Feejer/Weejer man
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Just caught this on comcast this morning.
https://www.comcast.net/news/articles/odd/2...peeder.Cameras/
https://www.comcast.net/news/articles/odd/2...peeder.Cameras/
caught speeding @ 156mph article
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So he had no license plate? Is the town that small that everyone knows everyone? I guess my questions is how did they know it was 'him'?
HaulinAshe
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Time to add another speed trap to the database.
Somebody thank that guy for "taking one for the team".
Somebody thank that guy for "taking one for the team".
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uctofeej
Master of Random Thought
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Hmm, they really shouldn't have said the cameras can record someone up to 200mph. I can just see the 'Busa guys testing that out. Well, the ones who find that little wire anyway...
worldbound4now
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Hmmmm.... Small town syndrome.... makes me happy I live in a town of 1.7 million.
wfooshee
O, Woe is me!!
Top Gear tested the British speed cameras with a Lambo at about 190 if I recall. They had a camera and a rep from the camera company at their airport course, and he got the car every time.
At 200 mph, a tenth of a second only takes you 30 feet or so, and I would venture a guess that it doesn't take the camera that much time to go, "Ooh, a fast guy!" and snap the shot. You can't get out of the camera's field of view. :glare:
At 200 mph, a tenth of a second only takes you 30 feet or so, and I would venture a guess that it doesn't take the camera that much time to go, "Ooh, a fast guy!" and snap the shot. You can't get out of the camera's field of view. :glare:
vandy
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I would think that a decent atturney would have that tossed out in 5 minutes... No positive on the plates or the face.. didnt keep in constant visual contact.. extreemly common color of jacket and not the only bike that color im sure.
Checkswrecks
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If he ran and unless the officer who was sitting there did keep him in sight! A Crown Vic can accelerate pretty well to about 130 and if the guy went that fast I doubt this was a tight and twisty road.
HotRodZilla
GOD BLESS AMERICA
I'm gonna have to agree with Vandy on this one. There is no way a Police Interceptor would ever catch that bike. It has been a while, but at 156mph, the bike is traveling at about 234f/s; almost an entire football field. It takes a PI almost 10 sec to get to 60, and easily another 10 to get to 100. Add 10 to get to 130, thats 30 seconds. The bike is now 7020ft (2340 yards) or 1.33 miles ahead and still pulling away if it hasn't slowed. If that cop didn't catch him, the rider should have gotten away since there were no plates. I would bet it is either a small town or the guy is well known for being a PITA and they knew who to look for. However, a good atty could probably get a good dismissal based on reasonable doubt. It's the same reason a shoe print is crappy evidence. There are too many of the same shoe running around. Something else is needed. Maybe they had it, maybe they didn't, but funny **** either way.
Feejer/Weejer man
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It's the same reason a shoe print is crappy evidence. There are too many of the same shoe running around. Something else is needed.
except in the case of O.J.
except in the case of O.J.
slapnpop
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I certainly would not know anything about the sportbike "scene" in that town. I would also certainly never have watched said individual in a large deserted parking lot doing many other things on that bike. It's a small enough town that the local LEO's involved could find the guy by the bike.
I would also certainly never have watched said individual in a large deserted parking lot doing many other things on that bike. It's a small enough town that the local LEO's involved could find the guy by the bike.Mr Carmel has been a speed trap forever. If you're updating your database, add Erwin, Bean Station, Rogersville, Bulls Gap, the Rest Stop and Weigh Station area a few miles before I-81 merges into I-40, and last but not least Johnson City/Elizabethton, mostly on the freeways.Time to add another speed trap to the database.
Somebody thank that guy for "taking one for the team".
Not going to touch that one with a 10-foot pole.... I can name a few likely candidates :clapping:
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GL4435
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I remember reading about some coating you spray on your plate ... its clear until exposed by a flash from an automated speed trap camera ... the coating causes an over-exposure of the plate ... its just whited out, can't even read the damn thing. Anyone but me ever hear about it?
phobostx
Active member
Yeah....It's called PhotoBlocker.....you can buy it online but most states have made it illegal to use.......... :glare:
HotRodZilla
GOD BLESS AMERICA
Um...If you spend your money on photoblocker, you are gonna pay for a can of that and then a ticket. The stuff doesn't work, neither does wrapping your license plate in celophane. The only "blocking" plates I have seen that do work have a strip through the center of the plate that obscures the numbers beyond a certain angle. Since the cameras have to be mounted on either side of the street or overhead, the obscuring strip prevents the person eventually reading the plate from a picture from seeing the whole thing.
h34r: However, if you are stopped with one of these on your car, it is obvious what it's for and you may get cited. They make them for cars and motorcycles and they are easy to find on the internet.
Maybe the guy was wearing his football jersey with his whole name on it and they just looked him up in the phone book...
madpage
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A Crown Vic can't accelerate that fast.
Besides, in today's day and age, a smart officer wouldn't even try. That bike would be gone before the officer even got up to speed. Better to just BOLO (be on the look out) the cycle and catch the rider on a later day. Another topic altogether, but pursuits are becoming more and more restricted.
SacramentoMike
Not Safe For Work
You could spray black paint on your plate and it wouldn't help if the cops know every bike in town. Wasn't Mt. Carmel the town just down the road from Mayberry?
Yeah, and Mayberry was bigger. Here's the scoop:
Mount Carmel, TN
Population was 5,600 in 2005. Funny that they call themself a "city" with those numbers.
I'm going with the idea that this LEO was on a first name basis with the perp.
Mount Carmel, TN
Population was 5,600 in 2005. Funny that they call themself a "city" with those numbers.
I'm going with the idea that this LEO was on a first name basis with the perp.
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