Traffic Camera!

[JediKnight]

A man was driving when he saw the flash of traffic camera.

He figured that his picture had been taken for exceeding the limit, even though he knew that he was not speeding...

Just to be sure, he went around the block and passed the same spot, driving even more slowly, but again the camera flashed.

Now he began to think that this was quite funny, so he drove even slower as he passed the area again, but the traffic camera again flashed.

He tried a fourth time with the same result.

He did this a fifth time and was now laughing when the camera flashed as he rolled past, this time at a snail's pace...

Two weeks later, he got five tickets in the post for driving without a seat belt!

[Staropramen]

Indeedy . . . an urban myth, but based on a true incident, as I recall, in Germany about 4 years ago.

[Bawbee]

....... an urban myth, but based on a true incident.......

[ermintrude]

....... an urban myth, but based on a true incident.......

A true myth!

[Oggy]

How would a camera spot you were not wearing a belt (or indeed doing anything else stupid). This is my problem with them.

[RogerMac]

How would a camera spot you were not wearing a belt (or indeed doing anything else stupid). This is my problem with them.

[paranoid mode] My car knows when I am not wearing a belt - and beeps loudly at me - perhaps the car software has been hacked and it informs on the driver [/paranoid mode]

[Benchista]

Well they can't detect it, but the ones that take the front of the car can record it.

[Staropramen]

Dear old Wikipedia says: "An urban legend, urban myth, urban tale, or, more accurately, a contemporary legend, is a form of modern folklore consisting of apocryphal stories that those who tell them believe to be true. Like all folklore, contemporary legends are not necessarily false, but they are often distorted, exaggerated, or sensationalized over time."

A Scottish translation is not provided