Comments on: Passenger moons speed camera http://boingboing.net/2008/05/06/passenger-moons-spee.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 09:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Gilbert Wham http://boingboing.net/2008/05/06/passenger-moons-spee.html#comment-181511 Gilbert Wham Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-181511 Every child I know, and I mean <i>every</i> one, would find this fucking hilarious. So would all the kids you, or anyone else on the planet knows. Because waving your bum at figures of authority is, quite clearly, funny. And kids know funny. Every child I know, and I mean every one, would find this fucking hilarious. So would all the kids you, or anyone else on the planet knows. Because waving your bum at figures of authority is, quite clearly, funny. And kids know funny.

]]> By: Lord Peter http://boingboing.net/2008/05/06/passenger-moons-spee.html#comment-181770 Lord Peter Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-181770 If I saw the picture with no explanation, I would have assumed it was an airbag going off. @ #23 The picture wasn't taken by an automatic camera; it was taken by a camera being held by a police officer (who, presumably, was the actual moonee). If I saw the picture with no explanation, I would have assumed it was an airbag going off.

@ #23 The picture wasn’t taken by an automatic camera; it was taken by a camera being held by a police officer (who, presumably, was the actual moonee).

]]> By: markhaas http://boingboing.net/2008/05/06/passenger-moons-spee.html#comment-181531 markhaas Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-181531 I wonder what would happen if you merely held up a life-size photo of someone mooning the speed camera, or some other "offensive" behavior. Probably would look real to the camera anyway. What charge would the police use then? I wonder what would happen if you merely held up a life-size photo of someone mooning the speed camera, or some other “offensive” behavior. Probably would look real to the camera anyway. What charge would the police use then?

]]> By: Chris S http://boingboing.net/2008/05/06/passenger-moons-spee.html#comment-181544 Chris S Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-181544 Anyone checked to make sure this isn't a HOV dummy? Anyone checked to make sure this isn’t a HOV dummy?

]]> By: geekazoid http://boingboing.net/2008/05/06/passenger-moons-spee.html#comment-181548 geekazoid Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-181548 It baffles me why they would give this rather juvenile incident any press. And the whole "children might have seen a bum" angle is ridiculous. Mooning people from your buddy's car is a pretty banal and adolescent male impulse. I'm pretty sure I did this in high school a few times. Certainly witnessed it in cars and school buses on countless occasions. This is a prime example of testosterone and impaired judgment - i.e. boys will be boys. No big whoop. @18: Your comment reminds me of a buddy of mine, Ronnie, who used to keep a mannequin (dressed & wigged) in the passenger seat of his Honda CRV so he could use the HOV lane on his morning commute. I suggested he modify it such that one arm was hinged and attach a pulley and line so he could make her "salute" the other drivers as he passed them by. It baffles me why they would give this rather juvenile incident any press. And the whole “children might have seen a bum” angle is ridiculous.

Mooning people from your buddy’s car is a pretty banal and adolescent male impulse. I’m pretty sure I did this in high school a few times. Certainly witnessed it in cars and school buses on countless occasions. This is a prime example of testosterone and impaired judgment – i.e. boys will be boys. No big whoop.

@18: Your comment reminds me of a buddy of mine, Ronnie, who used to keep a mannequin (dressed & wigged) in the passenger seat of his Honda CRV so he could use the HOV lane on his morning commute.

I suggested he modify it such that one arm was hinged and attach a pulley and line so he could make her “salute” the other drivers as he passed them by.

]]> By: Bottlekid http://boingboing.net/2008/05/06/passenger-moons-spee.html#comment-181551 Bottlekid Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-181551 Normally, one would expect to see that on the driver's side of a BMW. Normally, one would expect to see that on the driver’s side of a BMW.

