Eat This Photo Radar!!!
 

Leadfoot loses it ...
Man blasts traffic cam with shotgun: cops
By KATIE CHALMERS, STAFF REPORTER


Call it photo-radar rage.

A 27-year-old Winnipeg man is facing mischief and firearms charges after allegedly using a shotgun to take out his frustrations on one of the city's photo-enforcement cameras.

A motorist was eastbound on Marion Street about 4 a.m. Thursday when the camera flashed, clocking the vehicle going through the intersection at Dufresne Avenue 27 kilometres over the 50 km/h speed limit, police said.

"His picture was taken. It appears he took exception to that," said Winnipeg police Const. Bob Johnson.

The motorist drove home and grabbed a shotgun before returning to the intersection and firing two shots at the camera, creating $10,000 in damage, police said.

"It's pretty unusual," Johnson said about the incident, which is likely the first case of photo-enforcement rage in the city. "We've never had one before."

Ironically, the man's truck had Alberta plates, which means he wouldn't have gotten a ticket anyway.

Under legislation, out-of-province drivers can not be ticketed in the photo-enforcement program.

The shots damaged the camera but did not destroy the stored images. Police used those images and witness accounts to track down the culprit.

SUSPECT ARRESTED

On Friday, a suspect was arrested at his home, where a shotgun was also recovered, police said.

Police are not releasing his name. He has been released on a promise to appear.

LOL! God knows I have always wanted to do that!

DH

what a burn, he would of gotten away with it too!

What a dumbass!! So he would not even have gotten the ticket, now he is fucked and probably will have to pay damages! Wanker!

Damn i wish i could shoot photo radars, sounds like so much fun!

$10,000 in damage?

at least the US isnt the only government to waste taxpayer money

Life sucks for him. :Graucho

Thats why they don't put those things up here. They'd be a constant target of small arms fire and homebrewed explosive devices.

Good 'ol American spirit!

LOL, there's a guy (or group) in England that goes around painting those fuckers day-glo pink :)
Never been caught, as far as I know.

Most of those hi-tech cams cost over 5K alone, and then you gotta pay the guy to go take it down. put a new one back up, 10k

the US imported this Technology from France, traffic cameras.

Way to go! :thumbsup

Fucking spies - they should be terminated. I don't like cops. Fucking assholes - same shit all around the world. Fuck em and traffic cams. So get lisence plate "illusion" spray, which makes your plate on the eyes of the cam just plain white... looks quite normal for eyes, but cams sees it just white.