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From: matt@shorty.CS.WISC.EDU (Mad Matt Schaefer)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics,rec.ham-radio,rec.autos
Subject: Re: Robocop spotted (Photo radar enforcement)
Summary: embarrassing pictures
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Date: 12 Feb 88 06:31:50 GMT
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In article <602@anasaz.UUCP> john@tower.UUCP (John Moore) writes:
>Here in Paradise Valley, Arizona, we have the dubious distinction of
>being the only place in the US where speeding tickets are given by
>mail after an automatic device snaps your picture and speed! About 10

I've heard of this system in Europe (Germany?) and somebody told me that it
became unpopular with government officials and other important people because
the ticket and picture came in the mail while the guy was at work and his
wife opened it and saw the picture of the car, plate, speed, husband, and
*the other woman* in the car with him. I thought, "this guy is not gonna get
the welcome he is expecting when he gets home."

Mad Matt Schaefer                  ...!{harvard,ihnp4,rutgers,ucbvax}!uwvax!matt
UW-Madison Computer Sciences Laboratory                         matt@cs.wisc.edu