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    Brooklyn Couple Snags Nikon Traffic Cameras With Cherry Picker

    Mini Coyote Saves Us from the Worst Orwellian Abomination Ever: Speedtrap Cameras

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    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    07/26/09

    In reply to Brooklyn Couple Snags Nikon Traffic Cameras With Cherry Picker

    Nice, I didn't know they used standard pro dSLRs on those boxes... always thought it was some sort of custom made camera made specially for those purposes.

    And I have a Logitech QuickCam Orbit to blame for that (I always thought those cameras were kinda like the Orbit on the inside... just a bunch of circuitry and components)
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    Image of RainyDayInterns RainyDayInterns
    07/26/09

    In reply to Brooklyn Couple Snags Nikon Traffic Cameras With Cherry Picker
    Wonder if they could be blinded by this laser???

    http://www.rainydaymagazine.com/RDM2007/RDMHomeOct2007.htm#WickedLaserFirstLook

    Would probably need some in-car targeting capabilities...hmm, time to finish that Carputer project.
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    Edited by RainyDayInterns at 07/26/09 11:41 AM RainyDayInterns was starred RainyDayInterns was unstarred
    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    07/26/09

    @RainyDayInterns:

    -or science?
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    Image of SahanaAmphictyon SahanaAmphictyon
    07/26/09

    In reply to Brooklyn Couple Snags Nikon Traffic Cameras With Cherry Picker
    Albuquerque, New Mexico has cameras watching the cameras.......Because people were taking them done by force.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    07/26/09

    @SahanaAmphictyon: Who watches the Watchcameras?
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    Image of deanbmmv deanbmmv
    07/26/09

    @bosskev: The cameras in Albuquerque were rather useless though. I already stole them all....35 minutes ago.
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    Image of VarneyFish VarneyFish
    07/26/09

    In reply to Brooklyn Couple Snags Nikon Traffic Cameras With Cherry Picker
    In Sweden, our cameras are specially built Nikon, so even if you steal one, you would need to add an camera housing and add some more, so it really isnt worth it.

    As far as I have been told, its done that way especially to make it worthless to thieves.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    07/26/09

    In reply to Brooklyn Couple Snags Nikon Traffic Cameras With Cherry Picker
    God bless this crooked little town.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked
    07/26/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Please. This is just a lame attempt to try and best NJ.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    07/26/09

    @GrabYourKite_GitEmSteveDave: No. You guys still know how to do corruption better than anyone else.
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    Image of bnetter12 bnetter12
    07/26/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: ha illinois crushes you in that.
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    Image of Martin Przybylski Martin Przybylski
    07/26/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: lol true in jersey we dont get caught for stupid shit like that! Sleazy Jersey holla! lol
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    Image of Itspeat! Itspeat!
    07/26/09

    @OMG! Ponies!:i
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    Image of Itspeat! Itspeat!
    07/26/09

    In reply to Brooklyn Couple Snags Nikon Traffic Cameras With Cherry Picker
    i looked it up...it seems like some of them were Nikon D2X DLSRs..
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    07/26/09

    @Itspeat!: The Link
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    Image of D0rk D0rk
    07/26/09

    @Itspeat!:

    Hehehe. He called you snarky!
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    Image of deanbmmv deanbmmv
    07/26/09

    @D0rk: I think he was referring to the first commenter. he's a pink commenter so I guess you can't see him.
    "According to all the other articles out there, the body is a D2X. Google much?" - pretty snarky.
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    Image of Wireless Joe Wireless Joe
    07/26/09

    @deanbmmv:

    Thank goodness for the new comment system that allows article posters to refer to comments that nobody else can see. (How's that for snark?)
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    Image of deanbmmv deanbmmv
    07/26/09

    @Wireless Joe: New comment system sucks. Nothing we can do but grin n bear it.
    Also I think the pink guys have been there all the time, just only now have they let the star guys see em so we can promote their comments (they need two stars to promote them though)
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    07/26/09

    @Wireless Joe: "...refer to comments that nobody else can see."

    You're talking about those "red box" (Invisible to most people) comments? Like that one a little further down the page where someone's red box comment includes a tasteless nude shot of Megan Fox?

    Yeah, I thought about "approving" it so everybody could see it, but WTF is she doing with that poor chihuahua? (At least I think it's a chihuahua, it's hard to be sure since you can't see the head.) Some things are just too damned indecent even for me to approve.
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    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    07/26/09

    @bosskev: All right. I know Megan Fox might not be your target demographic, but look out for a brotha, will ya?
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    Image of frigg frigg
    07/26/09

    In reply to Brooklyn Couple Snags Nikon Traffic Cameras With Cherry Picker
    Grrreat. Now they'll start putting up cameras to take pictures of the traffic cameras so you can't steal them. :(
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    07/26/09

    @frigg: Yeah? Then what's gonna protect THOSE cameras?
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked
    07/26/09

    @bosskev: Robotic Richard Simmonsii?
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    Image of Sticks Calhoun Sticks Calhoun
    07/26/09

    In reply to Brooklyn Couple Snags Nikon Traffic Cameras With Cherry Picker
    You left out the best part of the story! They were stolen to feed a heroin habit!