]]> By: bolamig http://boingboing.net/2008/05/06/passenger-moons-spee.html#comment-181554 bolamig Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-181554 So nobody saw anything wrong with cops distributing a voyeuristic photo of a guy's private parts to the news media for a laugh? We've got to get the EFF working on important privacy matters. I kid. Not. Cameras will become ubiquitous... there's already at least two that record me everytime I go outside my apartment. The important work that EFF does is to make sure there are consequences when the technology is misused. So nobody saw anything wrong with cops distributing a voyeuristic photo of a guy’s private parts to the news media for a laugh? We’ve got to get the EFF working on important privacy matters. I kid. Not.

Cameras will become ubiquitous… there’s already at least two that record me everytime I go outside my apartment. The important work that EFF does is to make sure there are consequences when the technology is misused.

]]> By: mikelotus http://boingboing.net/2008/05/06/passenger-moons-spee.html#comment-181563 mikelotus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-181563 i thought this thing only took pictures if you were speeding? at least that is how it works in washington, dc. why is every care having picture taken and what are they using to store all that data and how long do they hold onto the data? i thought this thing only took pictures if you were speeding? at least that is how it works in washington, dc. why is every care having picture taken and what are they using to store all that data and how long do they hold onto the data?

]]> By: scottfree http://boingboing.net/2008/05/06/passenger-moons-spee.html#comment-181565 scottfree Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-181565 #3 Exactly. I for one object to Jeremy Forsbergs depiction of the people who watch speed cameras as children. Just because they are stuck with a shite job does not mean that their intelligence is any less than the average adult. Either that or I call for Jeremy to be subpoenaed in an investigation into child labour in the UK. In any event, a clarification is in order. Scottfree Treasurer International You Not Use Words Wrong Committee #3

Exactly.

I for one object to Jeremy Forsbergs depiction of the people who watch speed cameras as children. Just because they are stuck with a shite job does not mean that their intelligence is any less than the average adult.

Either that or I call for Jeremy to be subpoenaed in an investigation into child labour in the UK.

In any event, a clarification is in order.

Scottfree
Treasurer
International You Not Use Words Wrong Committee

]]> By: sonny p fontaine http://boingboing.net/2008/05/06/passenger-moons-spee.html#comment-181573 sonny p fontaine Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-181573 the ass is clearly photoshopped the ass is clearly photoshopped

]]> By: padster123 http://boingboing.net/2008/05/06/passenger-moons-spee.html#comment-182115 padster123 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-182115 "Not only is it disrespectful, but distasteful and offensive, particularly to children who may have been exposed to this nonsense." Fool. A child would laugh. Children don't find anything much in language "offensive". Only a Daily Mail reading pompous ass would say something like that. “Not only is it disrespectful, but distasteful and offensive, particularly to children who may have been exposed to this nonsense.”

Fool. A child would laugh. Children don’t find anything much in language “offensive”. Only a Daily Mail reading pompous ass would say something like that.

]]> By: Piet Stoaling http://boingboing.net/2008/05/06/passenger-moons-spee.html#comment-182646 Piet Stoaling Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-182646 I'm sorry, that is possible one of the funniest things I have seen on a while. Why do the authorities bother! Surely they should just look at it, giggle and post the image on the office wall...! I’m sorry, that is possible one of the funniest things I have seen on a while. Why do the authorities bother! Surely they should just look at it, giggle and post the image on the office wall…!

]]> By: Matthew Walton http://boingboing.net/2008/05/06/passenger-moons-spee.html#comment-181899 Matthew Walton Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-181899 Well actually the camera was probably operated by a civilian member of the traffic safety partnership - the police have got too many forms to fill in to be sitting in a van operating cameras (they do it sometimes, but not very often). But yes, it seems it was a manual camera. The angle, for one thing, is a lot lower than an automatic speed camera's usual mounting height would give. Well actually the camera was probably operated by a civilian member of the traffic safety partnership – the police have got too many forms to fill in to be sitting in a van operating cameras (they do it sometimes, but not very often).

But yes, it seems it was a manual camera. The angle, for one thing, is a lot lower than an automatic speed camera’s usual mounting height would give.

