[Griff]

First off, I'm not a speeder. I drive small Nissan pickup that just isn't built for speed. I take great pleasure in seeing dangerous drivers busted. However, I like my police up front and in uniform. Playing surveyor is probably a great revenue enhancer, but I doubt it slows anyone down. Put a trooper in a marked car somewhere near the work area and people will slow down. I regard this seemingly victimless affair as part of an overall change in policing from an open know your local cop methodology, built on trust, to a far more sinister, you never know when you are being watched methodology, built on deceit. It blurs the line between the good guys and the bad. Is it a big step from here to undercover cops in sports cars challenging drivers to race them, when cops already sell drugs and prostitutes?


Nonetheless, those methods are nothing compared to what is done in Europe. Automatic radar traps are the norm, your speed is measured, a photograph immediately/automatically taken, then processed, and your fine sent to your home address via mail. Simple and effective. I'm not real comfortable with the next logical step, tracking citizens movements, which in post 9/11 America is not too far fetched.

just one paranoids opinion Griff