links for 2008-​​12-​​30

  • “High school stu­dents in Mary­land are using speed cam­eras as a tool to fine inno­cent dri­vers in a game, accord­ing to the Mont­gomery County Sen­tinel news­pa­per. Because photo enforce­ment devices will auto­mat­i­cally mail out a ticket to any reg­is­tered vehi­cle owner based solely on a pho­to­graph of a license plate, any dri­ver could receive a ticket if some­one else cre­ates a dupli­cate of his license plate and dri­ves quickly past a speed cam­era. The pri­vate com­pa­nies that mail out the tick­ets often do not bother to ver­ify whether vehi­cle reg­is­tra­tion infor­ma­tion for the accused vehi­cle matches the pho­tographed vehicle.”
  • “When cit­ing Magic 8-​​Balls:…”