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Old 08-14-2010, 9:45pm   #1
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Default Montgomery County, Maryland Speed Cameras

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On the way home, I saw this on the side of the road on Rt. 28. I suspected it was a new type of speed camera. So I did an 180, and stopped at the side of the road to take this picture. Today, I verified it is a new type of speed trap.

Since now everyone knows where the fixed pole speed cameras are, Montgomery Country is actually losing money enforcing the speed law using such camera. So now it utilizes this new type of speed camera and has been placing the camera all over Montgomery County, Maryland. And for those of you who live outside Montgomery Country, this soon will be coming to your area like PG, and Howard country.

(Maybe too late for PG County. On the way to office today, I saw one on the side of Rt. 193 2 blocks away from the Goddard Space Flight Center main gate.)

With the type of job I involve daily, I was able to talk to the company that manufactured these types of camera today and found out about its capability. It not only has radar but also using laser to measure your speed when you pass it. Two cameras lens on the machine, one face forward, and one face the other direction. That means if you were speeding, it already takes your front license plate when you approach and verifies the image with your back license plate when you drive away and record your speed in between. And if you don't have front license plate, Montgomery County is going to pass a law soon that will give you a ticket (on top of the speed ticket).

There are also empty slots available in the module that will allow operation modules to be inserted and to hook up with signal from satellite (which is been tested in Britain right now), convert information to measure your speed (much like the principle of GPS.)

So be careful out there. These new types of camera is portable and powerful. It can measure your speed up to 150 feet away (instead of 30 feet of current fixed pole one.) And it can be moved to anywhere at the drop of the hat. And because of its size (about 1.5 feet tall), it will be too late for you when you spot it.


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Old 08-14-2010, 10:10pm   #2
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So it won't take your pic unless you're speeding, which means it won't have a record of the truck that runs it over while going the speed limit. Nice.
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So it won't take your pic unless you're speeding, which means it won't have a record of the truck that runs it over while going the speed limit. Nice.


I need to call up Grave Digger to take care of them!

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Yup-I live here and all this is true. My V1 still lets me know when I am near them. So no worries until they go to a non radar platform. Our local "representative" has flat out said our cameras are for income. Safety is not even an afterthought. They have even taken the speed cushion off-(used to trigger at 7 MPH) over to 2 MPH now.
A lot of the cities are suing the county now wanting the $$$ from the cameras that are located in their areas.

This county is F'ed up.
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Old 08-16-2010, 5:49am   #5
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I don't even wanna get started about these dam cameras!
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Old 08-16-2010, 7:28am   #6
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This looks like a job for them duke boys
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BTW, the fleecing of the taxpayer, albeit the one breaking the law, continues.
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Do they collect them at night or just leave them out? This could be fun...
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Hmmm .. someone needs to place an orange cone on both sides of this box, or maybe a simple can of black metalic paint sprayed on the lens.
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I heard the doughnut shops were behind it & sponsored it.
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