Traffic cams as revenge tool
by radioball - December 22, 2008 3:00pm
It has been a few months since I’ve heard any good traffic/surveillance camera talk around Worcester and I have no idea where that project stands. But there is a never ending supply of great stories from other communities where they are in use and the problems they have seen as a result; this one from Maryland is a clear winner.
As a prank, students from local high schools have been taking advantage of the county’s Speed Camera Program in order to exact revenge on people who they believe have wronged them in the past, including other students and even teachers.
Students from Richard Montgomery High School dubbed the prank the Speed Camera “Pimping” game, according to a parent of a student enrolled at one of the high schools.
Originating from Wootton High School, the parent said, students duplicate the license plates by printing plate numbers on glossy photo paper, using fonts from certain websites that “mimic” those on Maryland license plates. They tape the duplicate plate over the existing plate on the back of their car and purposefully speed through a speed camera, the parent said. The victim then receives a citation in the mail days later.
