Taking Matters into Hand
- Citizens across the country have grumbled about speed cameras, but someone in Wicomico County, Maryland appears to be making a physical — and political — point.
This traffic camera, supposedly in Wicomico County, Maryland, was spray-painted over the lens and tagged with the year 1776, the year the U.S. declared its independence. (Photo via SBY News)
A photo posted on the blog SBY News shows a traffic camera that’s been spray-painted over the lens and tagged with the year 1776, the year the U.S. declared independence.
And the offending camera:
Chicago's cameras appear to be placed a bit higher however.
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posted by SCC at 12:05 AM
105 Comments:
Well, it's at least more creative than what happens in Jolly Olde Safe And Secure England - there, the cameras well be yanked out by chaining them to vehicles, smashed (clubs, pipes, *axes*), and torched.
Stateside, we have more.. direct.. means. (See: Chicago shootings - although perforating road signs and such is usually more a rural pastime.) How much direct laser input can one of those cameras handle, anyway?
How to cut down a CCTV camera pole
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYadck71l74
OT., In my travels throughout the City I see not just food carts and curbside stands set up selling food, ice cream, etc., but pickup trucks pulled over on major thoroughfares hawking fruit and other goodies. Do these people pay any license fees, and is this food inspected? Why bother with the hassle of trying to run a legitimate business and getting hammered with costs when you can sell off a truck with no oversight whatsoever??
Believe me...There will be PLENTY more of this thru out the country...............
I might plant a tree in front of it.
Or have a kid with a big bunch of helium ballons in front of it.
Or a photo of my ass....
Maybe McShooter and his brother will take care of the cameras in Chicago,you know what i mean ???
buy a simple device that mount to an extension pole that holds your can. This contraption is used to get rid of wasps and hornets on a tree without climbing the tree. dirt cheap too!
We need cameras to watch the cameras!
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The one at Pershing and Damen was snapping away non stop last night. Rahm is salivating at the mouth.
Nice
So I guess just driving the speed limit is to difficult of a solution so don't get a ticket. We really are a country of whiners.
Nothing a hefty bag won't cure........albeit temporarily
I know we are law enforcement, but personally I could care less if the citizens tear these speed cameras apart- I don't blame them because I hate them too. They should be illegal because the ONLY reason they were implemented is to collect more revenue from the tax-paying citizens. We already have a system in place for speed enforcement- stop lights, stop signs, speed bumps, and policemen. When you are stopped and cited for traffic offenses by a police officer, you have the right to face him in court, ask him questions, and plead your case to a judge. You are denied this due process when you are cited by a machine- which is supposed to be calibrated and tested before being used. On patrol, we gauge speed by 1) another vehicle's speed relative to our own while driving, or 2) the use of a LIDAR machine. We are required to test these machines before the start of each tour and at the end of each tour if we are using them. This includes running a self diagnostic program which reveals any errors or problems and distance verification on a pre-measured surface. This practice must be done with EVERY speed camera, every day it is to be used or it compromises it's validity and renders any citations issued questionable. So who exactly is doing all of these required checks everyday on these devices? And how are you getting a fair trial if you attend an administrative hearing where a lawyer hired by the city decides your case? This is all nothing but a huge scam.
Damn SCC, I was ***JUST*** going to post that story!!
HAHAHHAHA
OFF topic: With all the comments about Rahm on Letterman last night, everybody overlooked the obvious:
RAHM ANNOUNCED HE IS RUNNING AGAIN.
Yes, he clearly did. After saying "best job I've ever had in public life", he was asked if he will run again and he said, "Yeah", nodding his head emphatically.
Later in the interview, when Letterman asked a question that started with 'if you weren't campaigning...', Rahm said he wouldn't be campaigning 'for sixteen months'.
The favored protest in Arizona is a stick and a couple of post it notes.
I think a paintball gun could effectively stop the device. I drove by the 67/Kedzie cameras this morning and EVERYONE put on the brakes and rolled past at 20mph. It was funny.
