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DAFTEK
03-20-2010, 08:38 AM
http://www.meetup.com/camerafraud/boards/view/viewthread?thread=8793091

Breaking News Updates From Around The World (http://www.newsupdatefromaroundtheworld.com/2009/01/speed-camera-prank.html) has an interesting prank that can be played with the scam cameras:

High school kids in Maryland are in the news right now, for playing a speed camera prank they refer to as pimping. They write down the license plate of anyone they don't like, and make a copy of it on glossy paper with same font and color. They borrow a similar make vehicle, attach the fake license plate, and then run a few red lights. When their victim receives the speeding tickets, they have no way of fighting it, because no one will believe them anyway. The Montgomery County Council President Phil Andrews said, " It will cause potential problems for the Speed Camera Program in terms of the confidence in it." Duh. I'm sure these kids are not the only ones who have ever played this speed camera prank. Speeding tickets cause stress with fines, higher insurance rates, and unpaid ones can lead to warrants for your arrest. Something this important should not be left to machines, but should require human verification.

I have to wonder what the effect would be if every official who voted in favour of the cameras got a dozen or so bogus tickets?

Next best would be to simply drive down to the State Legislature and note down a dozen or so license plate numbers at random. :eek::D:p

Maybe a visit to the Redflex/ATS parking lot and note down a dozen or so plates?

The possibilities are endless and no one actually will get hurt while clearly demonstrating the shortcomings of the cameras to the people who matter!lol :D

DAFTEK
03-20-2010, 08:40 AM
Some cool threads to read at http://www.meetup.com/camerafraud/messages/boards/ :D

DAFTEK
03-20-2010, 09:18 AM
Some more info i found...



The students are getting the plate numbers from teachers and school administrators and then printing them out in the correct font, mounting the fake "PLATE" and heading for the nearest camera.

http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/26/2632.asp
Maryland Students Use Speed Cameras for Revenge
Students in Montgomery County, Maryland use fake license plates to send speed camera tickets to enemies.

http://www.thenewspaper.com/rlc/pix/mdlplate.jpg

High school students in Maryland are using speed cameras as a tool to fine innocent drivers in a game, according to the Montgomery County Sentinel newspaper. Because photo enforcement devices will automatically mail out a ticket to any registered vehicle owner based solely on a photograph of a license plate, any driver could receive a ticket if someone else creates a duplicate of his license plate and drives quickly past a speed camera. The private companies that mail out the tickets often do not bother to verify whether vehicle registration information for the accused vehicle matches the photographed vehicle (http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/17/1791.asp).

In the UK, this is known as number plate cloning (http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/04/458.asp), where thieves will find the license information of a vehicle similar in appearance to the one they wish to drive. They will use that information to purchase a real license plate from a private vendor using the other vehicle's numbers. This allows the "cloned" vehicle to avoid all automated punishment systems. According to the Sentinel, two Rockville, Maryland high schools call their version of cloning the "speed camera pimping game."

A speed camera is located out in front of Wootton High School, providing a convenient location for generating the false tickets. Instead of purchasing license plates, students have ready access to laser printers that can create duplicate license plates using glossy paper using readily available fonts. For example, the state name of "Maryland" appears on plates in a font similar to Garamond Number 5 Swash Italic. Once the camera flashes, the driver can quickly pull over and remove the fake paper plate. The victim will receive a $40 ticket in the mail weeks later. According to the Sentinel, students at Richard Montgomery High School have also participated, although Montgomery County officials deny having seen any evidence of faked speed camera tickets.

Source: Local teens claim pranks on countys Speed Cams (http://www.thesentinel.com/302730670790449.php) (Montgomery County Sentinel (MD), 12/11/2008)

Matt Collins
03-20-2010, 11:13 AM
YouTube - Santa's helpers disable naughty cameras in Tempe (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T43LtGNFLPw)

DirtMcGirt
03-20-2010, 11:23 AM
Someone around my neighborhood placed "Infowars.com" stickers on all the signs w/ "Red Light Photo Enforced"

DAFTEK
03-20-2010, 11:24 AM
^lol

YouTube - 4409 -- Photo Radar ticket FRAUD...even on Christmas Eve (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6u2C8SlhVs&feature=related)

:eek::D

DAFTEK
03-20-2010, 11:34 AM
YouTube - 4409 -- Goodbye RedFlex / ATS SCAMERAS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whFO8tbKpzo)

DAFTEK
03-20-2010, 11:41 AM
YouTube - 4409 -- All they want to do is take yo money! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGPt-AzyTcg&)

DAFTEK
03-20-2010, 11:46 AM
YouTube - 4409 -- CameraFRAUD detained AGAIN...... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7nFlLZvopE&)

t0rnado
03-20-2010, 12:26 PM
Some kids in Australia did this to cop cars a while ago.

DirtMcGirt
03-20-2010, 03:39 PM
some kids in australia did this to cop cars a while ago.

lol!!!