Needaname- It's almost pitch black at night back there behind the school. You could almost steal the thing and walk away with no one seeing. .

That's criminal disobedience, not civil.

Eh, some laws are morally wrong.

Just because something is codified by the government does not mean it is correct. Japanese interment based on 'suspicion' comes to mind, as does voter IDs. Also remember, spousal abuse was for decades considered unprosecutable.

Revenue cameras certainly fall into this grey area.

Morals don't override the law, JD.

You can decide they do, and you're always free to do so, but that makes you a criminal.

Of course, I disagree with you on the 'revenue' cameras. There's nothing wrong with - out in public - enforcing the laws on the books through whatever reasonable means neccessary. No one is forcing you to leadfoot it past that 'revenue' camera.

What the real crime is, honestly, is how little money the county actually gets.

Civil disobedience involves the willingness to suffer the consequences of the disobedience. Gandhi practiced civil disobedience and paid the price. Martin Luther King JR. practiced CD and paid the price. The draft resisters of the 60s practiced CD and paid a price. If the person who vandalized the camera views this as CD, he/she ought to come forward, state his/her position on speed cameras to convince others he is right, and accept the consequences. Otherwise, its just vandalism

Tim, I do not often disagree with you, but your statement that, "Morals don't override the law" inclines me to comment. Some laws are morally wrong and do call for civil disobedience. The Jim Crow laws prevelant in our country decades ago are just the most obvious example. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his associates disbeyed those laws, which did make them criminals, but I believe they were morally right. The citizens of this country agreed and these laws were overturned and are now no more than an historical embarrasment.

I certainly would not label laws regarding enforcement of the speed limit to be morally wrong, nor do I believe that it is morally wrong to monitor and enforce speed limits via cameras. I agree with you that disregarding the warnings about the cameras and failing to slow down amounts to a voluntary contribution to the tax revenues of Baltimore County.

Hey Honey..They should put where it makes the CHILDREN THE MOST SAFE at that school. Behind the school, above back parking lot, not there for safety reason. It's there for $$ generation only. SAFETY IS NOT DRIVING FORCE HERE.

It doesn't make as much money at a higher angle. Oops, I mean slow down cars. Wait it doesn't do that either, it just takes a picture.

What is the purpose of these things again?

Once again, there'd be no driving force if you terribad Maryland drivers would stop driving like you own the road.

Once profits are down, you'll be surprised at how they gradually disappear.

Stop sucking at driving, Baltimore County.
Also, stop sucking at parking, while you are at it.

- No, you don't deserve a handicapped parking space without your own tag,
- No, that fire lane you park in wasn't designed for your personal use.
- Those lines on your parking space? They are there to help guide you into the space. Pay attention.
- Finally, push your carts back where they belong after you use them, instead of leaving them in the street, you lazy bunch of entitled babies.

"- Finally, push your carts back where they belong after you use them, instead of leaving them in the street, you lazy bunch of entitled babies."

Truer words have never been spoken.

I do none of these things enumerated above. Ever.
Still, there's no question I lack class.

There's no way I could properly set up a dinner table. I seldom wear a tie as well, or even dress slacks. Sometimes, I even eat with my hands. What I don't lack, however, is integrity and consideration of others and the law, when I'm operating a motor vehicle.

The highest accidents are because Baltimore City and Washington are two of the most congested places in the country.

Sorry, Allstar, don't believe congestion for one minute. Some Maryland drivers I have encountered drive aggressively, cutting from one lane to another to get ahead, driving way over 65 miles on major highways, running red lights, tailgating, and texting on their phones. All this unsafe behavior leads to accidents.

Actually, there is a sign warning that the speed limit is reduced ahead. There is also a sign, easy to see if one is watching the road, that the speed limit is 30 and the speed limit is enforced by a camera. Failure to slow down here is just deciding to volunteer to contribute to the Baltimore County coffers. Also, the speed limit prior to approaching the school (from the north) is 40, so if you are adhering to the posted speed and do not slow down, you are still under the cushion the speed cameras give before taking your picture. Slow down and relax.

Not noticing a sign or presuming it is misplaced is a sorry excuse for failing to slow down.

The speed limit on Glen Arm Road before you turn onto Cromwell Bridge Road is 30mph. It then is 40mph for only about 2 miles.(BTW, who in their right mind would assume a speed limit sign is "misplaced"?) If you are doing 40 mph (or even 50) as you approach the first 30mph sign on Cromwell bridge Road, there is a hill. You would need to hit the gas to continue your current speed. The hill has enough of an upgrade that if you took your foot off the gas, you would probably not even make it to the top of the hill. If you were doing 50 as you crested the hill, and then took your foot off the gas, you would be doing less than 42 before the camera picked up your speed, because after coming down the hill, you must then go up another hill before passing the camera. You really must have no concept of obeying the law if this camera gets you.

Other Tim, I agree. And since you cannot see over that hill as you approach it, slowing down would be the safe thing to do. I have ridden hundreds of miles on that road on my bicycle. If you drive much over 40 on Cromwell Bridge Road, you are not driving carefully or courteously

You could always buy a few cans of spray paint and leave them there on top of the speed camera box so that the artists who are trying to express themselves have easy access to new material.

How do you know that they haven't already done this? MU-AH-HA-HA-HA-Ha! Just get one of those little game camera's that hunters use to watch for deer. They have infra-red capabilities and with an 8 GB memory card they can shoot many pictures.

And then a camera to watch the camera that's watching the camera!

Yeah, it's tyranny to expect citizens to travel at the posted speed limit, a speed limit BTW that has not changed in decades. Ranks right up there with quartering soldiers in our homes and denying us the right to trade with any nation other than England.

has to start somwhere