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Anti-Speed Camera Activist Buys Police Department's Web Domain

Posted by samzenpus on from the I-bought-the-law dept.

Brian McCrary just bought a website to complain about a $90 speeding ticket he received from the Bluff City PD — the Bluff City Police Department site. The department let its domain expire and McCrary was quick to pick it up. From the article: "Brian McCrary found the perfect venue to gripe about a $90 speeding ticket when he went to the Bluff City Police Department's website, saw that its domain name was about to expire, and bought it right out from under the city's nose. Now that McCrary is the proud owner of the site, bluffcitypd.com, the Gray, Tenn., computer network designer has been using it to post links about speed cameras — like the one on US Highway 11E that caught him — and how people don't like them."

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  1. Wouldn't want to be him on the next traffic stop.. by Leebert · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's gonna be a real bummer for him when he gets stopped for speeding, he acts "suspicious", they search his car, and then they just happen to "find" some cocaine in the trunk.

  2. Re:What a schmuck. by Jonboy+X · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's a .com because speed traps are commercial revenue generation schemes.

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  3. Re:First Congratulations Post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Take responsibility for yourself. Someone else's stupid driving should very rarely put your family at significantly higher risk unless you let it.

    Right... Because I can control the other driver's speed. And their state of mind and mental condition. Also, I have direct control and final say about the mechanical condition of their vehicle.

    No. I AM NOT in any way responsible for the stupidity of other people or their stupid actions. All I can do is be aware and alert. People need to smarten-up and take responsibility for their own actions.

  4. Re:Bluff City is south of Bristol Motor Speedway by twistedsymphony · · Score: 5, Funny

    With some googling I found out that in the year 2000 [unitedjustice.com] 15,517 people were murdered while 41,611 died in car accidents. That means that if we could prevent all car accidents the benefit in human lives would be almost three times greater.

    yeah but that doesn't take into account the people that died in accidents that would have been murdered had they not... sheesh haven't you ever seen Final Destination.

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  5. Hehe by U8MyData · · Score: 2, Funny

    Who's your admin now [culturally popular descriptive noun self-redacted]!

  6. Re:Bluff City is south of Bristol Motor Speedway by lgw · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm no Nascar fan, but, puh-leeze. Citation needed.

    That's just backwards - you'll never manage to get a Citation up over 55!

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  7. Re:Bluff City is south of Bristol Motor Speedway by Tanktalus · · Score: 2, Funny

    17 year old girl!

    But she said she was 18!