[DeTomaso] Fwd: StopLight Camera License Plate Diffusers Beware!

Fri Mar 16 14:45:36 EDT 2007

I think running a red light is just plainly stupid and much too dangerous
for the innocent people that might get hurt and I do not condone nor
advocate suck reckless behavior.

BUT I also think getting a questionable ticket (i.e. Entering when the
intersection is undergoing a green-yellow-red change ) is even more stupid
and getting that ticket through an automated system that has no cognitive
ability to discern between a close call and a not so close call regarding
the position of the car in the intersection and the nebulous manner in which
the laser is aimed ( to be fair or to more likely ......increase city
revenue ) is even MORE EVIL.

So having to select between the lesser of two evils, I have to side with
defeating technology with even more technology, after all, one of the
largest sellers of Radar detectors was the same parent company that made
radar guns.

My fair city just dropped another 120K on 4 more intersection camera set ups
because the three that they had in place made 360K profit last year after
paying for themselves.

I also think that drivers licenses should be harder to get, even harder to
keep and that all drivers should be forced to undergo performance driving
training and....

anybody who drives and lays back so far that they can been seen through the
rear passenger window and only slightly above the door sill should be
riddled with .50 cal machine gun fire on general principle as well as being
an embarrassment to mankind and motoring in general.

On 3/16/07, David Tucker <david.tucker at chesapeakepanteras.com> wrote:
>
> Sorry I didn't specify.
>
> I watched that show last week. Though I missed the diffuser part, while
> watching the speed part where I believe they used a Ford GT, the mentioned
> in their summary that all the covers and sprays had little or no effect
> and
> didn't stop the camera.
>
> If you're going to break the laws (speeding in a Pantera is my favorite)
> then skill not myths should be your only tool. It's cheaper and please
> don't
> hurt anyone.
>
> Running the red lights
> Not stopping (completely) at stop signs
> Not paying tolls...
> Is wrong
> Thinking that you can put on a stealth cloak to get away with it is evil.
>
>
> Dave
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]
> On
> Behalf Of Michael Shortt
> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 1:54 PM
> To: panteras
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Fwd: StopLight Camera License Plate Diffusers Beware!
>
> So what are you saying?
>
> That they were looked at on the show, doesn't seem to say they don't work.
>
> BEWARE would seem to indicate some form of alleged warning of fraud,
> yet you provide nothing to substaniate your "sky is falling" remark.
>
>
>
>
> On 3/16/07, David Tucker <david.tucker at chesapeakepanteras.com> wrote:
> > BEWARE!!!
> >
> >
> > http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/episode/episode.html
> >
> > On the episode below these guys busted the lens protectors and speed for
> > avoiding the ticket/camera/
> >
> >
> > Episode 73: Speed Cameras
> > Take two self-confessed speed freaks, Adam and Jamie, and pit them
> against
> > the people's nemesis: speed cameras. The result: an action packed
> adventure
> > full of fun, fascination and best of all, fast cars. Can speed cameras
> be
> > beat by speeding faster than they can click? How about license plate
> > protectors or changing lanes to avoid the camera's eagle eye? Adam and
> Jamie
> > put the pedal to the metal down the runway of death to crack these
> myths.
> > Meanwhile in Exploding Nitro Patches Kari, Grant and Tory explore the
> myth
> > that when the paramedic shouts "clear' and the difibrulator vents it's
> volts
> > it may start more than a heart.
> > Premiere: March 7, 2007
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]
> On
> > Behalf Of Michael Shortt
> > Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 1:08 PM
> > To: panteras
> > Subject: [DeTomaso] StopLight Camera License Plate Diffusers
> >
> > OK, I made all the contacts, etc and I'm set up as a dealer, I have to
> > order 72 of these things to get started, so if anybody wants one,
> > please let me know and I'll send you an email invoice so that you can
> > send a check.
> >
> > They are telling me that these are selling for 39.95 retail, I think
> > that's hogwash.
> > Anyway, they will be 28.95 plus 4.00 shipping, 32.95 total each.  If
> > you want more than one, just add the price of the second, third, etc.
> > unit and I'll cover the extra shipping charges.
> >
> > Unless a number of you order these I don't think I'll bother with it,
> > if I decide to bail I'll email you back in the next few days brfore
> > the invoice is sent.
> >
> > -
> >
> > If you don't know what they are this is , here's the deal.
> >
> > You can only see the license plate when you are directly behind it,
> > any view from the side or above is gone because of the angles of the
> > plastic in the viewing window and thus no photos from those cameras
> > will show your number since the cameras are mounted up higher on the
> > poles or overhead.
> >
> >
> > Michael L. Shortt
> > Savannah, Georgia
> >
> >
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