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Plastic Strip Shields License Plates From Traffic Cameras
WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC) ^ | July 15, 2002 | Kamal Wallace, Staff Writer

Posted on 07/15/2002 11:23:54 AM PDT by Constitution Day

Edited on 04/13/2004 2:55:44 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Too many people in Fayetteville tried to race through intersections before the traffic light turned red, so the city installed cameras to nab red light runners. The traffic cameras are coming soon to Raleigh, Cary and Chapel Hill (also in Rocky Mount - CD). But, before some cameras are up, there is a way around them.


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TOPICS: Extended News; Government; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: northcarolina; oldnorthstate; photoradar; redlightcameras; unhelpful
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To: maxwell
ROTFL...



61 posted on 07/15/2002 12:12:13 PM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: maxwell; Constitution Day
Alright now!!! I just ate lunch a bit ago, I'm going to be sick!!
62 posted on 07/15/2002 12:14:42 PM PDT by billbears
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To: Constitution Day
Bwahaha... Scuze me while I whip this out...
63 posted on 07/15/2002 12:17:31 PM PDT by maxwell
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To: ninenot
You can take out the cameras w/a .22 right into the lens. Of course, you have to be wearing a costume at the time because the lens IS taking your picture..

Thats destruction of public property.

Using a paintball gun would be defacing of public property.

The correct solution would be to cut the power to the traffic lights, or eliminate the government funds that pay for the operation, maintenance and use of the cameras.

Gimme my durn muffler!!!

64 posted on 07/15/2002 12:30:03 PM PDT by Frohickey
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To: Constitution Day
It'd take more than a little blue pill!! Maybe about 2 fifths of JD
65 posted on 07/15/2002 12:32:02 PM PDT by billbears
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To: Constitution Day
bump
66 posted on 07/15/2002 12:32:42 PM PDT by Steve0113
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To: billbears
I don't know if Foto Fog will work, but a slave flash bouncing off your plates should do the trick.
67 posted on 07/15/2002 12:34:11 PM PDT by eno_
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To: Owl_Eagle
As a friend of someone who was speared at an intersection by someone trying to “stretch a light”, I would have to disagree with the honorable legislator. In an accident like this, the more injured victim is usually the person who’s light has just turned green and is pulling into an intersection and takes the full brunt of impact on the driver side door.

I’ve got another safer, cheaper alternative- How about not running red lights? As an added bonus you might be able to avoid the guilt of condemning an otherwise healthy person into a premature geriatric state…

I agree completely... Frankly, I'm getting firghtened of riding my motorcycle on the roads anymore. In my car, I NEVER just pull out when the light turns green. I wait and check for traffic, since it seems that trafic signals are now taken as "suggestions." I've actually counted seven seconds after my light turned green before it was clear for me to pull out... The result? Well, I've been rear-ended 3 times at trafic lights in the last 10 months!

Mark

68 posted on 07/15/2002 12:37:59 PM PDT by MarkL
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To: ninenot
You can take out the cameras w/a .22 right into the lens. Of course, you have to be wearing a costume at the time because the lens IS taking your picture..

Not if you're not running the red light while you're shooting out the camera. ;-)

69 posted on 07/15/2002 12:42:14 PM PDT by chaosagent
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To: MarkL
I nearly lost my daughter to a red light runner. They should be charged with attempted murder, and the car should be confiscated.
70 posted on 07/15/2002 12:45:17 PM PDT by aimhigh
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To: Drew68
However, you would send a more powerful message if you bought a high powered air rifle and took out a few cameras.....

Believe it or not, most of those cameras were intentionally designed to be bulletproof from airguns and small calibre firearms.

Well, if you can't bust the darned things, obscure the lenses. Semiautomatic paintball guns can be had with cheap laser sights these days, y'know. Crank back the ol' sunroof when nobody's looking and plink away.

The people who operate these systems are depending on everything working without constant human oversight, so if they have to clean or replace cameras more often than they'd expected, there goes the profit.

Just be sure to avoid repeating patterns regarding times and locations - eventually they'll put a real cop out there to try to catch the Mad Paintballer. Why, those harmless toys are probable classed as "firearms" in some jurisdictions, so do your homework on the risks involved.

71 posted on 07/15/2002 12:48:19 PM PDT by Charles Martel
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To: thinden
I can't find it either in Patents or Trademarks.
72 posted on 07/15/2002 12:51:17 PM PDT by rdavis84
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To: Sir Gawain
A lot of these cities that implement the cameras also shorten the time between yellow and red to generate more revenue.

I've heard these allegations for some time, and I seriously doubt this is the case. The appropriate yellow interval at a stoplight is dictated by the speed of the roadway and the distance at which the signal head can be seen by approaching motorists. An engineer who attempts to reduce the yellow interval below this "design" threshold is designing an unsafe traffic control device and is therefore exposing himself to disciplinary action from his state licensing review board.

I've made this offer on FreeRepublic before: I will represent anyone who believes they have been victimized by a "red-light camera" system in which the yellow interval has been reduced to a substandard level. I get 50% of whatever civil damages you net out after your legal fees are paid, with a special 10% bonus to be paid once the engineer's license to practice is suspended.

73 posted on 07/15/2002 12:53:33 PM PDT by Alberta's Child
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To: Frohickey
Using a paintball gun would be defacing of public property.

Is it really public property, or is it owned by the company that the municipality has contracted to rake in the dough, er, perform the work?

Perhaps some innovative company will begin manufacturing paintballs that, when applied to public property, might be mistaken for pigeon droppings! ;-)

74 posted on 07/15/2002 12:55:54 PM PDT by Charles Martel
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To: Owl_Eagle
The complaint that people have about these red-light cameras is a valid one. Most of the municipalities that use them do not place them at the intersections with the most extensive histories of accidents related to vehicles running red lights. Instead, they place them at the intersections where they will maximize the amount of revenue that will be collected from the tickets.

In other words, the highest accident rates involving a vehicle running a red light do not necessarily occur at the intersections with the most violations.

75 posted on 07/15/2002 12:56:49 PM PDT by Alberta's Child
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To: Henrietta
See #73.
76 posted on 07/15/2002 12:58:20 PM PDT by Alberta's Child
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To: Alberta's Child
The Truth About Red Light Cameras by House Majority Leader Dick Armey
77 posted on 07/15/2002 1:01:47 PM PDT by Sir Gawain
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To: Beelzebubba
ping
78 posted on 07/15/2002 1:03:27 PM PDT by Sir Gawain
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To: Constitution Day
About time
79 posted on 07/15/2002 1:06:02 PM PDT by GailA
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To: Frohickey
Using a paintball gun would be defacing of public property.

As long as it is water soluable paint the police take a 'no harm done' attitude when it is private property. I would think the same would apply to public property.

80 posted on 07/15/2002 1:08:00 PM PDT by Gaston
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