Criminal Charges Against Speed Trap Tweeter

martinlp writes "A Twitter account named Pigspotter is making big news in South Africa. The traffic authorities in Johannesburg are taking legal action against Pigspotter, an individual who is tweeting up-to-the-minute information about speed traps in and around the city. He has recently stopped, stating that his Blackberry is going in for repairs, but it may be out of fear of getting prosecuted. The police claim he must be getting inside information and suspect that disgruntled traffic officers may be involved. There is also speculation that it is more than one individual that is tweeting."

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oh that's what I need

[ILuvRamen]

I know everyone's ususally like "booo police, yaaay speeding" but seriously, do we really need a coordinated system that basically encourages and allows people to ride my ass in the fast lane when I'm already going 10 over then pass me at like 100 MPH? No! Why? Are they a professional Nascar driver? NO AGAIN! Unless your piece of crap Prius is out of control, leave earlier if you're in such a damn hurry instead of driving like a maniac with a stopping distance of like a mile. That's pretty damn unsafe.
What they need is a system for tweeting about assholes in crappy, unsafe cars driving in crappy, unsafe way to the police so they can cut up their drivers licenses.