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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.
Well, yes... But to be fair, nobody wants to look like Jeremy Clarkson, not even Jeremy Clarkson.
I like you, Stuart. You're not like everyone else, here, at Slashdot.
"I've often thought if I got one of these tickets I would take it to court and ask for the right to see my accuser."
Print your tag using this link, along with some random tags from your area.
I found out about it when my co-workers pranked me by placing a "MAN SEX" fake over the plate on my tow truck...
Funny thing is that I towed several cars that weekend right past police without knowing about the plate (which is near my lightbar so I don't look at it).
Enjoy:
http://license.plates.txt2pic.com/
"This post is an artistic work of fiction and falsehood. Only a fool would take anything posted here as fact."
So, I have to wonder: how many times a week do you have to hit one of these things with a paintball before they're not cost-effective to maintain?
One way to put a stop to any for-profit effort is to make it unprofitable.
Karl Marx, is that you ?
I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.
sounds like a dare
Imagine if you weren't allowed to use roads because a bus company complained about your driving 3 times. --skunkpussy
You don't? You really don't think anyone is that stupid? You sure have a lot higher opinion of people than I do.
You just gotta have a huge set of grapefruits.
Because they should be exempt from the law as well? :) I don't see how that will help.
.there is enough of everything for everyone.
Obama will replace him in a few weeks.