Washington DC Police on record against Freedom of Speech
Comments (0) I am one of many of the millions of iphone users, and enjoy the many apps.
There is an iphone app called Trapster which allows you to have real time knowledge of speed traps, red light cameras, etc. Very handy! Well, unless you are Big Brother hoping to make a few bucks on your redlight cameras…. Read on from the Washington Examiner
…..Area drivers looking to outwit police speed traps and traffic cameras are using an iPhone application and other global positioning system devices that pinpoint the location of the cameras.
[Washingston DC Police Chief Cathy] Lanier said the technology is a “cowardly tactic” and “people who overly rely on those and break the law anyway are going to get caught” in one way or another…..
The greater D.C. area has 290 red-light and speed cameras — comprising nearly 10 percent of all traffic cameras in the U.S., according to estimates by a camera-tracking database called the POI Factory.
….In the current fiscal year, Montgomery County expects to make $29 million from its red light and speed cameras. Lanier said efforts to outlaw the software would be too difficult.
She said, “with the Internet and all the new technology, it’s almost impossible to stop the flow of information.”
Gosh darn it – if it wasn’t for that silly First Amendment…..it’s disturbing that she said “ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE”
You’d like to think they’re most concerned with your safety – but somehow generating ticket revenues without paying for a real police officer has to be even more compelling to local municipalities
More here:Red-light cameras raking in cash
