ON THE ROAD TO NOSINESS...

Brad Huntting huntting at glarp.com
Sat Oct 30 08:19:14 PDT 1993



>>In Europe, I believe that there are highways
>>that you can speed on, and then receive a ticket in the mail
>>when the camera photographs your plate.

> This happens here in the United States.  In Campbell, California
> the police have a small van which they set up on major streets.
> If the radar thinks you're speeding, it photographs you and mails
> you a ticket.

Apparently this caused a bit of embarrassment for some English
philanderer a while back.  When the ticket came in the mail complete
with a photo of the license plate and occupants, his wife wanted
on knowing who the woman in the passenger seat was.

Then again, this could be urban legend.


brad






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