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Re: speed limits
In article <3u9evh$665@status.gen.nz> peppiatt@iconz.co.nz (DAVID PEPPIATT) writes:
>From: peppiatt@iconz.co.nz (DAVID PEPPIATT)
>Newsgroups: rec.autos.driving,talk.politics.drugs,alt.law-enforcement
>Subject: Re: speed limits
>Date: 15 Jul 1995 22:20:33 GMT
>Message-ID: <3u9evh$665@status.gen.nz>
>References: <3t49kd$a09@oasis.ot.com> <3t6nki$2s1@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <DBGqtx.2zC@bokonon.UUCP> <3u3uds$14t@matra.meer.net>
>Can anybody out there throw any light on the latest move by the governor
>of the Province of Ontario who, according to a few snippets of a news
>item I heard, has 'banned' speed cameras, citing them as immoral and
>nothing more than revenue collectors.
>If anyone can find details on this isuue, and especially provide me with
>an E-mail of fax address for the person responsible for this incredible
>weapon in the fight against speed cameras, please let me know ASAP.
>David Peppiatt
Well, I'm not too sure about any Ontario "Ban" on speed cameras, tho I think I
saw a great way of knocking these cameras out of commission (from the Green
Pather's Action Manual).
If you have speed cameras in your area, you might like to consider
purchasing a paintball-gun with a decent scope (like they use in those
Survival! games), and a good supply of black paintballs. Then just scope out
speed camera locations, and shoot the lens sometime in the off-hours, late at
night. Kinda hard for them to photograph anybody's license plate through a
thickcoat of black paint, eh? Not to mention, now instead of being a "great"
revenue generater, they become a constant maintenance expenditure! ;}
Blind the cameras, and you have blinded the automated traffic violations
system! ;}
Speed limits in residential areas & such may be justified, but rediculously
low limits on highways is nothing short of highway robbery by the State.
Another way to attack speed limit enforcement would be to deface speed limit
signs with regular paint (or paintballs if yer lazy/in a hurry). If there is
no POSTED speed limit, then I can't see how they could still give you a ticket
as long as you're only doing whatever the Max speed limit happens to be in
your State. This is a great tactic for those 40-45-50 MPH highway zones, who
SHOULD be allowed to do a decent speed without interference from the State.
Of course, these are just hypothetical ideas; I wouldn't suggest or encourage
anyone to actually implement them! ;} ;} ;}
-Max
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