I bet a paintball gun would work great on Rham's cameras.
What kind of make and model of detector will really work in the People's Replblic of Chicago?
I eant to get one before the price skyrockets.
You better watch it. There's no than one camera watching the area. Those red light cameras have feed too.
That won't happen to the speed cameras going up in Chiraq, Rahmistan -- Spray Paint Sales was banned in Chiraq back in 1995. :-)
So Da Boyz In Da Hood will just shoot out the lenses and cameras. They'll use those 'thousands of Assault Rifles'(/s) they apparently have stored away which Tiny Dancer, McStupid, and Potato-Head are so deathly afraid of -- and God knows they could sure use the practice.
They'll set up Shooting Galleries with AKs and ARs so the whole family to join in. A nice night out, starting at 1:00 am, so 'mom' can bring the 2 year old. It'll be like the 4th of July fireworks displays in all the parks. After all, who doesn't enjoy those....
Freedom from our Extremist Oppressive Government.
Cameras are unarmed. They fight crime and save lives by not shooting people. Cameras promote peace not hate.
a non glossy clear coat, nice and thick would be less likely to be noticed as vandalism or as having been tagged, and would likely blur the photos to a point of uselessness...
I sure hope plenty of fed up, over taxed citizens decide to do things like this to Rahm's revenue generators.
Anonymous said...
Those who care about the FOP and the waste going on there need to attend the meeting this month on Sep 7th @ noon.
There are proposals to change the by-laws to remove the 3rd VP and Financial Secretary positions. The positions are not needed and are not at the National or State level so it begs to ask the why do we need them? These positions drain $165,000 EACH a year. Why are we paying over $300,000 in salary a year for positions that neither the National or State lodge need? The cancer of city politics has bleed in to the FOP. Time to start righting the ship.
9/09/2013 08:48:00 PM
I do hope that this creates a huge turnout for the meeting and this proposal is passed. Get these horses away from the trough
slingshot, pellet gun, paint ball gun.
PUH-LEEEASE!!!!!
The Dancin' Geltmizer will have those MONEY MAKIN' ROBOTS on 24hr surveillance. And he probably has a public execution order ready to go for anyone that touches one of his golden geese.
Viva la revolución !!!
Ahh HA ha ha ha ahhaha
I dont give a fuck how high Chicago places their cameras. If its within range of a paintball gun or a wrist rocket it will have the same effect. I cant wait to see what happens when these start getting destroyed in Shitcago. LOL!!!
Try Pep Boys undercoating - black tarry shit that'll never come off cleanly-really now would we arrest a citizen exercising his right to protest Rahm and his theiving friends?
Civil disobediance, damage to property at worst - Saul Alinski would be proud.
Let the revolt begin!
Yeah baby! Good thing guns and spray paint are outlawed in chicago! There is absolutely no way this can happen here, right rahm? And that is why nobody gets shot in Chicago and of all the people that DONT get shot, the shooting are down 24% in chicago right Letterman...ah he he he. (Letterman laugh)
Paint ball guns would do the job very nicely. It will happen. Peasants will get fed up with being taken for a ride by our corrupt greedy politicians and corporation pirates. You can smell the Revolution in the air.
Any ideas?
I think we should just en masse tape a copy of 9.5's plate over the real plates of hundreds of cars and run wild to see if we can overload the system with tickets all going back to tiny dancer himself
OT , just turned 55 and ain't going to retire next year . I get all the ot I need , summer furloughs , write a few school absentees , tickets for over 100K a year . I hope they raise mandatory age to 65 . Wait your turn hair gels.
I see all these solutions, but I bet they are all from guys still bringing in Parker's and Movers and TIVOing Doomsday Preppers. Wake up cowards and bring in zeros.
Our founding fathers would be gut sick if they saw our present leaders. They were brave men who risked everything.
Our current leaders wouldn't take any personal risks for anything.
Anonymous said...
