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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

This is awesome. Saved. LOL

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Reminds me of the woman that got a fine for "driving in a bus lane" here in the UK. When she looked at the attached image on the fine it was of a woman walking in the street of a town she'd never been to. On that woman's jumper was lettering that closely resembled her plates.

Made me think I could attach a sheet of card with the plate details of some arsehole I disliked, ride a bicycle down the bus lane and see if they start complaining about being fined. 😅

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They'll get the picture in the fine letter so make sure you give them your best one-finger salute

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Well I was on google streetview giving their camera the finger, LOL!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Little Bobby tables learns to drive.

This is smart. When my son was learning, I put a magnetic ‘student driver’ sign on my car, too. More people should do this. It’s just polite.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

L plates are a legal requirement here if that's what you mean

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They’re not required here. You just plop your child in your regular car with no changes whilst they’re learning. It’s insane. I bought a magnetic sign to warn people though, because that seems nuts to me.

I was making a joke tho.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Just pop a bike rack on your back plates and you are good to go.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is there even a remotely possible chance something like that would work? I have to drive past a ALPR that checks for insurance every day. I wouldn't mind plastering code across my tailgate in a design that resembles a license plate.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (4 children)

It actually did work, apparently:

Source

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Worth a shot. Wouldn't surprise me if this backwoods town is vulnerable. That being said, I'm open to anyone's code suggestions and I'll slap it on there. My coding abilities are limited to BASIC and just enough C to make microcontrollers work.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Wow that is impressive

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

not working in two different browsers, should it?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

It's a link to a comment on this subject that says:

Ok, so to explain. This DID happen,literally 500m from my home :) the system was designed to store reg plate numbers and later turned to a speed camera. The stunt was done by a few students of the Technical University, it did bring the whole db down. They tried to revive it, but ultimately the boards have been dead for the past 5 years or so. Mind that this hack was performed around 7 or 8 years ago:) I can provide pics of the dead board now and exact coordinates too:)

And then later in the replies they do give the coordinates of the camera billboard thing they broke, and someone posts a Google Maps screenshot of the board at the coordinates they gave that just looks like a little digital billboard that's turned off and is just black, and the OP confirms that it is the board they mentioned.

Hope that all makes sense; I've got a lot brain fog/stress brain and stuff and it felt like too much to screenshot lol

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Highly unlikely.

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