Speed cameras are the prostate exam of the road, nobody likes them but we're made to believe they're necessary The only people who like speed camera's are police and politicians because they bring Australia 180 million dollars a year in revenue. Nobody knows how many lives they save, because nobody cares. The only good thing about them is once you know where they are, you can slow down as you come up to them and then speed off merrily as they go out of range.
This however is all about to change. Speed camera's are about to get trickier, thanks to a new system called Point to Point.
Here's how they work:
You drive past a camera at point "A". Now this camera doesn't really check your speed... it just takes a photo of your number plate. The next Camera at point "B" may be up to 14 kilometers away, and camera "A" has told camera "B" how long you took to get to it, so if your average time to cover the distance is above the speed limit you are screwed.
For those of you who aren't the sharpest knife in the drawer, figure it out yourself.
Pig Cam:
Why do I care? Because I am pro speed!
Old people seem to drive the slowest, but they're running out of time.. I'm not sure why they don't drive faster than me. Ever notice how old people see a guy speed past them and spout "he won't get there any quicker!"
Actually.... yes he will! He's driving at twice your speed you retarded lemming.
I speed because I have places to be, and who wants to spend their time sitting in a crappy pile of metal. I don't drive a Porsche, so until that day... I'll try my best to spend as little time as possible in my heap of shit car.
I am a genius driver and I drive accordingly. I'll be damned if my precious money deserves to contribute to the "greater good" like invading Iraq just because I drive at "un safe" speeds. I remember when the police used to serve and protect. As a child I was taught that police were your best friend. They are there to look after your safety. I'm not sure if police were actually nice people back then or if I was a lame naive child... probably the latter. In the old days when you were caught speeding the police would say, run along now and make sure you slow it down next time, you might hurt yourself. Now police are something to avoid. People hate them as they have cultivated an image for themselves by pinning shit on people for the sole purpose of revenue, not saving lives.
Most police I have dealt with are condescending, smug and cro - magnon. They are as educated as an intestinal worm yet they think they have some licence to give people crap because they are the law.
Speed camera's are a product of this attitude driven by the need to bring in revenue. It's a licence to print money because when people complain about speeding tickets, the police make you sound like you are in favour of pedestrians being run over and people snuffing it in car accidents.
I have a friend who has been arrested for "Failing to follow a police officers instructions." That has to be the most awesome thing ever to be arrested for. People think is cool for it because people hate the police. They've only themselves to blame. If you're caught speeding you should be asked to prove that you're a good driver.. and when you do, you get free alcohol and cigars. If you fail.. then you get fined a bottle of Jim Beam Black Label and all your drugs. I believe that to be a much more effective system.
If the police insist on fining us $200, let that money go to paying our $400 registration fees. Alternatively the money to help train terrorists like the C.I.A did in afghanistan. One order of hypocrisy please, and I'd like fries with that.
Screw the police and their bastardly speed camera's.
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