OT., In my travels throughout the City I see not just food carts and curbside stands set up selling food, ice cream, etc., but pickup trucks pulled over on major thoroughfares hawking fruit and other goodies. Do these people pay any license fees, and is this food inspected? Why bother with the hassle of trying to run a legitimate business and getting hammered with costs when you can sell off a truck with no oversight whatsoever??
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Hey dummy, that's what started the Arab Spring. A guy in the middle east was unable to eak out a living selling fruit because of government intervention. He lit himself on fire and the rest is history.
Reduce the forth arm of government "The administrative bureaucrats".
America is crumbling in front of your eyes.
Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...
Those who care about the FOP and the waste going on there need to attend the meeting this month on Sep 7th @ noon.
There are proposals to change the by-laws to remove the 3rd VP and Financial Secretary positions. The positions are not needed and are not at the National or State level so it begs to ask the why do we need them? These positions drain $165,000 EACH a year. Why are we paying over $300,000 in salary a year for positions that neither the National or State lodge need? The cancer of city politics has bleed in to the FOP. Time to start righting the ship.
9/09/2013 08:48:00 PM
I do hope that this creates a huge turnout for the meeting and this proposal is passed. Get these horses away from the trough
9/10/2013 12:20:00 PM
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The proposal is a voice vote. The system is flawed by that point alone. It intimidates. I bet noone goes against Agelo on this one. The person that does shows that they have balls and will be crushed.
Who are you kidding. We will bend over and take this screwing like we take all the other screwings. We are all a bunch of sheep in this town. Pussies.
Inspector Gadget McGyver :
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Go Firefighters!!!!
"The AFL-CIO needs to stick with representing workers and stop trying to take on social causes for the far left, said the union head for the International Association of Fire Fighters."
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/10/blue-collar-laborers-rebel-afl-cios-embrace-progre/
I'm vacationing in the Southwest. Everything tax wise is so much cheaper. Crime can never be escaped, but it is negligible here. The difference, where I'm at they don't have a bunch of ghetto rats to suppoprt.
Anonymous said...
So I guess just driving the speed limit is to difficult of a solution so don't get a ticket. We really are a country of whiners.
9/10/2013 10:36:00 AM
It's called government overreach and most people are tired of it. Libtards like you can't seem to get enough of it.
OT. New tablets for the alderincompetents at $1400. a pop.
grand total of $80k. But at least if they are connected to wifi they can put in city service requests via 311.
Couldn't they just call 311 from a cell phone or use the free 311 app. to do it. Just saying.
It must be for the children.
Anonymous said...
OFF topic: With all the comments about Rahm on Letterman last night, everybody overlooked the obvious:
RAHM ANNOUNCED HE IS RUNNING AGAIN.
Yes, he clearly did. After saying "best job I've ever had in public life", he was asked if he will run again and he said, "Yeah", nodding his head emphatically.
Later in the interview, when Letterman asked a question that started with 'if you weren't campaigning...', Rahm said he wouldn't be campaigning 'for sixteen months'.
9/10/2013 11:07:00 AM
Thanks for the unfortunate FYI, because no way I could stomach watching that.
--No Cop Here
Any goof going 60 in a 30 deserves at ticket. BUT if you get a 26 in 20 mph zone and there are NO kids around you are getting screwed.
The best way to get even with this evil vile dwarf on the 5th floor is to vote him out of office. If you get a $35 ticket for 26 mph take a personal oath to get 35 people to show up to the polls in the next election and get rid of this despicable excuse for a human being.
.......will be using the cruise control.
What happens to the cameras when they start racially profiling?
Anonymous said...
OT., In my travels throughout the City I see not just food carts and curbside stands set up selling food, ice cream, etc., but pickup trucks pulled over on major thoroughfares hawking fruit and other goodies. Do these people pay any license fees, and is this food inspected? Why bother with the hassle of trying to run a legitimate business and getting hammered with costs when you can sell off a truck with no oversight whatsoever??
9/10/2013 10:05:00 AM
The Police as I recall are supposed to stop and request proof of permit to sell when they see these.
