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tangent4ronpaul
03-07-2013, 07:37 AM
Circuit judge rules Baltimore Co. speed camera contract is illegal
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/03/07/2016_democratic_field_may_not_wait_for_clinton_117 322.html?google_editors_picks=true

Harford County legislator kills speed camera bill
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/harford/belair/ph-ag-speed-camera-bill-0220-20130219,0,2779660.story

A Harford County member of the Maryland General Assembly has withdrawn a bill she sponsored to revise the state's speed camera laws, part of a wider legislative effort to either make significant reforms to the controversial speed camera program, or kill it.

Del. Susan McComas, a Bel Air Republican, introduced House Bill 1103 on Feb. 8. The bill included a number of proposed changes, such as doubling the standard $40 civil fine to $80 if a violator is caught speeding in a school or work zone.

On speed cameras, two steps forward, one step back
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2013-01-08/news/bs-ed-speed-cameras-20130108_1_xerox-state-brekford-camera-contract

Speed cameras in place on I-70 at Md. 63 bridges
Warning period in effect until March 19; speeders then face $40 fine
http://articles.herald-mail.com/2013-03-04/news/37447702_1_bridges-work-zone-demolition-work

Md. bills provide punishments for bogus tickets
http://www.wtop.com/46/3241560/Bill-would-punish-police-for-bogus-speeding-tickets

Annapolis speed camera enforcement expected to start Friday
City embraces program, but county has not
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2013-02-27/news/bs-md-ar-speed-cameras-20130225_1_camera-law-red-light-cameras-annapolis-police-maj

Maryland, Australia, France, Russia, UK: Speed Cameras Attacked
Angle grinders, gasoline, crowbars, bourbon and a virus used to take out speed cameras across the world.
http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/40/4039.asp

Vigilantes in Baltimore County, Maryland pried open a speed camera housing last weekend. According to WBAL Radio, the camera unit was not in the housing on Cromwell Bridge Road, but the flash and some other electronics were damaged.

In Prince George's County, officials boasted to WTOP radio that a camera watching a speed camera has prevented vigilante attacks since September. Last year, a dozen cameras were attacked.

A speed camera was cut down in the village of Six-Fours-les-Plages, France last weekend. An angle grinder sawed off the device on the Avenue de la Mer, leaving nothing but a stump with electrical wiring poking out, Nice Matin reported.

Vigilantes in Norfolk, England set fire to a speed camera at around 3am on last Sunday morning. The Eastern Daily Press reported the device on the A148 in Fakenham was damaged but still able to issue tickets.

In Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, motorist Jackson Barnes, 19, threw a can of bourbon into the window of a Ford Territory speed camera van on Edward Street, the Daily Advertiser reported. Barnes was found guilty and ordered to pay a fine on Monday.

A computer virus has disabled speed cameras in Moscow, Russia, Izvestia reported. The infected took down the computer network earlier this month, and contractors are still trying to repair the system.


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DamianTV
03-07-2013, 09:54 AM
Speed Cameras wont matter too much when every car is required to be LoJacked with GPS that tells everyone everything, including the next time you hold your foot on the gas pedal a bit too hard. It isnt just Speed Cams, its this Facist Invasion of Privacy and Surveillance thats gotta go.

Lucille
04-08-2013, 10:45 AM
http://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/ClaireWolfe/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/SpeedCameraBravado-450x583.jpg

Heh.

h/t http://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/ClaireWolfe/