Speed Cameras Guaranteed
This couldn't have been timed any worse. Expect Rahm and company to trot out this example as support for their push for speed cameras city wide shortly:
A 6-year-old is dead, and a teenage girl was injured when a car hit them in an Englewood street Saturday night.
The 6-year-old girl -- identified by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office as Diamond Robinson -- and a 16-year-old girl were crossing the street in the 7000 block of South Loomis Boulevard when a car hit them around 8:20 p.m. Saturday, police said.
Vantaysia Chism, the 16-year-old who was with Diamond, said the driver was speeding, and hit them even though they were in a crosswalk.
Any child's death is a tragedy and our sympathies are extended to the family. But this death is almost certainly going to be exploited by politicians as an excuse to impose fines and create a revenue stream where none existed before.
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posted by SCC at 12:01 AM
47 Comments:
How many of these speed cameras are going to be in poorer areas of the city where there is a high percentage of folks on the dole?
Can i use my super duper LINK card to pay for those speeding tickets?
Ok
Put the cameras in englewood.
A roll of masking tape will save you hundreds!
The problem is that they will install these cameras on every northside block, sticking it to the honest working citizens because they know the tickets will be paid. Let's see the tiny dancer install these on the south and west sides to see how many of these tickets get paid.
Wasn't the driver that hit them on PCP? Yeah, I think so. If a camera was there he would of thought twice about speeding in front of a camera in that state of mind huh?
Hey what was those kids doing out so close to curfew time. The curfew was suppose to fix everything.
I hope they got some white shirts out their to teach the parents a lesson on "Broken Windows" and respect for the laws.
Write 'em up boys. Rahm says respect the laws.
It happened at EIGHT TWENTY P.M. on a WEEKEND NIGHT. Yeah, it'a all about the kids, in a school zone. Right.
This tragedy will certainly be Rahm's "crisis" and we know he never lets one go to waste!
What did Rahm say?
"Never let a good crisis go to waste!"
Sitting in Starbux (off duty) reading paper yesterday and 3 Slavic M/2's in their 20's discussing all the cameras of the City and then motherfucking the police that sit in the Dunkin Donuts (not the Starbux though). They then discussed why they need Police at all with all this new technology.
My 11 yr old son over heard them and looked at me puzzled. The kid asked me, "Dad did you hear them?" I said, "Yeah I do all the time and I don't let it bother me and it shouldn't bother you". He says "Why?" I said "Because Robots and cameras can not replace many of the functions of what police do, writing tickets is just one thing".
Later on they left and one returned a bit after only to ask the barrister loudly and frantically "do you have cameras on the outside wall?" The girl says "No"! He claimed his car was stolen and there was broken glass all over and he then started alerting everyone inside to check out where they parked to see if their cars were ok.
He then says to her again loudly, "Can you call the police?" He also states in a loud tone" Where is the police when you need one?"
My kid yells out " Probably at the Dunkin Donuts like you say they are". I said, "or being replaced by them cameras" !
The guy stormed out of there all pissed!
High fives were exchanged
Loved it.....smart ass kid!!!
That a way buddy!!!
Speed cameras are simply a tax on driving.
There are too many stop signs & other impediments to traffic (speed bumps, circle jerks, etc.). Little wonder people try to make up time by moving faster.
My iPhone has an app that shows locations of stop sign & speed cameras. Many radar detectors also show this info. It's also on the internet.
I've got covers on my plates that distort the number when seen from the sides. You can always use mud, etc.
Many Illinois plates are defective and have started to become unreadable. Secretary of State sent out a notice to change the plates. I advised my friends & relatives not to for this very reason.
Breaking the cameras is illegal, but covering them up or dirtying the lenses with something that will wash off? Good luck prosecuting that.
Speed cameras? So what? We're ready.
Vote with your foot!
Heard street lights where off. Mmmmm, city will get sued, even when the cause was vandilism .
I found this amusing from yesterday...
Anonymous said...
Why don't they just install crossing guard cameras?
Cameras for everything!
This way if a kid get's run over while crossing the street it will be on the video and we can automatically send out a citation for a $500 fine. It's not about making the city safer. Some wish that these violations go up and not down as it generates cash flow for the clouted businesses.
10/30/2011 12:26:00 AM
Rahm never let's a crisis go to waste.
Folks just drive too fast nowadays. If the police can't catch them, these cameras will.
So that means most of the speed cameras will be in 007 right? Lets put them where the most hit and runs occur and where the most people drive without licenses and insurance.
I can hear it now, "its racist." The end all cover all excuse for every thing.
