Tuesday 12 May 2015

When Does A Cacti,

become a cacteye?


when a speed or surveillance camera is placed inside a fake cacti, which is what is happening in Paradise Valley, Arizona, prickly plants have been recruited to catch lawbreakers, according to a Fox 10 report, the town has hidden a set of license-plate readers in artificial cacti, Paradise Valley has been installing readers since February, but they haven’t been as sneaky as these hidden in fake cactus, the town used the same artificial cacti that were previously used for cell towers, which are designed to blend into the landscape, Police say it’s a simple system to check license plates against a nationwide database of stolen cars or if they are the subject of an amber alert, Paradise Valley Police say they were not trying to hide their new system, town manager Kevin Burke told Fox 10 that the fake cacti are meant to be aesthetically pleasing rather than secretive, He said there are no light poles to put the readers on, so where else to put them? I guess at the beginning and end of each town, after all a car can not suddenly appear in the middle of the dessert so all details that are needed will be recorded as a car enters or leaves town, unless they really are speed cameras? no unthinkable!


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