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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."
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.
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No son, the reason he's likely alive is that he's likely a CCW holder, which you fucking nanny-state socialists to the north would know nothing about.
Your personal safety is your own responsibility, not the responsibility of some needle-dicked high school jock cop who attended the local community college.
I strongly dislike cops; especially when they whine about the rigors of the job. My daily job for a couple of hitches was many times as dangerous at 1/3rd the pay, and I did not bitch about it. I signed up. Couple that with the a lack of discipline, lack of physical conditioning, and the inability to function as a cohesive unit (some SWAT teams excepted), and you have why I think that most police departments are a clusterfuck of civvies masquerading as law enforcement.
I've got friends and relatives who work in law enforcement; yes, they guffaw behind the scenes about screwing over the occasional civilian. I live in a large metro area and it is not the exception.
There are cops, then there are little people.
You want honest cops? Give internal affairs in all departments more teeth (and indeed start a state or province level IA dept with oversight of the locals), and then if cops are convicted of breaking the law, take the punishment that would be meted out to a civilian and QUADRUPLE it. They want the perks and privileges? Then they can EARN them by their upstanding character.