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Fake "Speed Enforced By Drones" Signs On California Freeways

Posted by Unknown on from the we-only-track-all-your-movements dept.

NF6X writes "CBS station KPIX reports that somebody has been installing counterfeit traffic signs on California bay area freeways, warning motorists of drone-based speed enforcement. They are professionally-made reflective metal signs of comparable style and quality to official traffic signs, and in some cases are even mounted with tamper-resistant hardware. The signs show the familiar silhouette of an MQ-1 Predator drone launching a weapon. According to KPIX, California Highway Patrol denies that they operate any drones, and states that the signs are fake."

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  1. If you can't trust the authenticity of the signs.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    How can you be expected to obey the speed limit?

  2. Spread Awareness by TFlan91 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Good way to spread awareness and possible outcomes of drone oversight....

    YOU'RE GOING 2 MPH OVER THE SPEED LIMIT! YOU HAVE 3 SECONDS TO DECELERATE!
    *1 sec later*
    DID I SAY 3? TOO LATE!
    *fires hellfire missile*

    1. Re:Spread Awareness by Valdrax · · Score: 5, Funny

      Okay, that's a pretty horrible potential future, but I think I could live with it if they also targeted tailgaters and people who don't use their turn signals.

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  3. IT'S NOT FAKE! by DickBreath · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have definitely seem some of these drones sitting in their car, parked in a way that they think nobody can see them, eating donuts and using their radar gun.

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  4. Re:Missile gave it away by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    some one released the signs early. they are not getting drones until 2015

  5. Re:Missile gave it away by mcmonkey · · Score: 4, Funny

    I would have taken that seriously if not for the missile.

    You have a strange outlook on life.

    I can stand to pay a speeding ticket, but a missle I take seriously!

  6. My fav road sign by OzPeter · · Score: 5, Funny

    While not a fake sign, a long time ago (as indicated by the message) there was a sign warning "Police Aerial Speed Checks" that was tagged with "Pigs in Spaaaaaace"

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  7. Re:"FAKE" by JeanCroix · · Score: 4, Funny

    Senator Vreenak is outraged.

  8. Re:Missile gave it away by Kjella · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think he meant he would assume the signs were real except for the missile.

    Did you hear that WHOOSH? No it was not a missile, it was a joke going over your head...

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  9. Hmm by TheSkepticalOptimist · · Score: 1, Funny

    In a few years you won't be able to speed in California, it will be too hard to speed having to weave and dodge around all the stalled Tesla's on the highways.

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  10. Re:"FAKE" by Beardo+the+Bearded · · Score: 4, Funny

    "We don't have drones, and we certainly don't have drones that can fire weaponry."

    Seems legit.

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  11. Re:If you can't trust the authenticity of the sign by ShanghaiBill · · Score: 3, Funny

    (1) A particular section of a highway measured as to distance and with boundaries marked, designated, or otherwise determined in order that the speed of a vehicle may be calculated by securing the time it takes the vehicle to travel the known distance.

    Speed traps are illegal in California.

    As they should be. The problem with any automated system is they treat middle class white people the same as the blacks and teenagers that the cops are supposed to be focusing on. We can't allow that.

  12. Re:If you can't trust the authenticity of the sign by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    to little humor and to much political correctness.

    That sounds like a toast.