Re: Speeding, Photo Radar...

[Tom Nas <tnas@euronet.nl>]

cobram@juno.com (. .) wrote:

>In certain countries, you can actually buy your own
>photo-radar device.  Since many municipalities in
>in other countries have very little money/no credit
>status, they offer these photo-radar units as
>an investment.  You purchase the unit, have it
>mounted (usually on a utility pole, nice looong
>stretch of deserted avenue) and you get to keep
>between 40-60% of the ticket revenue, with the
>balance going to the municipality. In one
>such city that had these units, I hear some people in
>a red imported American truck dawned ski masks
>and wiped out 20 of these units in one night with
>a high powered rifle.....

I've read a report of damages to roadside cameras here in Holland some time
ago, and shooting at them is only one thing. Spray painting is very
popular, but we've had a few instances of people stealing a digger and
tearing the pole out, or backing a truck into it.

Mind you, I've had thoughts like this, too...

Tom

PS New plugs for my 90q tomorrow, it would be nice if I could get it to run
on five cylinders again...

PPS The views I get living at a busy crossroads... an S8 just passed my window!