]]> By: StridentLobster http://boingboing.net/2008/05/06/passenger-moons-spee.html#comment-182159 StridentLobster Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-182159 That pasty ass still looks better than a Hummer. That pasty ass still looks better than a Hummer.

]]> By: dculberson http://boingboing.net/2008/05/06/passenger-moons-spee.html#comment-181649 dculberson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-181649 The bum is one thing -- the unsecured load is another issue entirely. The bum is one thing — the unsecured load is another issue entirely.

]]> By: foop http://boingboing.net/2008/05/06/passenger-moons-spee.html#comment-181919 foop Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-181919 @#23: But the car was breaking a traffic law. It looks like the passenger wasn't wearing a seatbelt. This is an offence punishable by a fixed penalty fine of £30, or £500 if the case goes to court. But anyway, you're a bored traffic cop. You see someone's huge arse approaching. Are you really not going to record it? @#23: But the car was breaking a traffic law. It looks like the passenger wasn’t wearing a seatbelt. This is an offence punishable by a fixed penalty fine of £30, or £500 if the case goes to court.

But anyway, you’re a bored traffic cop. You see someone’s huge arse approaching. Are you really not going to record it?

]]> By: BarkingSpider http://boingboing.net/2008/05/06/passenger-moons-spee.html#comment-181675 BarkingSpider Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-181675 Perhaps, just perhaps, the car itself was traveling at the speed limit, but the camera picked up the advancing speed of the man's bum as it approached the windshield--which would necessarily be faster than the car itself. Perhaps, just perhaps, the car itself was traveling at the speed limit, but the camera picked up the advancing speed of the man’s bum as it approached the windshield–which would necessarily be faster than the car itself.

]]> By: Kobie http://boingboing.net/2008/05/06/passenger-moons-spee.html#comment-181934 Kobie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-181934 Kids love asses. They'd be laughing more than anyone else. Kids love asses. They’d be laughing more than anyone else.

]]> By: cobrabay http://boingboing.net/2008/05/06/passenger-moons-spee.html#comment-181937 cobrabay Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-181937 The A1171 in Cramlington runs past my old school, now called Cramlington Community High School. The road isn't easily visible from the school, but would be from the bus stops which served the school. I think in my day, once we'd stopped laughing the faster thinking kids would have replied in kind. The A1171 in Cramlington runs past my old school, now called Cramlington Community High School. The road isn’t easily visible from the school, but would be from the bus stops which served the school. I think in my day, once we’d stopped laughing the faster thinking kids would have replied in kind.

]]> By: Stacyj http://boingboing.net/2008/05/06/passenger-moons-spee.html#comment-181427 Stacyj Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-181427 Wow, I can't believe Forsberg actually managed to get a "won't somebody think of the children!" into his objections ... what fun when people present themselves as real-life parodies =P Wow, I can’t believe Forsberg actually managed to get a “won’t somebody think of the children!” into his objections … what fun when people present themselves as real-life parodies =P

]]> By: weatherman http://boingboing.net/2008/05/06/passenger-moons-spee.html#comment-181429 weatherman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-181429 Is public lewdness if there is no "public" around? If a man moons in the forest... Is public lewdness if there is no “public” around? If a man moons in the forest…

]]> By: Scuba SM http://boingboing.net/2008/05/06/passenger-moons-spee.html#comment-181431 Scuba SM Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-181431 Hmmm, maybe he's implying that they use children to monitor the traffic cameras. Though, if the car wasn't speeding, it means somebody was taking the time to look at every single picture while on the gov't payroll. Hooray effectual use of tax dollars! Of course, what do I know. They may have already caught 30 terrorists by looking at non-speeding vehicles. Hmmm, maybe he’s implying that they use children to monitor the traffic cameras. Though, if the car wasn’t speeding, it means somebody was taking the time to look at every single picture while on the gov’t payroll. Hooray effectual use of tax dollars! Of course, what do I know. They may have already caught 30 terrorists by looking at non-speeding vehicles.

