CPS new toy spotted "PORTABLE PHOTO RADAR"

[Jetta-2.0]

this is what our tax money is being used for to take more money from us every payday i get im missing 1600 and 1400 going to tax

[DEATH2000]

I heard Sherwood Park just nixed their photo enforcement budget so these things are going to disappear.

[psycoticclown]

Originally posted by SKR
I thought they had these in Lethbridge a few years ago.

Yep, they've had one in Lethbridge for a while now, got tagged by it on Whoop-up a couple years ago. So lame, impossible to see unless you know what to look for.

[max_boost]

Nice. They never run out of ideas do they?

[AndyL]

Is this not what we started with before they got vehicle mounted? A big frickin box on a tripod?

[SKR]

Originally posted by psycoticclown


Yep, they've had one in Lethbridge for a while now, got tagged by it on Whoop-up a couple years ago. So lame, impossible to see unless you know what to look for.

Yeah, I was sure I saw them all the time on eastbound Whoop-Up, on the west side of the river. They must have made a fortune there off of people who didn't want to drag their brakes all the way downhill.

[m10-power]

Originally posted by max_boost
Nice. They never run out of ideas do they?

Companies that make these are motivated by profits they bring in, of course its all about safety though.

Funny that picture of the life size cop with laser gun, already have the police car there, what did the officer go to timmies with a buddy? Stupidest thing I've seen in awhile.

[wardpr68]

Why can't we be more like the Europeans and just light these things on fire and take baseball bats to them?

[spikerS]

Originally posted by m10-power


Companies that make these are motivated by profits they bring in, of course its all about safety though.

Funny that picture of the life size cop with laser gun, already have the police car there, what did the officer go to timmies with a buddy? Stupidest thing I've seen in awhile.

Does not cost them anything to park the cruiser there, and making it obvious, people will automatically slow down. If left there for awhile, people will get used to it, and stop slowing down, and then one day, they swap out the cut out for a real police officer, and start writing tons of tickets.

[HK2NR]

[flipstah]

Cheeky little bastards lol. Now I gotta watch out for utility boxes too?!

[-relk-]

Is it illegal to set up something like an ad in front of it, blocking the camera?

[canadian booster]

walk by and pinch a little thermite onto it, that stuff will burn through it to the ground in seconds .. now if i could only get thermite at dollarama..

[MGCM]

I like the garbage bag over top idea, in a court of law what could they possibly fine you for covering up that "utility box"

[gretz]

Originally posted by MGCM
I like the garbage bag over top idea, in a court of law what could they possibly fine you for covering up that "utility box"

I'm not supposed to post in these threads anymore, but I believe it would be obstruction... or something along those lines. Dayglow, Justgo, Dexlargo, and Phil, care to shed some light on this?

Ignore all of the vandalism and stereotypers in this thread, I'm surprised you haven't chimed in to set these haters straight

[HNF88]

1.Someone should go deer hunter on these boxes
2. Maybe spray paint the lenses
3. Burn out the camera with a super powerful laser beam

[know1edge]

Originally posted by dj_rice
EPS are sneaky devils

Heres another of their tactics

what is the point of this?
the car kind of gives it away and is already a deterrent and the ones that are speeding won't get caught

[Mar]

Originally posted by know1edge


what is the point of this?
the car kind of gives it away and is already a deterrent and the ones that are speeding won't get caught

For people to jam on their brakes without checking their mirror and cause accidents. When they weren't speeding in the first place.

[Benny]

Originally posted by know1edge


what is the point of this?
the car kind of gives it away and is already a deterrent and the ones that are speeding won't get caught

They don't necessarily have to collect money during "speed enforcement", even if the majority of the time they will choose to. Sometimes, the aim of the game is to actually encourage people not so speed. They probably have to park a cruiser beside the cutout so that people won't run off with it. I'd love to have that kicking around in my basement somewhere.


With regard to the photo radar utility boxes... I'm fucked

[jonnycat]

These boxes are not left completely alone. They run these religiously down here in Lethbridge.

There is always a cop or rent a cop parked in a van just out of sight of the box.