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Cops are obscuring the plates on their personal cars so ticketing cameras can’t nab them. This guy removes the obstructions from their plates when they’re not looking (www.youtube.com)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net to c/videos@lemmy.world

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[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 55 points 10 months ago

They're going to find this guy in a ditch when the cops see this video.

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Can you rewrite the title so it makes sense?

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Cops are obscuring the plates on their personal cars so ticketing cameras can’t nab them. This guy removes the obstructions from their plates when they’re not looking.

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 8 points 10 months ago

I changed the title to your suggestion. Cheers! :)

[+] Just_Pizza_Crust@lemmy.world -10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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[–] Voyajer@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Nah, quit driving like a buffoon.

[+] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net -14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I'm not a huge fan of him going after normal folk in particular, I just liked that it exposed that so many cops do it too.

[–] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 43 points 10 months ago (1 children)

These people are still using public roads and should obey the same rules as everyone else. Maybe it's a shitty system, but you can always not speed and endanger other people. Is it also snitching when you report drunk drivers?

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I'm all for reporting drunk drivers and reckless speeding that endangers others, but for speed traps in particular, they can often be nothing more than a racket.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The speed trap they rotate on my street has drastically decreased the speed people drive through this residential neighborhood.

Haven’t heard a single neighbor complain about the trap.

Best racket ever as far as the one on my street is.

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I'm glad your department is using them responsibly in your neighborhood, but in some departments/towns, they are purposefully set up to catch people not really breaking the law as a source of revenue. Here's another example.

[–] Verserk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ok, covering your plate's letters or scraping the paint off makes it impossible to read their plate to report though when those actually serious scenarios you mention happen. I have a pretty decent dash cam (high res, quality sensor, circularly polarized filter to eliminate glare) but even unintentionally damaged plates might as well not be on the car at all if the retroreflective coat is missing and it is not perfectly lit.

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

You make a good point. With that scenario in mind, I suppose I don't have a problem with busting them all.