Just like a Platform performer on CTA property has to have a Permit...so do these vendors. They also have to have State Issued ID or DL to prove the License they have is actually Theirs.
The problem is that is some 'community leaders' and aldermen put 'pressure' on the Street PO's to leave the illegals and unlicensed alone.
America is still the land of the free and home of the brave.
Wolverines!
Anonymous Anonymous said...
So I guess just driving the speed limit is to difficult of a solution so don't get a ticket. We really are a country of whiners.
9/10/2013 10:36:00 AM
Driving the Speed limit isn't actually the issue here.
The Issue is that Speed Limits in Chicago are artificially Low based upon Engineering studies done by people that don't owe their jobs to CDOT or Rahm.
All Streets in Chicago Default to 30 MPH due to lack of signage of a different higher rate. Stretches of Irving and Western and Ashland and Kedzie and Cicero and Belmont and Diversey and North and Roosevelt and etc are in good enough condition to justify a 40 MPH speed limit. And there are areas of Chicago that should never be above 30...and possible should be posted at 25 or 20 on residential streets.
Is there a like button?
This is how they take care of photo radar cameras in Tempe, AZ around Christmas...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T43LtGNFLPw
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Try Pep Boys undercoating - black tarry shit that'll never come off cleanly-really now would we arrest a citizen exercising his right to protest Rahm and his theiving friends?
9/10/2013 12:57:00 PM
You bet you would.
Unless disobeying a direct order is a reason you want on your transfer form to call back.
If u don't get aticket from one of these they will probably send one of those slug so called inspectors out from Consumer Affairs.
Power to the People !
Lets hope that this spreads to Chicago!
Let Freedom Reign!
OFF topic: With all the comments about Rahm on Letterman last night, everybody overlooked the obvious:
RAHM ANNOUNCED HE IS RUNNING AGAIN.
Yes, he clearly did. After saying "best job I've ever had in public life", he was asked if he will run again and he said, "Yeah", nodding his head emphatically.
Later in the interview, when Letterman asked a question that started with 'if you weren't campaigning...', Rahm said he wouldn't be campaigning 'for sixteen months'.
This is no secret. He's said in the past that he was planning on running again, and has no aspirations to leave for higher office. Everyone says he's gonna take durbin's spot if he retires, or run against Kirk next term, but I think he's staying right here. Mrs. Mayor wants to have as close to a normal life as possible. I think we're going to be stuck with this idiot for the next 20 yrs.
Anonymous said...
So I guess just driving the speed limit is to difficult of a solution so don't get a ticket. We really are a country of whiners.
9/10/2013 10:36:00
YOOOOUUU are a DUMBASS!
Put a big bike rack on the back of your car, so the manned squad car can see it but the camera can't
A camera can't catch a person with no DL, a suspended DL, a revoked DL, no insurance, no expired plates, no city sticker and most importantly somebody wanted on a warrant. People are arrested many times a day in this city off a warrant found on a stop.
It isn't about the children, it's all about the money......typical liberal bullshit.
Just watched our bumbling, spineless arrogant President try and justify throwing cruise missiles at Syria. On the eve of 9/11 I am disgusted that a man who truly despises a large portion of our country and villified President Bush would attempt to rally the country to save his clueless " Pompous Red Line " ass. Both sides of this civil war HATE US, dumb ass. Why not admit just the world is a safer place without Saddam .
How bout you coat the lens with plain ol petroleum jelly, (or KY) as the idea seems to be stick it up our asses?
Give them nothing. Take from them everything.
Don't kid yourself. Just like anonymous posted, we'll
trot on up to 400 west Superior and try to find a
parking space, line-up in front of Rahm's ALO's ( Administrative Law Officers)
and pay the fine. Ain't no
defense against this kind of
ticket. Exceed the speed limit programmed into the camera and they gotcha.
And who's to know what kind of tinkering is being done to have the camera record a
higher speed than is posted.
