Speed Camera "Pimping" Game [View All]

[MazeRat7]

I distinctly remember a conversation I had with a couple of friends a while back saying that it would only be a matter of time before kids or criminals found a way to use the latest rage of red light ticketing to their advantage...

As a prank, students from local high schools have been taking advantage of the county's Speed Camera Program in order to exact revenge on people who they believe have wronged them in the past, including other students and even teachers.

Students from Richard Montgomery High School dubbed the prank the Speed Camera "Pimping" game, according to a parent of a student enrolled at one of the high schools.

Originating from Wootton High School, the parent said, students duplicate the license plates by printing plate numbers on glossy photo paper, using fonts from certain websites that "mimic" those on Maryland license plates. They tape the duplicate plate over the existing plate on the back of their car and purposefully speed through a speed camera, the parent said. The victim then receives a citation in the mail days later.

Students are even obtaining vehicles from their friends that are similar or identical to the make and model of the car owned by the targeted victim, according to the parent.
http://www.thesentinel.com/302730670790449.php

I also read where criminals in London were doing basically the same thing.

I'll say it again, while I despise people that blatantly run red lights and place the safety of others in jeopardy, "automated" law enforcement is just a bad idea since there is no way to verify "who" was driving the car much less if the photo is an accurate representation (right plates, right car, etc).

Peace,
MZr7

edit: changed title of post for accuracy.