Cops say the darndest things

Surfing around in lieu of work...

Washington DC, like many/most/all cities, has installed many cameras in an effort to squeeze money from city motorists save lives by issuing tickets for speeding and ignoring traffic signals. Get caught by one of these automatic meter maids, and you'll get a fat ticket in the mail. You send a check to your evil overlords, and they make lots of money for no effort. Win/win!

Of course, human ingenuity has a way of trumping the venality of officialdom. A newish product called PhantomAlert lets drivers download camera positions to their GPS units and act accordingly. You'd think that, since these cameras exist solely for the purpose of saving lives, any product that disseminates information about the cameras would be a good thing, right? That information can't help but affect drivers' behavior, and you can't save lives without doing that. Right? After all, the cameras are there to save lives. Right? Just ask any city fee collector cop.

Uh huh.

Police chief denounces 'cowardly' iPhone users monitoring speed traps

Heh. I guess that makes a proper gulcher the ultimate coward! We're about 45 miles from the nearest traffic light here. Aaaand...loving it.