If these stay legal, some day we'll read about the yahoo with one of these on his car who killed a First Grader after barreling through a school zone at 70 MPH.
Laser and radar "jammers" are already illegal in just about any state in which you'd find a traffic camera. I can't imagine it'd take more than one legislative session update the books to include these as well.
Also, I wonder if these actually work. From the limited knowledge I have of pro photography gear, I recall secondary strobes that work by reacting to you flash being less desirable than infrared ones because they're slower. Anyone?
"Why don't you secure funding through normal channels?" should be in the FAQ's of all crowd-funded projects like this.
I think that UV LEDs shining on the plate would work (making a seen-by-camera-only bright glow) and could be on all of the time. But since only drunken, child-killing criminals want to mask their plates, forget I said that.
@6 by entering a tolled roadway, you are required to have either a toll device with a GoodToGo account or a readable license plate. Any flash plates could allow them to activate one of drones to follow your car until the cops pull you over and fine you $10,000.
Who knows - the flashes on the 520 bridge are different from the flashes you normally get from the red light cams (it's more of a purplish hue), so may not trigger this thing.
But yeah, this is just as crappy as radar detectors.
Ummmm.... Hello? What about that time of day when, you know, it's daytime? This thing won't do shit in daylight. Also, strobelights are fast, but they don't fire instantaneously. I suspect there may even be enough latency that the redlight camera will getcha before your countermeasure goes off.
Note to state enforcement officials: If it even works, you can defeat this thing easily. Program your cameras to flash twice, a tenth or so of a second apart. My damned Nikon does this to gauge exposure and always catches me mid-blink. It should work with the noPhoto, too.
Whenever I see an ad for some "only a Libertarian could think of this" type product, accompanied by the question: "Is this thing legal?" I just automatically assume that it's not, regardless of what the copy says.
How's the city supposed to generate revenue now? Say, aren't photo lights known to actually increase the number of accidents at intersections, and cities across the country are outright banning them, or proposing measures to ban them? http://www.motorists.org/red-light-camer…
@19 you make the nanny state sound awesome! A place where people drive safely for the benefit of all? I'm in! Can we get them not to pass on the right as well? That'd be swell!
here in the netherlands even the stuff that proven doesnt even work (like hanging a CD from your mirror) is illegal.
no one comes between the state and their milkcow.
(I ride a bicycle. I ignore traffic laws when it can't possibly inconvenience anyone. I got pulled over once for it and the cop let me off because I didn't argue with him.)
Having successfully fought (which still took considerable time and more than one court appearance) a totally bullshit ridiculous red-light camera ticket I received during the midst of last year's Snowpocalypse, I support any and all attempts to dismantle or impede the efficacy of these bullshit money-making projects.
Red-light cameras are nothing more than profit centers. If you want public services (which I do), then have the balls to raise taxes on people. Fuck the vulture ticket-gathering. It should not even be done under the auspices of 'law enforcement.'
If everyone who received one of these bullshit tickets actually took it to court and forced them to go through the effort of actually prosecuting you for it, the profit motive would dry up right quick. It costs a lot more than $140 to hire a magistrate to sit through a preliminary hearing, then to pay a judge, a prosecutor, and a police detective to show up and sit through an actual trial. Even if you end up having to pay the fine, it ends up costing the city WAY more than what they collect from you.
People need to stop making it easy, and actually fight these things, and all these bullshit cameras will go away.
@19 How awful that the nanystate is infringing on your right to drive. Oh wait, there is no right to drive. That's why states can restrict that *privilege* to those who have obtained a license by passing a driving test.
I support the right of bicyclists to ignore all traffic laws, because bicyclists are cool and hip and better than everyone else. But not car drivers, because cars are nasty. Besides, as a hipster I can't afford a car so you shouldn't have one either.
Also, I wonder if these actually work. From the limited knowledge I have of pro photography gear, I recall secondary strobes that work by reacting to you flash being less desirable than infrared ones because they're slower. Anyone?
"Why don't you secure funding through normal channels?" should be in the FAQ's of all crowd-funded projects like this.
@6 by entering a tolled roadway, you are required to have either a toll device with a GoodToGo account or a readable license plate. Any flash plates could allow them to activate one of drones to follow your car until the cops pull you over and fine you $10,000.
But yeah, this is just as crappy as radar detectors.
Note to state enforcement officials: If it even works, you can defeat this thing easily. Program your cameras to flash twice, a tenth or so of a second apart. My damned Nikon does this to gauge exposure and always catches me mid-blink. It should work with the noPhoto, too.
No thanks, I'll keep the rotating plates on my Aston-Martin.
Got it set to Alsace-Lorraine today.
dumbass.
no one comes between the state and their milkcow.
(I ride a bicycle. I ignore traffic laws when it can't possibly inconvenience anyone. I got pulled over once for it and the cop let me off because I didn't argue with him.)
Red-light cameras are nothing more than profit centers. If you want public services (which I do), then have the balls to raise taxes on people. Fuck the vulture ticket-gathering. It should not even be done under the auspices of 'law enforcement.'
If everyone who received one of these bullshit tickets actually took it to court and forced them to go through the effort of actually prosecuting you for it, the profit motive would dry up right quick. It costs a lot more than $140 to hire a magistrate to sit through a preliminary hearing, then to pay a judge, a prosecutor, and a police detective to show up and sit through an actual trial. Even if you end up having to pay the fine, it ends up costing the city WAY more than what they collect from you.
People need to stop making it easy, and actually fight these things, and all these bullshit cameras will go away.