its 1pm. The wheel is spinning but the hamster is dead. Its going to be a long day.

Sigh, from the massive amount of items in my RSS feed I know its a #wootoff. I will not look. I will not look. I will not look. Damm....

Baltimore Accused Of Stacking The Deck For Speed Cameras http://bit.ly/8dbVwp - Bet you they do the same thing for the red light cameras

We've seen over and over again that redlight cameras and speed cameras almost never have anything to do with increased safety on the roads (and some studies have even suggested they make the roads more dangerous). Instead, in almost every case, they really appear to be about revenue generation for the local municipality. Tim DiPaula points us to what at least appears like a very sketchy situation in Baltimore where the city installed brand new 40 MPH signs... and then, about a block later, there's a sign that is partially obscured by the trees, suddenly dropping the speed limit to 30 MPH. And, of course, there's a speed camera right there. I'm sure that makes the roads much safer.

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