Photo radar in Pinellas County?

MADN3SS · 07-10-2006, 12:03 PM

A friend of mine was speaking to one of her friends who happens to be a LEO, in Pinellas I believe and he brought up this topic. He said that they had photo radar in a few places that would just mail tickets to you. Not that this is something that is advertised, but I'd like to find out if they do and where. I know Largo Police have a "stealth box" that tracks speeders, but it only keeps track of the number of speeders and then corrective action is taken (officer deployed with radar/laser gun).

Anybody hear anything?

Shadow · 07-10-2006, 12:14 PM

Havn't heard anything about it. There are several intersection cameras that people mistake for ticket cams.

Don't think the Florida legislature has approved the use of them yet. I'll check it out and post up the findings in thi section.

MADN3SS · 07-10-2006, 01:49 PM

Thanks Gordon.

By the way, I got the info from Carol...do you remember her? From Great Western/First Union. Also married to Maria's son Frank.

I thought I remembered hearing that about the legislature. It would have made a big splash I'm sure.

Scott

Shadow · 07-10-2006, 01:57 PM

I remember her well. I don't think the citizens will put up with it here, but since when did that matter?

**Rich Z** · 07-10-2006, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Shadow

I remember her well. I don't think the citizens will put up with it here, but since when did that matter?

Oh I don't know. I know some pretty *interesting* people here. Do they make the cameras bullet proof?

Shadow · 07-10-2006, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Rich Z

Oh I don't know. I know some pretty *interesting* people here. Do they make the cameras bullet proof?

...No...

Hot Pursuit · 07-11-2006, 06:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Rich Z

Oh I don't know. I know some pretty *interesting* people here. Do they make the cameras bullet proof?

They might. I know of some places where the streetlights were being shot out so the drug dealers could work in the dark, and now the glass covering the light is bullet proof.

If they are not bullet proof It would only take a time or two before they install a 2nd camera to watch the first one and get a good pic of the guy shooting it out. BIG BROTHER AT ITS BEST FOLKS!