]]> By: PhiCancri http://boingboing.net/2008/05/06/passenger-moons-spee.html#comment-181436 PhiCancri Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-181436 What will become of the little ones that are harmed psychologically by viewing a stranger's bare bum? Won't someone please think of the children?! What will become of the little ones that are harmed psychologically by viewing a stranger’s bare bum? Won’t someone please think of the children?!

]]> By: foobar http://boingboing.net/2008/05/06/passenger-moons-spee.html#comment-181440 foobar Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-181440 Is the driver to be expected to identify the passenger by his ass? Is the driver to be expected to identify the passenger by his ass?

]]> By: Tomas http://boingboing.net/2008/05/06/passenger-moons-spee.html#comment-181444 Tomas Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-181444 "Uh, I dunno 'is name , gov'nor, 'e was jus' some ass I was haulin' about..." :o) “Uh, I dunno ‘is name , gov’nor, ‘e was jus’ some ass I was haulin’ about…”

:o)

]]> By: Anselm http://boingboing.net/2008/05/06/passenger-moons-spee.html#comment-181446 Anselm Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-181446 Please, think of the children! After all, mooning a speed camera means that your ass will now be splashed across the internet to corrupt innocent little children! Please, think of the children! After all, mooning a speed camera means that your ass will now be splashed across the internet to corrupt innocent little children!

]]> By: Blackbird http://boingboing.net/2008/05/06/passenger-moons-spee.html#comment-181448 Blackbird Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-181448 Is the driver to be expected to identify the passenger by his ass? Wow...what fun! Police line-ups, identifying the ass in court...fun! I wanna know why, if the driver wasn't speeding, a pic was taken. Are the photographing EVERY car that passes, and only issuing tickets to those that are speeding? Is the threshold of the camera so low that all cars are photographed? Or...in the tinfoil hat mode, do they have some sort of filter for the images that will pop out pictures of OTHER crimes? Ass-Filters perhaps? As a legal side note: Does one HAVE to identify his passenger if in fact no crime to the driver has been attributed? If it was a speeding camera, and the driver was not speeding, but they had his picture anyway (illegal?), what crime is there if that photo shouldn't even exist? I guess they have to pay for the new CCTV's some way, so, lets watch ALL the footage and fine people to make money! Is the driver to be expected to identify the passenger by his ass?

Wow…what fun! Police line-ups, identifying the ass in court…fun!

I wanna know why, if the driver wasn’t speeding, a pic was taken. Are the photographing EVERY car that passes, and only issuing tickets to those that are speeding? Is the threshold of the camera so low that all cars are photographed? Or…in the tinfoil hat mode, do they have some sort of filter for the images that will pop out pictures of OTHER crimes? Ass-Filters perhaps?

As a legal side note: Does one HAVE to identify his passenger if in fact no crime to the driver has been attributed? If it was a speeding camera, and the driver was not speeding, but they had his picture anyway (illegal?), what crime is there if that photo shouldn’t even exist?

I guess they have to pay for the new CCTV’s some way, so, lets watch ALL the footage and fine people to make money!

]]> By: Lex10 http://boingboing.net/2008/05/06/passenger-moons-spee.html#comment-181452 Lex10 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-181452 "It is understood the driver will not <i>face</i> prosecution" Haw! “It is understood the driver will not face prosecution” Haw!

]]> By: Bazilisk http://boingboing.net/2008/05/06/passenger-moons-spee.html#comment-182220 Bazilisk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-182220 That's hilarious. As long as the camera was not emotionally disturbed by the lewdness... That’s hilarious.

As long as the camera was not emotionally disturbed by the lewdness…

]]> By: Johnny Cat http://boingboing.net/2008/05/06/passenger-moons-spee.html#comment-181454 Johnny Cat Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-181454 E's a bit cheeky, that fellow. E’s a bit cheeky, that fellow.

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