OK, I always wanted to see how fast I could throw a baseball.
Nolan Ryan could throw one at blistering 106.07 MPH. WOW
I think I will just hang around where Rahm puts up one of those cameras. Stand just out of sight or behind cover and when some unsuspecting soul comes chugging send the heat to my catcher.
Maybe I'll wrap the ball in aluminum foil.
Some blue-haired old lady is going to get a ticket saying she was doing 88 MPH in a school zone in her Ford Focus.
Maybe I'll try some other techniques. Like a bow and arrow, slingshot or a tuning fork which is how they check radar guns.
Putting them on the main drag is one thing, people don't mess with them generally. Now put them in front of someones house and they will be vandalized to death. This whole movement will collapse when the innocent victims of Rahms revenue bullshit will BB gun, paint gun, any gun and vandalize the shit out of these things, just watch. They put out the street lights in the ghetto all the time , what do you think they will do to the stupid cameras. Coppers wont give a shit either. Maybe a few dumb hairgells. Rahm never believed that protesters would be at his office door either... the masses are getting wise.
At least Daley would giggle and back off if the wind was blowing the wrong way. This little Racoon Eyed prick savors a fight. He could care less what anything cost as long as he wins. What a pathetic excuse for a mayor.
Breaking the cameras is illegal, but covering them up or dirtying the lenses with something that will wash off? Good luck prosecuting that.
Speed cameras? So what? We're ready.
Vote with your foot!
10/31/2011 02:08:00 AM
Or you could simply stop at those pesky stop signs and watch your speed. CRIMINALS cover their plates I've written a few of you douche bags for obstructing your plates. I guess I'll be writing more.
How about just voting the politicians out of office and let them know you don't like them. Too much trouble?
Too bad no one in englewood pays attention to silly fines! How many cars have we stopped with literally thousands of dollars worthbof tickets in the glove box? Its the workers on the north side who will get exploited as usual
Let the rape and pillage of the sheeple begin....suckers!
The do this shit in the UK. Even those whipped, sorry, gunless subjects don't tolerate this blatant scam whose only purpose is to extract money from the public.
http://www.speedcam.co.uk/gatso2.htm
I think the city will lose on speed cams.
My partner and I Were discussing this one day at rush hour on the north side. I could not even reach the posted speed limit due to bad drivers, speed bumps and congestion.
Try it yourself.
Camrea will “sniff” speeding cars at up to 150 kph
http://en.rian.ru/video/20111028/168199064.html
R&D engineers presented a new remote alcohol sensor they call the Buton (Flower-Bud), that can detect alcohol vapors inside a moving vehicle. This RIA Novosti video offers an insight into pros and cons of using it.
Apparently the city dingbats don't understand that a vehicle don't have to be speeding to be involved in an accident property damage or personal injuries
The first ticket I receive from one of these cameras will require payback. A swifter pole and plenty of vasoline should render the camera inactive for a long time before they notice it.
My kid yells out " Probably at the Dunkin Donuts like you say they are". I said, "or being replaced by them cameras" !
The guy stormed out of there all pissed!
High fives were exchanged
Loved it.....smart ass kid!!!
That a way buddy!!!
10/31/2011 01:49:00 AM
That put a smile on this P.O.'s face!!
I'm sure the LAST places the speed cameras will appear is in poorer neighborhoods, as Rahmmie the Commie really just wants the MON-EY... Plus, it is easier to collect off of the working stiff Taxpayer than the give - a - shit Welfare Recipient, already living in debt, and unable to be collected from. Welcome to communism, Comrades, the re-distribution of your hard - earned money is just only beginning, thanks to the Communist president of the United States, Barrack Obama, and his Socialist tools everywhere in the Democommunist party, USA. If you think this is bad, just wait and see what will happen if the communist-in-Chief gets re-elected. This is NOTHING yet, compared to what they have secretly planned for you.
Just another scam to get your money people, from the Democommunist Party of Crookago, Crook County, Felon-ois.
Anonymous said...
Sitting in Starbux (off duty) reading paper yesterday and 3 Slavic M/2's in their 20's discussing all the cameras of the City and then motherfucking the police that sit in the Dunkin Donuts (not the Starbux though). They then discussed why they need Police at all with all this new technology.
My 11 yr old son over heard them and looked at me puzzled. The kid asked me, "Dad did you hear them?" I said, "Yeah I do all the time and I don't let it bother me and it shouldn't bother you". He says "Why?" I said "Because Robots and cameras can not replace many of the functions of what police do, writing tickets is just one thing".
