Using Speed Cameras To Send Tickets To Your Enemies

jmke · 21st December 2008, 22:25

High school students in Maryland are using speed cameras to get back at their perceived enemies, and even teachers. The students duplicate the victim's license plate on glossy paper using a laser printer, tape it over their own plate, then speed past a newly installed speed camera. The victim gets a $40 ticket in the mail days later, without any humans ever having been involved in the ticketing process. A blog dedicated to driving and politics adds that a similar, if darker, practice has taken hold in England, where bad guys cruise the streets looking for a car similar to their own. They then duplicate its plates in a more durable form, and thereafter drive around with little fear of trouble from the police.

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geoffrey · 22nd December 2008, 11:54

Side effects of a Big Brother society

21st December 2008, 22:25	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	Using Speed Cameras To Send Tickets To Your Enemies High school students in Maryland are using speed cameras to get back at their perceived enemies, and even teachers. The students duplicate the victim's license plate on glossy paper using a laser printer, tape it over their own plate, then speed past a newly installed speed camera. The victim gets a $40 ticket in the mail days later, without any humans ever having been involved in the ticketing process. A blog dedicated to driving and politics adds that a similar, if darker, practice has taken hold in England, where bad guys cruise the streets looking for a car similar to their own. They then duplicate its plates in a more durable form, and thereafter drive around with little fear of trouble from the police. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?s...51210&from=rss __________________

22nd December 2008, 11:54	#2
geoffrey [M] Reviewer Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 4,127	Side effects of a Big Brother society __________________

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