Here is the piece of news that prompted me to start a blog. It is from the Turkish newspaper "Cumhuriyet", 22 January 2006; published at the top of page 10 (international news). It is about three different attacks on security cameras that catch speeders. Seemingly (allegedly?) these are all done by Turkish people living in or near Amsterdam.
The first attack is very straightforward. Someone took some gas and burnt the camera down. This is just the intro to prepare the reader for the more "creative" attacks. The writer, Yakup Karahan, correctly states that this is done probably all around the world by many people.
The second attack is a lot more interesting. After being caught by the camera and notified of this by the flash, the driver and his/her companions covered their license plate and went in front of the camera at illegal speed so many times that the camera ran out of film. This of course does not prevent them from paying the original ticket, but it successfully cripples the equipment noninvasively. I suppose they also felt like they were doing a favor to the community, and could bloat about this later.
The third attack is similar but a lot more efficient and also prevents to be ticketed for the original offense. Again, the driver noticed he was caught by a flash light. After this, he went back and speeded in front of the camera about ten times in a few minutes. Then, when called to pay the ticket he claimed that the equipment was malfunctioning stating that it would be impossible for him to be at the same spot, speeding like that ten times in a few minutes. Seemingly a committee was formed and they decided that the equipment was malfunctioning.