Later on they left and one returned a bit after only to ask the barrister loudly and frantically "do you have cameras on the outside wall?" The girl says "No"! He claimed his car was stolen and there was broken glass all over and he then started alerting everyone inside to check out where they parked to see if their cars were ok.
He then says to her again loudly, "Can you call the police?" He also states in a loud tone" Where is the police when you need one?"
My kid yells out " Probably at the Dunkin Donuts like you say they are". I said, "or being replaced by them cameras" !
The guy stormed out of there all pissed!
High fives were exchanged
Loved it.....smart ass kid!!!
That a way buddy!!!
10/31/2011 01:49:00 AM
MADE MY DAY !
retired Wheelgun police, CPD...
The biggest "exploiters" of this City is the Mayor and his cabinet!
Fucking Thieves all of them!
Da Pelon
Does anyone have a definitive opinion on the effectiveness of this aerosol spray application to license plates which is invisible to the naked eye?
www.PhotoBlocker.com
In the crosswalk? What bullshit. Every copper who works in the ghetto knows NOBODY walks in the crosswalk. EVER
I'm going to have to take CTA, I'm sick of this crap. I will not give another dime to the city if I don't have to.
Let them have their cameras ! Let then write their tickets ! Let the give raises to the higher ups! Let them consolidate the fire and Police! ... Let them cry broke during 2012 contract negotiations! Fuck that! If the city has all this money are unions better be making note! When the city cries they have no money for police ... The unions better start getting billboards and commercial time slots now ! Don't give in , don't let them take anything away let them give us a fair deal for once!
My kid yells out " Probably at the Dunkin Donuts like you say they are". I said, "or being replaced by them cameras" !
The guy stormed out of there all pissed!
High fives were exchanged
Loved it.....smart ass kid!!!
That a way buddy!!!
10/31/2011 01:49:00 AM
That put a smile on this P.O.'s face!!
10/31/2011 10:49:00 AM
The best story of the day. Maybe the week!
My uncle, now dead, used to wax poetic about how you can always find a cop at Dunkin Donuts.
One day, I reminded him that DD might be the only clean place a cop can get warm for ten minutes on a winter night, working 3rd w, or mids. Maybe the only place open with a clean bathroom. And why begrudge a cop a warm cup of coffe while you're home asleep, warm in your bed, you and yours being protected by those of us who aren't warm, safe or dry all night long?
I never darkened his door again. Felt no need to attend his funeral, either. And I find an odd sense of amusement that two of his sons ended up on the fire department.
I don't even know you or your kid, but YOU'RE my real family. (And a very cool one, at that.)
"How about just voting the politicians out of office and let them know you don't like them. Too much trouble?"
Uhh, you DO live in Chicago, don't you?
I keep trying the voting-thing, but even you can see how successful that's been.
Criminal? Serious accusation. As a P.O., you must also know that traffic violations are only quasi-criminal offenses, and only because you have to post a bond.
The tickets written as a result of speed or stop light cameras aren't ANY kind of criminal offense.
Don't take yourself so seriously.
"Folks just drive too fast nowadays."
The speed limit on city streets is 30 mph.
It takes me one hour to drive the 18 miles to my workplace.
If D=R*T, that means I'm averaging 18 mph.
Too fast? What alternate reality are you living?
I've been reading that vans will take part in the speed cam mess. Anybody know any more about these vans?
Anonymous said...
Folks just drive too fast nowadays. If the police can't catch them, these cameras will.
10/31/2011 06:55:00 AM
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Going 1 mph over the limit will cost $100 a pop.
I don't know any cop who pulled someone over for going 1 mph over the limit.
"Folks just drive too fast nowadays."
The speed limit on city streets is 30 mph.
It takes me one hour to drive the 18 miles to my workplace.
If D=R*T, that means I'm averaging 18 mph.
Too fast? What alternate reality are you living?
10/31/2011 10:40:00 PM
by your reasoning, you engage in an hour of foreplay, then, within seconds of beginning copulating, you ejaculate.
would you have been speeding during those last few seconds?
Does anyone have a definitive opinion on the effectiveness of this aerosol spray application to license plates which is invisible to the naked eye?
www.PhotoBlocker.com
10/31/2011 05:02:00 PM
Not very effective and also illegal to obscure your plate by any means. Have fun.
ya the camera can dui a driver!
who is the person that is behind the camera making the decision on who gets a ticket some has to right and that some should have to go to court and explain why.
i her rahm hired the sheriff of nottingham to collect taxes from his loyal subjects.lol
camera dont protect people cop do!!!!
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