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    How to Use Speed Cameras to Bury Your Enemies in Speeding Tickets
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    12/22/08

    In reply to How to Use Speed Cameras to Bury Your Enemies in Speeding Tickets
    The best way to implement this to ultimately bring down the whole red light camera system is to only use plates that belong to a person who could not possibly be at the scene of the violation, times a gajillion.
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    Image of juandotcom juandotcom
    12/22/08

    In reply to How to Use Speed Cameras to Bury Your Enemies in Speeding Tickets
    Seems like a lot of trouble to go through for revenge. Especially having to match the right model and color. Whatever happened to the nerds getting revenge on the jocks by winning the greek games, and then making out with a hot girl on trampoline while dressed as Darth Vader?
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking
    12/22/08

    @juandotcom: NERDS!
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/22/08

    In reply to How to Use Speed Cameras to Bury Your Enemies in Speeding Tickets
    And then the cameras are equipped with vaporizing rays, and the clever little bastards took a bullet for their enemies.
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    Image of stryder100 stryder100
    12/22/08

    In reply to How to Use Speed Cameras to Bury Your Enemies in Speeding Tickets
    Funny. I think these cameras are dangerous, 'cause they'll cause someone to slam on the breaks at a yellow light regardless of what maniacs are right on their tail. They really should be outlawed.
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    Image of someToast someToast
    12/22/08

    @stryder100: If they can safely make it through the intersection, they shouldn't be slamming their brakes on a yellow light.


    If they can't gauge whether they can safely make it through the intersection, they shouldn't be driving.

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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    12/22/08

    @someToast: Your yellow-light logic is backwards. Instead of being able to safely make it through the intersection, it should be safely be able to stop...
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    Image of Keebler Keebler
    12/22/08

    In reply to How to Use Speed Cameras to Bury Your Enemies in Speeding Tickets
    nice one. they should take it one step further and wear paper masks of the person who's supposed to be driving the car as well.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking
    12/22/08

    @Keebler: I remember they did that on Colombo once. But Columbo figured it out b/c the nose didn't cast a shadow with a picture.
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    Image of Hooray4Zoidberg Hooray4Zoidberg
    12/22/08

    @NHTOB_GitEmSteveDave loves->★: I remember the time Columbo came over when I was sick and read me a story about pirates....
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking
    12/22/08

    @Hooray4Zoidberg: Me too. Except I didn't like the mushy parts with all the kissing.
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    12/22/08

    @Keebler: Yes that's right because wearing a mask while driving is never going to attract police or highway patrols.
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    12/22/08

    @ripfire: In the spirit of being sarcastic.. Yeah, because they can't just put on the mask right before the camera then take it off right after.
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    12/22/08

    @el bryanto: Yes because everybody carries a mask in their car, anticipating for the right moment to put it on instead of paying attention to the car who is about to t-bone you.
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    12/22/08

    @el bryanto: Yes it's so easy to anticipate for the camera, take your time to put it on, and speed through the red-light intersection rather than pay attention to the F150 who is about to tbone your car. All for the purpose of enjoying defeating a device that was meant to reduce potential fatal risk.


    Yeah. You're right. I can see why you would need to defend his arguement.

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    Image of iwantcokeinabottle iwantcokeinabottle
    12/22/08

    In reply to How to Use Speed Cameras to Bury Your Enemies in Speeding Tickets
    I guess in the U.S. you don't have to have an actual picture of the driver in the car. This is the problem with our speed cameras.


    In many countries in Europe you need to have a picture of the car and a picture of the driver in the car or it is not enforceable. Although then I guess you could have wearable masks of your enemies.


    Either way, I wish they would just do away with the whole thing. I love to speed, wooohooooo!!!

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    Image of Themindtaker Themindtaker
    12/22/08

    @iwantcokeinabottle: Wasn't there some guy in germany who had a comically oversized cartoon character on his lap when passing through such zones? I don't remember the stuffed animal being used, I just remember laughing.
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    Image of Vroomtrap Vroomtrap
    12/22/08

    @iwantcokeinabottle: What's to stop people from then creating a face mask of the person? I mean with Facebook / Myspace--Getting someones picture in color is not hard. Jeremey Clarckson did it in Top Gear.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking
    12/22/08

    @Vroomtrap: You check for a shadow from their nose. They tried this on Columbo, and even with his gimpy eye, he spotted a lack of a nose shadow, and caught the murderer.
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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    12/22/08

    @Themindtaker: Yes you are partially correct


    [boingboing.net]

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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    12/22/08

    @iwantcokeinabottle:
    Not all US States require a license plate on the front of the car. Many only require one on the back. In Michigan, I've even seen cars with a valid Michigan plate in back, and an expired other-State plate (Hawaii seems popular for this) in front.
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    Image of FrankenPC FrankenPC
    12/22/08

    In reply to How to Use Speed Cameras to Bury Your Enemies in Speeding Tickets
    It's better than letting the power mad cops handle the law. I'd love nothing more than to lay off 90% of the police forces and replace them with robots and cameras.
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    12/22/08

    @FrankenPC: Yes, let's all remember how great ED209 was.
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    12/22/08

    @FrankenPC:
    What was your license plate number again?
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    Image of Davy Grolton Davy Grolton
    12/22/08

    In reply to How to Use Speed Cameras to Bury Your Enemies in Speeding Tickets
    Well, I guess its better than doing hard drugs...


    clever bastards.

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    Image of UnderLoK UnderLoK
    12/22/08

    @Davy Grolton: Guess it's more fun than smoking a J and watching paint dry...
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    12/22/08

    @UnderLoK: You've obviously never smoked a j and watched paint dry...
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