Maryland high-schoolers have been messing with teachers/classmates they don't like by creating fake license plates, sticking them onto their cars, and then deliberately speeding through spots where speeding cameras are set up, getting tickets sent to the victim as if they were speeding. The fake plates are obvious to personal inspection, but indiscernable to the cameras.
While this is ultimately hilarious, the more serious message here is that impersonal eye-in-the-sky surveillance being used to catch crimes is doomed to failure. Until the machines are good enough to outsmart thirteen year-olds, we probably shouldn't be ticketing people based on their judgment. In the meantime, we have this gem.
The Montgomery County Police said they have not seen or heard of this prank occurring but said they will keep an eye out for people committing the crime.
Well, alright then! I don't know about you, but I'm put at ease. By the way, officers, how exactly do you plan on distinguishing between the average speeder and someone who is deliberately and maliciously speeding in order to get some unsuspecting third party a ticket?
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