Drive 25 and keep your freedom alive, your money in
your pocket, not Rham's.
Throw your license plates in the trunk. The ticket for that is cheaper than speeding. Fell off in the car wash, you know.
Only those racist, crazy tea-partiers and birthers would dare vandalize and attempt to withhold money from our dear leaders in government.
It's actually not even your money, it's our money. We are all in this together.
Hope, is on the rise again.
For the first time in my life, I am really proud of this country.
unConstitutional Invasion of Citizens Privacy Rights.
Anonymous said...
I dont give a fuck how high Chicago places their cameras. If its within range of a paintball gun or a wrist rocket it will have the same effect. I cant wait to see what happens when these start getting destroyed in Shitcago. LOL!!!
9/10/2013 12:53:00 PM
Yeah, ok, just like the camera lights, huh?
Just awesome! Needs to happen in Chicagoland!
To all assholes who say drive the speed limit and stop whining:
Fuck off if you're a cop. Those cameras replace officers that we sorely need. It would be one thing if we were fully staffed and stretched to the Max.. think about it. That thing is replacing our lively hood. Keep you're mouth closed please...
How bout you coat the lens with plain ol petroleum jelly, (or KY) as the idea seems to be stick it up our asses?
9/10/2013 09:57:00 PM
I like this idea. Not really criminal damage.
So I guess just driving the speed limit is to difficult of a solution so don't get a ticket. We really are a country of whiners.9/10/2013 10:36:00 AM
its called government overreach and most people are tired of it. Libtards like you can't seem to get enough of it.
You must be a.joy to ride with for eight hours. Not enforcing any laws because they are government overreach. Please go back to moms basement and finish your manifesto.
Nothing a hefty bag won't cure. Just toss it up over the whole camera and it's useless.
You should see what they did in Arizona to the speed cameras that were on the highways. Rifle rounds, trash bags, bunches of balloons in front of the lens, etc.
Anonymous said...
So I guess just driving the speed limit is to difficult of a solution so don't get a ticket. We really are a country of whiners.
9/10/2013 10:36:00 AM
You're missing the point, slave. You should be "whining" when the government intrudes at this level. But you're probably too busy voting communist.
Moron.
Anonymous said...
Don't kid yourself. Just like anonymous posted, we'll
trot on up to 400 west Superior and try to find a
parking space, line-up in front of Rahm's ALO's ( Administrative Law Officers)
and pay the fine. Ain't no
defense against this kind of
ticket. Exceed the speed limit programmed into the camera and they gotcha.
And who's to know what kind of tinkering is being done to have the camera record a
higher speed than is posted.
Drive 25 and keep your freedom alive, your money in
your pocket, not Rham's.
9/10/2013 10:02:00 PM
You are a pussy. Just follow their rules, right? No wonder this city is screwed. Programmed, brain dead assholes like you vote and follow like sheep.
Just admit u r a sheep too!
wanting everyone else to solve your gripes. Just pay your tickets and smile for the camera.
May be instead of working VRI and your security gig you work for a candidate you like.
A long ladder and a orange vest. 1 minutes up and down
For all I know he is a city worker. No readon for me to
question him. What citizen is going to call and by the time
we get the service call he will be long gone. GOA no report needed.
Do not wake the sleeping giant.
I'm sure the crack golden boys will be on the caper to solve it.
unConstitutional Invasion of Citizens Privacy Rights.
Huh? Since when is driving a vehicle a right?
Everyone take their license plates off their cars starting October 1st. The only way things will change is if you make them. You want to write hard working citizens tickets then stop me. Guess what? Everyone will be affected even the off duty police. Illinois politicians are the real criminals.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
How bout you coat the lens with plain ol petroleum jelly, (or KY) as the idea seems to be stick it up our asses?
9/10/2013 09:57:00 PM
I like this idea. Not really criminal damage.
9/11/2013 12:10:00 AM
They're up too high.
If red dawn happened tomorrow the democrats would be the first ones to support the communist invasion, selling the rest of us out.
