Red Light Camera Vigilantes "Red Light Robin Hoods"

This guy is frickin cool. 

A local vigilante has been arrested after he tampered with red light cameras around Long Island. Stephen Ruth, 42, [COLOR= windowtext]has been charged[/COLOR] with third-degree criminal tampering and second-degree obstruction of governmental administration for using a pole to push several traffic cameras toward the sky, away from vehicles going through the intersections.

 

http://nypost.com/2016/04/12/red-light-camera-vigilante-strikes-again/

 

video “All you need is a pair of balls and an extension rod”!

http://gothamist.com/2015/08/26/the_anti_hero_we_deserve.php

 

 

Full interview video “No licensed engineer is willing to take responsible charge for red light cameras”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfh_oMqAQsY

 

 

 

Another member who placed plastic bags over the cameras.   

http://contentboards.com/robin-hood-vigilantes-target-red-light-camera-shakedown/

Here's another guy http://redlightrobber.com/index.html

Make sure to watch his youtube video all the way through. Not sure whether it should posted here or under the Star Wars thread......

Not quite the same, but there was a similar system here in Cincinnati when they tried to do speed cameras in one of the little municipalities within the city limits.  It was a private company that set them up with the city's OK.  A lot of the fee went to the company and the city got their cut.  Enough people raised a stink about it that they ended up in court and a judge decided they were illegal so no more speed cameras.

One problem comparing the two is that I didn't have a problem with the actual speed cameras.  I did have a problem with a private company raking in huge profits off of it.  You don't want a ticket in the mail?  Then don't speed.  It was an area with a 25mph speed limit that had a problem with speeding.  The signs were clearly posted and I think the cameras even had like a 5-8mph leeway built in to them so unless you're speedometer was way off you would be fine.

I can see both sides.  The $ is supposed to go back to the City or County to make safety improvements at the locations. But Cities are greedy little whores who usually they spend a few bucks on signal controller upgrades and then do BS landscaping or something stupid with the rest of the money.

There was an intersection in Atlanta that made $1M a year (yes 1 Millionnnnn dollars..)  But they never spend a fraction of that amount there.. The population was large enough you could have 5 of those cameras in place and fund your entire Public Works Department.

Its raising money under the guise of safety, and is pretty much BS IM(professional)O

Near my folks and a major shopping Mall...the redlight cameras were bringing in $1M every month or so.  The tourism group for the mall make threats stop the camera or we take our $ elsewhere.  the town caved and removed 90 % of the cameras