Sunday, September 30, 2012

Photo Radar in 1961

  I get the biggest kick out of people complaining about their loss of privacy because of photo radar.  In Snotsdale (Scottsdale, AZ) the folks absolutely come un hinged about photo radar.  What does photo radar have to do with privacy?

  I can see the attorney when a young Boomer comes in ranting about a Photo Rader Ticket.  Regardless of what the attorney says, all he sees is a young idiot and $$$$ signs.

  My friend Harry wasn’t exactly a lead foot, he was THE LEAD FOOT.  He scared the hell out of me more than once.

  The Polizei cars in town looked a lot like the car below on the left. The one on the right looks like the Autobahn Polizei Porsches.

POLIZEIAUTOBAHN POLIZEI

  One morning he came into the office complaining that he had received a speeding ticket in the mail.  He explained that the Polizei no longer chased speeders because it was too dangerous.  I asked how that worked and he showed me a picture that was attached to his ticket.  It had a very clear photo showing the rear of Harry’s car in the upper portion of the photo and the lower portion showed a picture of the Polizei’s speedometer with date and time.

  He had 7 days to pay the fine or they came and impounded his car!

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