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Non-Road Boards => Off-Topic => Topic started by: Chris on December 04, 2009, 04:49:46 AM

Title: Santa Claus visits the Dutch speed cameras
Post by: Chris on December 04, 2009, 04:49:46 AM
 :sombrero:

Dozens of Dutch speed cameras were gift-wrapped throughout the country.  :spin:

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Title: Re: Santa Claus visits the Dutch speed cameras
Post by: Truvelo on December 04, 2009, 05:08:13 AM
We know the perpetrator drives a VW Golf :colorful:

Seriously though, I remember one here being gift wrapped a few years ago.

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Title: Re: Santa Claus visits the Dutch speed cameras
Post by: Bryant5493 on December 04, 2009, 06:02:40 AM
Wow! That's funny (lol).


Be well,

Bryant
Title: Re: Santa Claus visits the Dutch speed cameras
Post by: english si on December 04, 2009, 07:23:38 AM
That British one still works (not that it's legally valid though).

Nicer than the normal presents of necklaces that they tend to get.

(note - necklacing is where you get a tyre full of petrol/tire full of gas and burn it while something is wearing it - destroys the speed camera)
Title: Re: Santa Claus visits the Dutch speed cameras
Post by: Truvelo on December 04, 2009, 09:37:40 AM
Quote from: english si on December 04, 2009, 07:23:38 AM
(note - necklacing is where you get a tyre full of petrol/tire full of gas and burn it while something is wearing it - destroys the speed camera)

Like this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iprAsCibZtM).
Title: Re: Santa Claus visits the Dutch speed cameras
Post by: Chris on December 04, 2009, 10:28:24 AM
Yeah they frequently set speed cameras on fire in the Netherlands too...
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Title: Re: Santa Claus visits the Dutch speed cameras
Post by: Brandon on December 04, 2009, 10:51:07 AM
Serves them right.  This sort of enforcement is more about revenue than about safety.  Shoot, it's all about revenue.
Title: Re: Santa Claus visits the Dutch speed cameras
Post by: Truvelo on December 04, 2009, 10:51:50 AM
There was a Dutch website called tuftufclub which featured pictures of vandals in action but it went offline years ago.
Title: Re: Santa Claus visits the Dutch speed cameras
Post by: Hellfighter on December 04, 2009, 11:27:48 AM
That's freakin' awesome!
Title: Re: Santa Claus visits the Dutch speed cameras
Post by: Chris on December 04, 2009, 02:34:22 PM
It turned out to be a PR stunt of Go Fast beverages. They gift-wrapped a total of 250 speed cameras throughout the Netherlands. There are 1700 fixed speed cameras in the Netherlands.
Title: Re: Santa Claus visits the Dutch speed cameras
Post by: mightyace on December 04, 2009, 05:45:12 PM
A real present would be if the gift box obscured the camera until the holidays are over!

But, we all know how likely that is!  (A government voluntarily forgoing revenue.  :rofl:)
Title: Re: Santa Claus visits the Dutch speed cameras
Post by: City on December 04, 2009, 05:58:49 PM
What if the victims who received fines due to the cameras asked Santa to wrap them up for Christmas (obviously covering the lens)?  :sombrero:  Driving on a freeway at 1 AM and seeing Santa wrapping up a speed camera? That'd be hilarious!  :-D
Title: Re: Santa Claus visits the Dutch speed cameras
Post by: Ian on December 04, 2009, 10:17:10 PM
Nice, I have always wanted a speed camera as a christmas present!