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Monkey-masked Ariz. speeder gets 37 photo tickets
AP on Yahoo ^ | 9/11/09 | Amanda Lee Myers - AP

Posted on 09/11/2009 4:00:16 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

PHOENIX – Speed camera photos of the man in the monkey and giraffe masks have generated lots of chuckles. But the cops aren't laughing.

Dave VonTesmar, 47, started getting the $181.50 tickets last year, but it took Arizona state police several months to realize the same driver was repeatedly triggering speed cameras and refusing to pay the fines. By the time they did, more than 50 of the tickets had become invalid because the deadline for prosecution had passed.

VonTesmar, who has now amassed $6,7000 in fines, is fighting each citation by claiming he wasn't behind the wheel.

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TOPICS: US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: monkeymasked; photo; speeder; tickets
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1 posted on 09/11/2009 4:00:17 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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Hey, if they can pass the driver test.. heck they let kennedys drive to this day.


2 posted on 09/11/2009 4:02:18 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
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the giraffe mask seems a bit too much..


3 posted on 09/11/2009 4:02:53 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
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To: NormsRevenge

Hopefully the wreckless driver will only kill themselves soon rather than other drivers.


4 posted on 09/11/2009 4:04:25 PM PDT by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: NormsRevenge
Agency spokesman Bart Graves said DPS has surveillance photos of VonTesmar putting on masks before driving and believes that they will convince justice court judges in three area cities that he was the one behind the wheel and must pay his tickets.

The rest of the article is pretty interesting. The DPS apparently actually followed this guy to catch him putting on the mask.

5 posted on 09/11/2009 4:04:58 PM PDT by justlurking (The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.)
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earlier thread
Monkey-Masked Driver Eludes 37 Traffic Tickets; Claims Unfair Speed Tax
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2336415/posts


6 posted on 09/11/2009 4:06:17 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
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Obviously a racist.

7 posted on 09/11/2009 4:06:47 PM PDT by DogBarkTree (Support Sarah. http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/sarahpalin?ref=nf)
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Hopefully the wreckless driver will only kill themselves soon rather than other drivers.

Most of this guy's tickets were 11-15 mph over the limit. The cameras are set to trigger at 11 mph over the limit.

I drive that fast when passing other traffic, especially on a two lane road.

8 posted on 09/11/2009 4:07:18 PM PDT by justlurking (The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.)
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To: justlurking

Right in the most lucrative speed zone...it’s never been about safety folks...is always been about the cash.


10 posted on 09/11/2009 4:16:45 PM PDT by rightwingextremist1776
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To: NormsRevenge

Needs a sunroof.


11 posted on 09/11/2009 4:17:27 PM PDT by tired1 (When the Devil eats you there's only one way out.)
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To: DogBarkTree

‘obviously a racist’ - hahaha, that’s hysterical!


12 posted on 09/11/2009 4:18:45 PM PDT by No Socialist
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To: NormsRevenge

You can't pin this on me copper. I wuz at the watering hole. Ask the hyenas. I ain't got no monkey mask, either. A giraffe can't catch a break in this town.

13 posted on 09/11/2009 4:20:06 PM PDT by concentric circles
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QUOTE>>>”In Arizona, people who get photo-enforcement tickets in the mail have four options: Agree they were driving and pay the fine, say they weren’t driving and send in their driver’s license photo as proof, request a court date and fight the ticket, or simply ignore the ticket because law enforcement can’t prove they received it. The ticket becomes invalid if a violator who ignores it isn’t served in person within three months.”<<<QUOTE

Okay does this bother anyone else, cops are always saying traffic enforcement is about safety... but this quote tells another story to me.


14 posted on 09/11/2009 4:21:21 PM PDT by The Magical Mischief Tour
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To: rightwingextremist1776
DPS has surveillance photos of VonTesmar putting on masks before driving

Some like minded citizens should do the same. He is absolutely correct in saying that photo radar is nothing but a speed tax.

15 posted on 09/11/2009 4:21:23 PM PDT by glorgau
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16 posted on 09/11/2009 4:22:55 PM PDT by HighWheeler (The higher the concentration of libs, the bigger the tragedy that follows.)
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To: NormsRevenge
>DPS is taking his case very seriously.

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"You will pay for your lack of vision!"


17 posted on 09/11/2009 4:23:15 PM PDT by ROTB (Love your enemies, in the name and faith of Christ.)
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To: justlurking

Maybe he can charge DPS with stalking ;-)


18 posted on 09/11/2009 4:24:38 PM PDT by bigbob
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19 posted on 09/11/2009 4:24:51 PM PDT by HighWheeler (The higher the concentration of libs, the bigger the tragedy that follows.)
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To: windcliff

ping


20 posted on 09/11/2009 4:28:55 PM PDT by stylecouncilor (What Would Jim Thompson Do?)
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