Posted on 09/13/2012 2:43:56 PM PDT by Woodsman27
"WTOP’S Ari Ashe is reporting that Prince George’s County is mounting cameras to monitor its traffic cameras. This comes following a half dozen incidents of vandalism and general meanness toward the cameras in the county."
"A camera was actually shot with a gun. Another was set on fire. Those attacks mark a step up in looniness from a man who allegedly fired glass marbles at a Howard County traffic camera earlier this summer."
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When are people going to use fire, .22, and/or hammers in dealing with these cameras?
That is my question.
Because no one is smart enough to take out the camera watching the speed camera first ... then the speed camera.
Rudimentary photoshop skills can produce a tolerable (short-term) picture of a license plate. It isn’t that hard to discover the plat number of your local mayor or city councilmoron. It has become a rather common trick to create a fake license plate with the license number of the creep who is responsible for imposing these cameras on us and then speed past one of these cameras.
Rinse & repeat as needed.
Cool hand Luke used a pipe cutter
That could make for an interesting souvenir.
Those cameras are to trigger the changing of the lights based on the presence or not of cars waiting to go through the intersection. It's cheaper to use cameras than to bury sensors in the pavement. I guess there are some places in VA that have red light cameras where you get a ticket if you run the light, but I've lived in VA for 10 years and have never seen one.
Gee, what a bunch of antisocial vandals, with no idea how much they are endangering the motoring public.../SARC
http://www.quebecetudiant.net/videos/?v=-Bw2C_XR64Y
http://www.speedcam.co.uk/gatso2.htm
http://www.speedcam.co.uk/index2.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgesAK5H3iU
http://www.rallies.moto-world.info/video/GglTdPYt2XE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Now an antisocial vandal must first take out the camera watching the camera; then take out the camera...and make sure no cameras are watching the camera watching the camera.
Maryland "Freak State" PING!
Beat me to it!
I’ve been lucky in that regard so far. Of course, I usually don’t do more than 5 above. Do 5 above and you should be fine.
We rather laughed when we found out a local (Catonsville) camera was “burned” just after it was put in. I had to go to our vet near there the next few days so I drove around specifically to see. True to promise they already replaced it. They don’t waste time putting their “safety” devices in place - and they now have a camera on IT.
Actually, one of my friends got a ticket for exactly 5 over. It was the speed camera in Olney (on Georgia Avenue). I am not sure if each camera is set for different speeds over... but in this case, I saw the ticket. Her speed was exactly 5 over.
It is all about the money. I got two and the letters both stated that the info doesn’t even go to the DMV if paid.
Dang! I thought they were set for 10 to 12 over.
Um, you want to rephrase that? Especially about your wife and daughter...
LOL! Good one!
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