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Louisana Traffic Official Fights The Law And The Law's Him

From the department of "do what I say, not what I do" comes this awesome story out of Lafayette, Louisiana playing perfectly into our dislike and mistrust of government nanny bureaucracy. Tony Tramel, the Director of Transportation for Lafayette Consolidated Government, is the chap tasked with monitoring and approving tickets issued by speed cameras. Mr. Tramel was recently caught with a radar detector mounted in the windshield of his personal car. Huh? We're confused. We thought the only reason to install a radar detector is to speed and flaunt the law, which doesn't really make any sense. Couldn't he just trash the camera images of him speeding and be off the hook? Fox guarding the hen house indeed. (Hat tip to Richard!) [TheNewspaper (these guys might want to consider a better marketing department)]

9:40 AM on Fri Apr 4 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
1,294 views, 20 comments

Latest by LandofMinos: Is it true that hairspray works in concealing your licences plate? I know they tried this on Mythbusters, but nowadays those fucktards couldn't properly organise a blowjob in a brothel and I cannot trust their results... more »

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Six Cities Busted For Traffic Camera Scams

Union City, California; Lubbock, Texas; Nashville, Tennessee; Springfield, Missouri; Dallas, Texas and Chattanooga, Tennessee — you're all on notice. We already hate the idea of the omnipresent big brother handing out speeding tickets through the watchful eye of the traffic camera, but when the deck is stacked in the states' favor, it's time to call shenanigans. All six of these cities have been accused and found guilty of excessively short amber cycles on certain traffic camera equipped intersections — a convenient way to pickpocket unsuspecting drivers as they pass though an intersection. More »

10:45 AM on Thu Mar 27 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
2,614 views, 44 comments

Latest by longlocks: I would certainly pause at every yellow light in these cities! I'm glad that they were caught. Hopefully this will keep other areas from doing the same. more »

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Mounting Evidence Says Red Light Cameras Increase Accidents

Absentee policing is always a contentious issue. Those for it argue that red light cameras increase intersection safety and act as a deterrent to law breakers. Folks against them get the itchy, big-brother-is-watching feeling and then talk about due process. Well, that or they just blow the things to kingdom come. It seems evidence against red light cameras is mounting. The National Motorists Association, an organization dedicated to protecting the interests of motorists, has collected an international group of studies that point to an increase in accidents and accident severity as a result of the cameras. More »

12:30 PM on Wed Jan 9 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
1,970 views, 55 comments

Latest by whiteknight: I also live near the traffic cams in Phoenix/Scottsdale AZ. The highway cams absolutely suck. Thousands of tickets are dished out every year because of them. It doesn't really change the fact that the roads can handle more traffic at more »