How bout you coat the lens with plain ol petroleum jelly, (or KY) as the idea seems to be stick it up our asses?
I'm not wasting my KY on a speed camera
The camera company that provides these cameras is cheaper than to hire cops.
The company that provides these cameras gives money to the Democratic Criminal Combine which lines their pockets and gets them votes which cops do not.
The camera company does not require a pension which cops do.
The camera company probably will rake in millions and even billions while cops will get lawsuits that will lose the city millions and eventually billions.
Stay Safe. This is almost the start of "The Pin-boy Syndrome", but most of you have never seen or even know what a pin-boy was.
Thx for the notion of a bike rack, it's a solid plan that doesnt break any laws. Simple & sweet.
Re: the camera company. The revrunds should be clamoring with joy. Watched a brother tweeking one of the McKinley park revenue rigs yesterday.
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Anonymous Anonymous said...
Everyone take their license plates off their cars starting October 1st. The only way things will change is if you make them. You want to write hard working citizens tickets then stop me. Guess what? Everyone will be affected even the off duty police. Illinois politicians are the real criminals.
9/11/2013 10:41:00 AM
Yeah...right...and make it easier for Revenue?
edited for the part I want to address:
Anonymous Anonymous said...
We already have a system in place for speed enforcement- stop lights, stop signs, speed bumps...
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Question for ya Office..
How many of these Movers do you do per shift if you are not down on Calls? Or had to pull up due to your Squad Camera going Ping on a Plate? And I don't mean just the "district Traffic Unit" that does nothing but Parkers and Movers.
Failure to Yields are a State Charge. OT to County Traffic Court and the City gets Dick for revenue from the Fine. Same for drivers that blow a stop light. Same for Bike riders that do the same crap.
85% of this country are rural Americans who have hunted their whole lives. Most can give a squirrel a haircut from 100 meters. The end of times might be very bad for some people. Country boys will survive, city folk won't.
That is all.
85% of this country are rural Americans who have hunted their whole lives. Most can give a squirrel a haircut from 100 meters. The end of times might be very bad for some people. Country boys will survive, city folk won't.
That is all.
They're up too high.
9/11/2013 11:35:00 AM
Paint Ball anyone?
How bout you coat the lens with plain ol petroleum jelly, (or KY) as the idea seems to be stick it up our asses?
I'm not wasting my KY on a speed camera
9/11/2013 12:57:00 PM
Wouldn't waste it on Rahm either.
A sand covered condom comes to mind.
Several years ago there was someone taking them out with what turned out to be a precision, competition air rifle. I didn't realize they made them with the fps or the hardened projectile to bust something like that up. I guess they do though.
Of course the guy bragged about it and got caught.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
They're up too high.
9/11/2013 11:35:00 AM
Paint Ball anyone?
9/11/2013 05:56:00 PM
They're up too high was in response to using petroleum jelly, not using a paintball gun.
Rahm will never be satisfied.
When these do not provide him with enough revenue (they never will) so Rahm will want more and MORE CAMERAS,
Will he spend the money on us, not!
85% of this country are rural Americans who have hunted their whole lives. Most can give a squirrel a haircut from 100 meters. The end of times might be very bad for some people. Country boys will survive, city folk won't.
That is all.
9/11/2013 05:43:00 PM
Country boys don't measure in 'meters'.
I have an idea... Why don't we make a few replica plates of Rahm's and His Ole lady's license plates, put it on a car, wear a mask to conceal your identity and then blow past each and every red light and speed camera???
85% of this country are rural Americans who have hunted their whole lives. Most can give a squirrel a haircut from 100 meters. The end of times might be very bad for some people. Country boys will survive, city folk won't.
That is all.
9/11/2013 05:43:00 PM
Country boys don't measure in 'meters'.
9/12/2013 06:01:00 AM
Military country boys do.
That is all.
Military country boys do.
That is all.
9/12/2013 05:34:00 PM
Touché! Thank you for your service.
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