/07/2009 10:44:21 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
To: RatherBiased.com
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 anotherAhh Freedom
Hmm I would ask chief kathy, if she believes technology is cowardly, why does she use it to cite and arrest others?
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posted on
07/07/2009 10:46:18 AM PDT
by
Kakaze
(Exterminate Islamofacism and apologize for nothing.....except not doing it sooner!)
To: tarator
I suppose that could happen but apps like the one I linked to in the previous post apparently have the ability to correct for false information via reports others can submit.
I suppose maybe the “law enforcement” could submit false “false reports” too, but I don’t think they could give such false information to such a degree that it would have a serious impact on the data.
I think they’d have to get a whole task force of people (or computers) to constantly offset all the true reports, which seems like it would be cost prohibitive.
To: Ancesthntr
So the English and Welsh still have some spine to stand up against totalitarian government. Excellent. BTW, a friend extolled the virtues of "Imron" paint for aircraft surfaces. It is said to be almost bulletproof and forms a lovely high gloss finish.
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posted on
07/07/2009 10:49:33 AM PDT
by
Myrddin
To: DieHard the Hunter
What a great link! I just sent it to all the cops I know. They’ll laugh their butts off!
To: RatherBiased.com
"It's designed to circumvent law enforcement -- law enforcement that is designed specifically to save lives." Well, don't people slow down when they know there is radar? Seems to me like it does save lives.
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posted on
07/07/2009 10:51:34 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: wastedyears
I would buy one, except they’re tied to AT&T. I’ll wait and see how the anti-monopoly suit comes out.
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posted on
07/07/2009 10:52:04 AM PDT
by
papasmurf
(Save us from 0bama, I prayed. Then I heard, "the 2nd, I saved")
To: RatherBiased.com
If DC has that many cameras, drivers are going to get sick of the alarm going off all the time.
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posted on
07/07/2009 10:52:05 AM PDT
by
Kieri
(The Conservatrarian)
To: Jack of all Trades
Just wait until someone figures out how to connect an iPhone to a radar detector. Call it Bear Tweets or some such. Now theres a million dollar idea right there...
If you can think of it, they can make it!
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posted on
07/07/2009 10:54:29 AM PDT
by
night reader
(NRA Life Member since 1962)
To: RatherBiased.com
Smart Well Informed Citizens who use technology to circumvent the Gov’ts rules are always a threat.....
To: tarator
How long before the government smartens up and saturates those colaborative systems with fake data? I suppose they could, but that sounds like a lot of actual *work*. Besides, the websites could solicit feedback on false or inactive threat locations, and thereby zap members who are believed to be providing false data. The fact that iPhones are involved makes this a very interactive system.
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posted on
07/07/2009 10:59:29 AM PDT
by
Charles Martel
("Endeavor to persevere...")
To: Ancesthntr
That’s a great site! Thanks — I’ve just spent an interesting half hour or so going thru their impressive collection of vandalized GATSOs.
It probably doesn’t do to speculate too closely on how the webpage owner obtained such an encyclopedic knowledge of GATSO damage across the UK.
I was satisfied to note that from the Land of Robin Hood the concept of true public service remains alive and well.
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posted on
07/07/2009 11:02:12 AM PDT
by
DieHard the Hunter
(Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fà g am bealach.)
To: RatherBiased.com
Signs should be posted advising motorists that they are approaching a speed camera. Most will slow down. Drivers that don’t slow down deserve the ticket.
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posted on
07/07/2009 11:04:22 AM PDT
by
Brad from Tennessee
(A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
To: RatherBiased.com
LOL! Apparently he is complaining about the fact that people won't speed or run red lights when they're warned about the presence of enforcement in certain locations. Seems to me that it's fulfilling the "safety" criterion very nicely -- the iPhone add-on is actually enhancing the effectiveness of their enforcement.
Indeed, if the DC Police Chief were more clever, he would be helping the iPhone folks to identify the likely locations.
But, of course, there are those pesky management and budget metrics, which are what he (as a manager) also has to worry about....
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posted on
07/07/2009 11:07:52 AM PDT
by
r9etb
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