01-13-2008, 07:34 AM
The van cam took pictures of the front license and speed travelled by laser measurment. As an everyday commuter I can attest it worked, the morning trip was much mellowerer and still got there.
But the backlash was incredible, they caught off duty cops and lawyers. Because of a dim witted manager, the tickets started at 2 miles over, labelling it as a moneygrab, which it was, but when raised to 9 over it still worked.
However the die had been cast, now the problem was how can you say who was driving, Who was at the wheel. Which led to the window tinting regs. However the stoplight cameras do give a clear picture of who is in the front seat, and sometimes not the wive/husband the tickets were sent by mail, ruining some marriages, "invasion of privacy"
Catching speeders is a hard enough task without a blue gumball machine on top, the next step was unmarked camaro and sport type cars, taken from convicted drug dealers working with blue whites did good for awhile, but were soon known to the frequent flyers discontinued now.
If a criminal is holed up with an uzi and a 50cal machine gun, are you going to respond with 50 regular officers or 1 accomplished sniper and and rifle to match.
Are you going to give them tools, or time spent on enforcment. Actually a lot of cops like traffic because the court challenges represent overtime!
Life sucks, then you die!
But the backlash was incredible, they caught off duty cops and lawyers. Because of a dim witted manager, the tickets started at 2 miles over, labelling it as a moneygrab, which it was, but when raised to 9 over it still worked.
However the die had been cast, now the problem was how can you say who was driving, Who was at the wheel. Which led to the window tinting regs. However the stoplight cameras do give a clear picture of who is in the front seat, and sometimes not the wive/husband the tickets were sent by mail, ruining some marriages, "invasion of privacy"
Catching speeders is a hard enough task without a blue gumball machine on top, the next step was unmarked camaro and sport type cars, taken from convicted drug dealers working with blue whites did good for awhile, but were soon known to the frequent flyers discontinued now.
If a criminal is holed up with an uzi and a 50cal machine gun, are you going to respond with 50 regular officers or 1 accomplished sniper and and rifle to match.
Are you going to give them tools, or time spent on enforcment. Actually a lot of cops like traffic because the court challenges represent overtime!
Life sucks, then you die!
Gordon J Tilley