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Aussie Speed Cameras in Doubt Because of MD5
An anonymous reader writes "A speeding case has been thrown out in Australia after the Roads and Traffic Authority admitted that it could not prove the integrity of speed-camera photos. 'The case revolved around the integrity of a mathematical MD5 algorithm published on each picture and used as a security measure to prove pictures have not been doctored after they have been taken.'" I wonder if Australian police are as (radar gun) trigger happy as they are in certain parts of the U.S.
There's always one sanctimonious asshole.
It's a Unix system - I know this.
The motorist's defence lawyer, Denis Mirabilis, argued successfully that an algorithm known as MD5, which is used to store the time, date, place, numberplate and speed of cars caught on camera, was a discredited piece of technology.
This is of course a misunderstanding. Denis Mirabilis is a latin term used in courts roughly meaning "claiming something that is plain to see to be untrue or at least not evident".
Which is why I love the PA turnpike. Get on it any time but rush hour, and we're all doing about 85 mph (speed limit is 55 mph). Grandpa and grandma get run off the road, usually by the truckers (love those guys). Nothing funnier than seeing a multi-ton truck bearing down on a Ford Focus, even better when the trucker begins speeding up, almost pushing the car.
I drive over 100 miles to and from work each day, and I hate idiot drivers. I hate old drivers. I hate the "we should obey stupid laws, and everyone has a right to drive" drivers. Fuck you. Less than 2% of all accidents happen at high speeds (>45MPH). Most accidents are caused by slow and stupid drivers.
Most of these speed limits were set back when cars could barely handle 50 mph. With all the advances over the past 30 years, if your POS car can't handle something faster, it's time for you to stop driving.
Oh yeah, and in Philadelphia (for all you visitors), the right lane is the passing lane. Seems that all the slow, stupid drivers want to be just like everyone else, so they drive 30 mph in the left hand lane (speed limit is 50). It's a sad sight when people are passing you on the right, even worse when Septa buses are passing you on the right. It's a sign to get the f*ck off the road, to pull into a parking lot, and find out where you went wrong in life.
I am John Hurt.