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Police chief denounces 'cowardly' iPhone users monitoring speed traps [DC angry about lost $]
Washington Examiner ^

Posted on 07/07/2009 10:00:19 AM PDT by RatherBiased.com

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To: RatherBiased.com
"people who overly rely on those and break the law anyway are going to get caught"

Breaking the law, breaking the law.....breaking the law, breaking the law....


61 posted on 07/07/2009 11:13:24 AM PDT by NRA1995 (I'd be embarrased to be driving a Yaris....)
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To: RatherBiased.com

“It’s designed to circumvent law enforcement — law enforcement that is designed specifically to save lives.”

So, does this guy actually believe his own propaganda - that speed traps and red light cameras primary purpose is to save lives (rather than the apparent primary purpose of generating revenue) - or is he just spouting the party line, upset that people are circumventing their revenue-enhancement efforts?


62 posted on 07/07/2009 11:17:17 AM PDT by -YYZ- (Strong like bull, smart like ox.)
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To: RatherBiased.com

I guess, according to this Police Chief, I’m “cowardly” because I stay at the speed limit- what’s next, she’ll call me a “thief” for not adding to the speeding fine collection revenue? But, I’ll bet she’d get angry if I bring up the phrase “ticket quotas”- hypocrite.


63 posted on 07/07/2009 11:19:42 AM PDT by richmwill
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To: Charles Martel

Thank you! We have a gps unit.


64 posted on 07/07/2009 11:21:04 AM PDT by aberaussie
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To: RatherBiased.com
"people who overly rely on those and break the law anyway are going to get caught" in one way or another.

Then you have no cause to whine, do you?

65 posted on 07/07/2009 11:23:43 AM PDT by theDentist (qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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To: RatherBiased.com

CBs, cell phones, iPods, whatever. It’s all the same all fuss, the police are irked cuz someone is trying to avoid their traps.


66 posted on 07/07/2009 11:24:17 AM PDT by pctech
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To: RatherBiased.com

Who the he!! put a woman in charge of police for the Nation's Capital?

67 posted on 07/07/2009 11:25:56 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (If ten percent is good enough for Jesus, it ought to be good enough for Uncle Sam. --Ray Stevens)
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To: big bad easter bunny
This is the stupidest man I have ever read about.

It's a woman. A stupid one.

68 posted on 07/07/2009 11:28:46 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (If ten percent is good enough for Jesus, it ought to be good enough for Uncle Sam. --Ray Stevens)
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To: Albion Wilde

Well, it’s a politically correct appointment......aren’t you impressed by the 4 stars on each manly shoulder?


69 posted on 07/07/2009 11:29:31 AM PDT by brent13a (You're a Great American! NO you're a Great American! NO NO NO YOU'RE a Great American! Nooo.....WTF?)
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To: RatherBiased.com

There was an old ruling by a very wise judge regarding the original radar detector and I am paraphrasing “ when the government uses surreptious means to monitor citizens, those same citizens are justified in using that same technology to protect themselves”.


70 posted on 07/07/2009 11:31:15 AM PDT by Cyman
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To: Kieri
If DC has that many cameras, drivers are going to get sick of the alarm going off all the time.

There's no alarm; and no one comes to stop you from speeding. What happens is you get a hefty ticket in the mail a few days later and have to pay it.

71 posted on 07/07/2009 11:33:31 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (If ten percent is good enough for Jesus, it ought to be good enough for Uncle Sam. --Ray Stevens)
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To: RatherBiased.com

...law enforcement that is designed specifically to save lives

I guess that’s why the Auto Insurance business gives radar equipment to the police free of charge......to save lives


72 posted on 07/07/2009 11:33:56 AM PDT by sfvgto (Dear Congress, my name is Jimmie....gimmie, gimmie, gimmie)
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To: DieHard the Hunter
sobriety checkpoints

At one of which I spent an hour and a half waiting to get home late one Saturday night. I was stone cold sober, had nothing to drink that night, driving in a minivan with two sleeping children and my wife. When I got to the actual officer, he waved me through. I could have jumped out and strangled every one of them with my bare hands at that point.

F&&K those precious "sobriety checkpoints".

73 posted on 07/07/2009 11:37:07 AM PDT by Hardastarboard (I long for the days when advertisers didn't constantly ask about the health of my genital organs.)
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To: Hardastarboard

>>F&&K those precious “sobriety checkpoints”.

Amen. Say it again!

Police State Crap.


74 posted on 07/07/2009 11:40:22 AM PDT by swarthyguy ("We may be crazy in Pakistan, but not completely out of our minds," ISI Gen. Ahmed Shujaa Pasha)
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To: RatherBiased.com
Predatory government at its best!/

Serve and Protect I think not.

Fine and collect is what they do.

75 posted on 07/07/2009 11:40:34 AM PDT by 08bil98z24
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To: Filo

exactly!

If getting people to slow down was the purpose, then they would be embracing the technology, because it is making people drive slower exactly where they want them too.


76 posted on 07/07/2009 11:45:26 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: RatherBiased.com

http://www.gpsangel.com/?page_id=1&sid=

Where there is a will there is a way. Check it out.


77 posted on 07/07/2009 11:46:39 AM PDT by bikerman (Free men do not ask permission to bear arms.)
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To: Albion Wilde
There's no alarm; and no one comes to stop you from speeding. What happens is you get a hefty ticket in the mail a few days later and have to pay it.

The "alarm" is your GPS or iPhone alerting you to a reported camera or speedtrap location. That's what this police chief is whining about - civilian "electronic countermeasures".

78 posted on 07/07/2009 12:00:39 PM PDT by Charles Martel ("Endeavor to persevere...")
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To: sfvgto
I guess that’s why the Auto Insurance business gives radar equipment to the police free of charge......to save lives

I remember when Geico first stirred up a controversy by donating radar guns to law enforcement agencies - that's the reason I'd never give them any business. Have any other insurance companies admitted to doing the same?

79 posted on 07/07/2009 12:04:28 PM PDT by Charles Martel ("Endeavor to persevere...")
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To: Jack of all Trades
Just wait until someone figures out how to connect an iPhone to a radar detector.

It's already been done, more or less. Some detectors sold by Passport and Cobra already have the GPS-based warning capability built in, with updates available by connecting to your computer.

80 posted on 07/07/2009 12:16:58 PM PDT by Charles Martel ("Endeavor to persevere...")
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