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Thursday, July 05, 2012

Another O'Malley Tax

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In Britain, speed cameras are announced via sign before you come upon one. They're still detested (and proved ineffective), but they may be argued an effort to enforce the speed limit, and not fill the state coffers. Not so in this country, and most certainly in Maryland.

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Anonymous said...: A safe answer: duct tape.
olds-mo-william; 7/5/12, 10:29 AM
Kristophr said...: In Britain, they necklace the damned things.

Put a truck tire over them, apply diesel, and light it.

And the first time they used them in Arizona, they got perfect pictures of a man, wearing a ski mask and a twelve guage, in the back of a plateless primer colored old pickup truck, shooting their cameras out.; 7/5/12, 12:08 PM
Anonymous said...: Go to a paint store and pick up a spray can of matte-finish clear coat. Spray the lens. Even from a short distance, the lens looks OK, but the matte finish blurs the image so it can't pick up necessary detail. It'll take them a while to figure out what's going on, if ever.; 7/5/12, 12:23 PM
Anonymous said...: As far as UK cameras go, a solicitor friend of mine in London points out two things.

First, when you see the flash, it's usually out of film.

Secondly, since the films take several thousand pictures it's a given that it has picked up a police cruiser that is not only in excess of the limit but wasn't on call. Short answer, "if you want to charge me please demonstrate that you have charged every police driver that was also speeding".
.; 7/5/12, 6:38 PM
Anonymous said...: I want my accuser to come to the witness stand for cross examination. According to law, I must be confronted by the one issuing the ticket, and they must be present when my case is called.

... See how long *that* lasts...

When these are installed, the 'yellow' time must not be adjusted, I think, in either direction. You WILL get a lot of rear-enders as people realize the cameras are there, and will slam on the brakes for fear of being ticketed. My suggestion? Put a cruiser PROMINENTLY visible at the signal if you want to reduce accidents. If you want to make money, put up a camera system.
Even officer Sluggo, chowing down at the Dunkin' and slurping his Columbian in the parking lot has an effect on his surroundings.
tomw; 7/6/12, 9:40 AM
Kristophr said...: Tomw: increasing yellow duration by a half second ends damned near all red light running in every jurisdiction it has been tried in.; 7/6/12, 1:10 PM
Anonymous said...: Kristopher, I'm skeptical. I read an article on the internet several years ago (no, no link, you'll just have to believe me) whose author rode a taxi in NYC through a red light... which had turned red while the taxi was still halfway up the block. The driver punched it and made it thru before the other traffic started to move. The driver then explained to his distraught passenger that "everyone" in town was used to the delays in the lights, which had been progressively (pun intended) lengthened.; 7/6/12, 6:22 PM
Kristophr said...: It worked in Portland when they did it.

I guess NYC has too many professional assholes for a similar program to work. People in most areas of this country will stop on a yellow if they can do so safely.; 7/7/12, 1:54 PM
Kristophr said...: And seriously ... the behavior and verbal justifications of a single NYC cab driver is not a good indication of anything.; 7/7/12, 1:56 PM

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