Man Gets Speeding Ticket, Buys Police Website

only one thing to say

Good job man

Now sell them the website for 1000$ lol

Take that!

HAH, flawless victory. How the hell can you go >42 days without noticing your website doesn't work?

This story makes me think there really is justice out there

Boom! Headshot!
Good job buddy. Now stop speeding.

Sell it back to them for $91 plus incured costs

Yeah, I was actually a little disappointed that this wasn't how the story ended.

I'm glad Texas banned speed cameras. If only the red light cameras would get banned as well :-\

This is pretty awesome, but I'm so-so on the subject. I mean, cameras are a cheap (cheap as in morally, not monetarily) way to get some cash for the government, but then again, you are breaking the law when you speed...but then again, everyone speeds, and everyone knows it. Honestly, who sticks to the speed limit?

LOL

How can buying their domain be considered a victory? It sounds like they weren't making use of it anyway, and they are already working on a new site. I would hardly call this justice. Not having to pay the ticket or somehow having the city compensate him in some other way would have been much better.

In this day and age, it's pretty much a given that most businesses and government agencies need a web presence. So even though it hadn't been updated in ages, they still know it needs to be there even if all it says is, "Having an emergency? Call 911!" Hopeful they won't be able to use anti cyber-squatting laws to basically seize the domain from him.

It's really funny how Americans think the US is the best at everything but they still don't have roads with unlimited speeds. I live in Texas and I wish they'd enforce slow people driving in the fast lane... except that here there is no fast lane when the speed limit is

Speed and red light running kills. Do the crime, pay the fine.

1662X$90 = $149,580......

Texas banned speed cameras ? Good !!! I can live w\ red light cameras... but speed camera's are just more intrusive. If you put up speed cameras, you might as well just put GPS tracking in every car and track their speeds at all times.

owned. I'd very highly doubt there's anything legally they can do either to get the domain back. Though there was also that case of the guy that had simpsonsmovie.com like 8 years before the movie was released and was ordered to give it to Fox which IMHO is bullshit. I think this may happen here even if legally they don't have a leg to stand on

Pfft, that is "child's play". If this man were really worth his salt, then he would hack the cameras and stream pornography to the cameras 24/7.

Speed limits kill in certain conditions. The Speed Limit was mainly imposed because of fuel economy, not because of safety. There is a serious problem with lack of attention while driving as a result of imposed speed limits on long and straight highways that encompass most of the country.

For instance in California, most of the interstates would be safer if the speed limits were removed in the first 2 lanes.

Now if he set it up so that people could send in lat/long from a smartphone when they drive by a camera or cop, and somehow forward that info on to Google Maps like a traffic report, that would be something.

I have nothing against red light cameras, as long as they, and the lights they monitor, are honest and reasonable. Nothing reasonable about a light that transitions from green to red in 1 second in a 55 zone, but most of the time these do curb red-light running, and can save lives.

I have everything against speed cameras. Speed limits exist only because drivers are inadequately trained and insufficiently aware of their responsibilities and their vehicles' shortcomings.

this is a wonderful way to stick it to uncle sam, lol. oh well...good job

Wrong!!! Carelessness and recklessness are what kills. 40,000 people a year are killed on U. S. highways, while government municipalities pick the low hanging fruit via speed traps. While cops are out there trying to fill the government's coffers, and boost their egos, instead of doing their jobs, people continue to die.

If I'm driving 10 MPH over the speed limit, how does that cause an accident? It doesn't. Some careless driver has to break the law and run a stop sign, or pull out in front of me, etc.

Speed limits are set to maximize profits, and bear no resemblance to reality.

I got a ticket once for going 68 in a 40. When the police officer pulled me over, I honestly didn't know why he was doing so. I asked him if I had a tail light out or something, or missed a stop sign, or what.

When I went to court (it was mandatory b.c. in the state of VA that much of a speed difference is considered reckless driving), it finally came to light that the officer had failed to calibrate his radar gun. There were several people in that court room for similar reasons, and all of us were summarily excused by the judge.

I had been in second gear at the time of the alleged violation. I was not going anywhere near as fast as 68, or even 58. And this is why I do not trust speed cameras - especially when the company operating the camera and radar has a financial incentive to "calibrate" the system in their favor.

56 in a 45 is ridiculous to get a ticket for.

Keep in mind most of these speed limits were imposed when cars handled far worse than modern ones, and many just to conserve gas when cars were more efficient at lower speeds.

Some roads are just begging for a higher speed limit, but the police keep it lower so they can rob people. It's absurd.

itadakimasu,

It is not a matter of why don't they track all cars at all times. It IS a matter of WHEN they put blackboxes in all vehicles with GPS to boot. They elites are trying real hard to get that done. For the rest of you, one thing you need to understand is that the once great state of tennessee has given multitudes of highways over to "bike routes" which requires lower speeds on highways design for cars and big trucks going 55mph or more. It is all a convenient speed trap for unwary motorists. Traffic lights on the other hand could be handled much differently.

Yeah, because actually stopping at red lights is such a pain.

I absolutely agree, when driving becomes so boring that you fall asleep on the road. Hypocracy also when they are building sport cars with 500HP but you can only drive 40-60mph in most areas.

There is research that shows that the Red Light cameras on intersections actually cause more accidents. People slam on their brakes when the light turns yellow no matter what in fear of getting a ticket. I would have to go do some digging, but there were a couple intersections in Seattle that had that very problem.

So do people driving slow in the fast lane or old people pulling out in front of people and going slow. They removed the red light cameras in Lubbock, TX because accidents increased due to people slamming on their brakes.

On top of all that, there is no proof beyond a reasonable doubt you were driving unless the picture was of the driver as well. Just because it is your plates, doesn't mean it was you. That is why the fines are only civil and not criminal, at least here.

Those cameras are such bullshit. Good job, Brian McCrary!

Not paying attention and lack of experience kills, the speed necessary to kill is already there even if you are obeying the law, more speed doesn't change that you are dead if you make a mistake.

Above everything else you must drive within your limits if that is going 56 in a 45, 85 in a 70, or in the case of one of my friends 20 everywhere because he is even dangerous at 20. There are many people like him driving does this mean that the universal speed limit should be 20,?? NO it means we need to teach and test driving skill comparable to a racing school that actually teaches skill that can be used in everyday driving.