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3/15/2005
Dutch Camera Protester Fined $332
A man was fined US $332 for putting an empty potato chip bag in front of a speed camera.
A sixty year old man was fined 250 Euros (US $332) for placing an empty potato chip bag in front of a speed camera. The incident happened in Mijnsheerenland, a city near Rotterdam, Denmark. Police had been staking out the camera.
The Dutch province of Flevoland is also expected to introduce the first mobile speed averaging camera -- similar to the SPECS camera, fixed system, recently introduced in the UK.
Article Excerpt:He was opposed to the speed camera being placed on the dike, but did not see an unobtrusive car parked a small distance away from the camera.
Source: Man fined in costly speed camera protest (Expatica News, 3/15/2005)
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