Catering to Speed Scofflaws
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Joseph Scott should be ashamed of himself. As described in the June 8 Metro article "Man Hopes to Cash In on Speed Camera Law," Mr. Scott is the owner of a company that sells a device called PhantomAlert. This device alerts drivers to locations of speed cameras as well as places where police have been known to set up so-called speed traps.
I would like to point out that there is a better device available to help drivers avoid speeding tickets. What's more, it's standard on every vehicle sold. It's called a speedometer. If you wish to avoid a speeding ticket, don't speed. And with regard to speed cameras, you don't even have to do that. The cameras photograph only those motorists who are driving 10 or more miles per hour over the posted speed limit.
People who are against speed cameras are in effect saying that the law doesn't apply to them and that they have the right to drive over the speed limit. Such thinking amazes me. By selling this device Mr. Scott is aiding people in breaking the law.
DAVID BANCROFT
Olney
