Naughty Santa's Helpers Disable Traffic Cams: Best Christmas Gift Ever!
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Gift-Wrapped Traffic Cameras Give Commuters a Pass
A driver glanced out his window, then grabbed his cell phone.
For what to his wondering eyes should appear
But Santa's helpers, each disguised in red hat and long beard!
With ladders and big empty Christmas-wrapped boxes
They executed a scheme just as clever as foxes:
These helpers of Santa, so clever and cute
Gifted car drivers in Tempe with an unwatched commute!
Santa's Helpers Disable Naughty Traffic Cams
"The equipment was not damaged and there 'doesn't appear to be any crime,' said Tempe Police Dept."
What Do You Think?
Gift-Wrapped Traffic Cams: Best Commuter Christmas Gift Ever?
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tandemonimom says:
No crime, meaning the Santas did not vandalize anything, and there is no law (YET!) against just blocking the camera view, so there was nothing to charge them with. (I would have thought obstructing justice, maybe, but what do I know?)
Posted January 14, 2009
spirituality says:
I think this was a great idea - and clever to disguise themselves as well. As for the no-crime part: you mean there's no law against preventing the police from tracking traffic speed?
Posted January 14, 2009
stargazer00 says:
I dislike the cameras and feel like I'm under surveillance when I see them. I don't advocate breaking the law but I can totally understand why they did it and can't help but cheer them on just a little.
Posted December 23, 2008
Dangerous and stupid.
Traffic Santas Make the News
- Naughty Santas giftwrap Tempe traffic cameras
- A gang of Santa impersonators recently wrapped-up red light and speed enforcement cameras in Tempe as an early holiday gift for drivers in that city. A video of the unknown group blocking the police cameras from snapping pictures was later posted on You Tube to the tune of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" by the Jackson Five. The two-and-a-half minute video shows four people dressed in red suits and white beards in broad daylight placing Christmas decorated boxes and sheets over camera lenses at two locations in Tempe.
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You Predict! Will public dislike eliminate photo radar? Or are we stuck with it on every street corner?
My prediction:
tandemonimom, at 2pm on December 24, 2008 predicts:
I think it is unfortunately here to stay. Forget being confronted with the accusation against you in a timely fashion!
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spirituality, at 11am on January 14, 2009 predicts:
I agree with your prediction: here to stay. Speeding is a serious problem after all - even if we each individually would rather not get a ticket.
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