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Italian Red Lights Rigged With Short Yellow Light

Posted by timothy on from the decent-pellet-gun-might-help dept.

suraj.sun writes with an excerpt from Ars Technica which brings to mind the importance of auditable code for hardware used in law enforcement: "It's no secret that red light cameras are often used to generate more ticket revenue for the cities that implement them, but a scam has been uncovered in Italy that has led to one arrest and 108 investigations over traffic systems being rigged to stop sooner for the sole purpose of ticketing more motorists."

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  1. News Flash! by snowraver1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    This just in: Water is wet!

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    1. Re:News Flash! by larry+bagina · · Score: 5, Funny

      it's not everyday that 63 municipal police, 39 municipal government officials, and 7 government contractors are accused of conspiracy and corruption.

      I guess you've never heard of Chicago.

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    2. Re:News Flash! by Dhalka226 · · Score: 4, Funny

      As somebody who has lived in a suburb just a bit south of Chicago his entire life, I can say this is entirely false.

      ...we usually don't bother to accuse anybody of their wrongdoing.

    3. Re:News Flash! by Z34107 · · Score: 5, Funny

      I guess you've never heard of Chicago.

      I heard Chicago was founded when a bunch of New Yorkers got together and said, "Gee, I'm really loving all of the crime and the traffic, but it's just not cold enough."

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    I was under the impression that niggers were too dumb to operate computers; does Niggerbuntu help alleviate this problem?

  3. Re:Nothing new by jamesh · · Score: 3, Funny

    Even worse, your first link is tagged as "this article is incomplete"...

  4. This isn't a completely original scam by the_other_one · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hacking Italian traffic lights for financial gain has been thought of before. The Italian Job

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  5. Running a scam in Italy by MrKaos · · Score: 1, Funny

    Those Mafia is getting outrageous!!!

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  8. Privatization is the answer! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    > So long as individuals & companies that design the camera systems get a percentage of the fines there will always be an incentive for them to rig the system by fair means or foul.

    This is why we need more privatization in the justice system! Private prisons, private collection of fines, private everything!

    The profit motive will keep service excellent and prices low!

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  9. Re:unhappy pizza by plasmacutter · · Score: 2, Funny

    the info is true
    i'm italian (for the manner in which are going things in italy since some year, i'm quite sorry of being italian)
    all the red light system was made so only for generate money :(

    that's italian style

    we should delegate our country government to a smarter country (every country in a range of 2000Km from here is good)

    i'm happy to see that news like that seems strange to "normal" people, cause for italian that's the normality
    pls help us

    I'm glad to see the US is safely outside thies 2000km radius.

    The US: like italy, only worse.

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  10. Re:Math by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    To find out the right length of the yellow light, calculate the time it takes to stop and the distance travelled during that time, assuming moving at the legal speed limit, plus a small buffer for old people, people driving with kids, or DWY.

    You forgot the allowance for driving-while-female, perhaps the most dangerous aggravating factor of all.