    How much junk will $88,000 buy you, anyway?
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    Image of Grendel Grendel
    07/26/09

    @Sticks Calhoun: About 1.3 Kilos if bought off the street. About 2 kilos even if bought from a wholesaler. And about 15-20 Kilos if you buy it straight from the farmers and do the acidification process yourself.
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    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    07/26/09

    @Grendel: Hm. You know what? You never get to babysit my kids.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    07/26/09

    @badhatharry: However, he'd make a great Love Boat Cruise Director.
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    Image of Bandit Bandit
    07/26/09

    In reply to Brooklyn Couple Snags Nikon Traffic Cameras With Cherry Picker
    Um, it is a CAMERA. Do you think it might be taking your photo as you steal it? Duh.
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    Image of imTheKing imTheKing
    07/26/09

    @Bandit: They simply could have been wearing masks genius. How in the world do you have a star.
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    Image of jacobestes jacobestes
    07/26/09

    @imTheKing: Hey nobody question the expert. His name is 'Bandit.'
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    Image of MurielHippopotamus MurielHippopotamus
    07/26/09

    In reply to Brooklyn Couple Snags Nikon Traffic Cameras With Cherry Picker
    According to all the other articles out there, the body is a D2X. Google much?
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    Image of infmom infmom
    11/11/08

    In reply to Mini Coyote Saves Us from the Worst Orwellian Abomination Ever: Speedtrap Cameras
    If anything made the speeders in my city slow down I'd consider it a good thing. People drive like ass around here and there are more pedestrians getting hit than anywhere else nearby.
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    Image of SuperMacGuy SuperMacGuy
    11/11/08

    In reply to Mini Coyote Saves Us from the Worst Orwellian Abomination Ever: Speedtrap Cameras
    Who wants to start an undeground camera sniping movement? I think we need a rail gun to damage them enough, but the range doesn't have to be super far, maybe a mile at best.
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    Image of johnnyabnormal johnnyabnormal
    11/11/08

    @SuperMacGuy: I was just thinking the same thing.
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    Image of scarbrtj scarbrtj
    11/11/08

    In reply to Mini Coyote Saves Us from the Worst Orwellian Abomination Ever: Speedtrap Cameras
    And, the high-end radar detectors have GPS built-in these days. You can manually add spots as you drive, or log on and download databases to the radar detector.
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    Image of cpthook cpthook
    11/11/08

    In reply to Mini Coyote Saves Us from the Worst Orwellian Abomination Ever: Speedtrap Cameras
    It's never safe to run a red light? I run red lights constantly. You know the utterly pointless left turn arrows they feel the need to install at EVERY single new stop light? Please people, if there's no one coming, run them.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/11/08

    @cpthook: Well, do so at your own risk I suppose. I've seen too many people in a big rush come out of nowhere and dash into the crosswalk while he or she has the WALK sign lit. I suppose someone may comment on Darwin and junk, but it would certainly suck to hit someone because you thought it was free and clear.
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    11/11/08

    @cpthook:
    Not a problem here. You almost always get a flashing red for left turns when regular traffic has a green light. Flashing reds are supposed to be treated as stop signs, so as long as you do come to a complete stop you are 100% legal to make a left turn before you get a left-turn green. Then once you do get a left-turn green, you can make your turn without having to stop at all. They also turn on a right-turn green for cross traffic, since their right-hand turns will neatly mesh with your left-hand turns, and noone should be crossing anyone else's path.
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    Image of cpthook cpthook
    11/11/08

    @Purple Dave: I would kill for a flashing red. Here in Southern California, the city thinks we're so god damned stupid that we can't figure out how to turn left unless it's protect. Never mind that HALF THE DAMN LIGHTS OVER FIVE YEARS OLD DON'T HAVE THE ARROW AND PEOPLE SEEM TO DO JUST FINE!


    And to the people who think I'm a horrible driver: I've never had a ticket for a moving violation and never been in an accident. I run at least 3 red lights a day, and have been doing so for years now. See, I have these things called eyes, which is connected to this thing called a brain. Instead of hoping that there aren't pedestrians in the crosswalk, I actually look. Sheep.

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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    11/12/08

    @cpthook:
    Yeah, but you guys get to do U-turns in the intersection. We aren't ever supposed to do them, unless it's a legal Michigan-U (where you have to turn right to turn left, after passing through the median).
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    Image of Posavoie Posavoie
    11/11/08

    In reply to Mini Coyote Saves Us from the Worst Orwellian Abomination Ever: Speedtrap Cameras
    I wouldn't mind speed traps if they increased speed limits in North America (States that still have a 55mph speed limit, which I think there still are a few of, are freakin horrible to drive through).


    Increased speed limits could be dangerous if you don't get all the old never-restored/upgraded cars off the road though. Yeah, I know you're broke, but that doesn't mean you should be allowed to drive a dangerous rust-bucket around and putting everyone else's safety at risk.


    Our cars are no longer the unsafe cars of the past, if you get bad drivers and bad cars off the roads you will increase safety much more than if you keep all those bad cars/drivers on the road and reduce the average speed with traffic cams.

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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    11/11/08

    @Posavoie:
    55mph? That's the worst you have to deal with? Try driving through Grand Haven on US31, where they drop the speed limit on a major highway to 25mph just because it goes right through the heart of the city (which, as I understand, is something they originally wanted when the highway was laid out).
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