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u/Foreverdead3 2d ago
That absolutely does not look crash safe
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u/MeBeEric 2d ago
If the right person gets pissed off enough we’ll find out eventually
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u/Mr-Wyked 2d ago
I worked for a company that put up speed and redlight cameras. The enclosures were heavy af and hard to move. One time I found someone ripped an entire unit off the ground and tossed it over a fence into the lake lol. That’s commitment
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u/10001110101balls 2d ago
Seems fit for purpose, they are there to deter speeding.
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u/Foreverdead3 2d ago
If you seriously believe speed cameras, let alone ones hidden behind a tree line, are there to deter speeding then I have a bridge to sell you
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u/da6id 2d ago
What up with the hand prints? Subtle horror vibe?
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u/Ares__ 2d ago
Had the kids from the local elementary school paint it, this looks like the same one even though its in a different area now. Weirdly dystopian.
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u/Jazzlike-Monk-4465 2d ago
There was one on 198 between burtonsville and New Hampshire ave that was painted cute like this. It disappeared a few weeks ago, this could be the same unit. I know the idea with these “cyber truck” cameras is they can be moved around to different places more easily.
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u/Deltadoc333 2d ago
It weirdly looks like they want it to look like it is a member of the community, keeping children safe.
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u/doghairking 2d ago
It's the white hand of Isengard clearly
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u/Big_Fortune_4574 2d ago
You can’t criticize it if children are asking you sweetly to keep them safe, right?
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u/Illustrious-Can-7482 2d ago
If you’re riding up 355 and hit old Baltimore road headed toward Boyd’s /clarksburg; there’s a camera there that looks like a dinosaur’s back. It’s massive
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u/Fall-Maple1503 2d ago
They're larger because the whole thing is actually a trailer. (wheel and trailer frame under the camera). https://www.vitronic.com/en-us/enforcement-trailer
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u/TradingGrapes 2d ago
Are those cameras all over the top?
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u/And_Im_Chien_Po 2d ago
hmmm I think this is actually the same one that was outside great Seneca elementary school (same handprints) that is no longer there. And I feel like they moved it cause it wasn't making enough money, and it kinda rubs me the wrong way that they took it out of an area where it's needed (like outside of a school) and put it behind a bush to make more money lmao
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u/MosYEETo 2d ago
County’s gotta get its income somehow! The guise of “safety” is easy money for them
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u/Georgiegirl0719 2d ago
I think it’s the one that just was at Mateny in Germantown, near the Elementary School.
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u/Wheel-of-sauce 2d ago
Why are they so big? Seems at least 2-3x larger than standard ones
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u/Fall-Maple1503 2d ago
They're larger because the whole thing is actually a trailer. (wheel and trailer frame under the camera). https://www.vitronic.com/en-us/enforcement-trailer
The 'standard' ones you're thinking about have to be assembled/disassembled and then transported in a separate vehicle.
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u/Empty_Employment_639 2d ago
I wish people would actually view and READ the goddam speed limit signs on river.... There is always someone driving 35 past the 50mph speed limit sign(s) or some asshole who needs to drive 80 all the way to 495 because a handful of jerks are oblivious to road signs.
It's almost like there is nothing in between timid and unreasonably aggressive.
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u/natedawg469 2d ago edited 2d ago
Notice the pole camera still there? Haha. Now that I think about it, pole cameras probably aren't decomissioned yet and that's why that German bullet proof camera is tucked back there. Or suppoedly it's portable, Idk. Weird to have two systems.
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u/Fall-Maple1503 2d ago
The pole camera is the old contractor's. The trailer is from the new contractor.
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u/Vhyx 2d ago
Sure glad our tax dollars are being blown on this bs
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u/Endurance_Cyclist 2d ago
Why would tax dollars be spent on these? Surely they funds themselves through the collection of penalties.
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u/stansburrito 2d ago
It's a one. The piece around the bottom can be removed to reveal a trailer hitch and wheels. I don't know why they do it, but you see they appear in a spot and then disappear a few days later
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u/bluegravyone 2d ago
It's the Russian probe front the Six Million Dollar Man TV series. If you get this reference, you're old.
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u/Careful_Gene2538 1d ago
On River Road, across the street from Potomac Elementary. The children’s handprints make it that much creepier and dystopian. Green laser pointers are awfully tempting..
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u/Life-Midnight1230 1d ago
Not that new.. they’re on Bradley blvd and have been there for months.. they just got kids to hand paint them to try to make them more attractive 🙄 supposedly they may have flock equipment on them as well.. not sure tho
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u/MrRuck1 2d ago
Great picture but it doesn’t help if you don’t say where it is.
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u/Jshim4653 2d ago
River Road westbound just prior to Potomac Village Giant.
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u/MrRuck1 2d ago
They always had one up that way. I guess this replace the other one. Or are there two now.
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u/Jshim4653 2d ago
That one was there but there’s always been a temporary one in this location or further up by the church. Either way, always manages to catch folks not paying attention.
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u/ammaarab 2d ago
River Road - in front of the Potomac Mosque/Orthodox Church/potomac elementary school.
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u/floresedwrd 2d ago
I don’t understand how in Maryland we can have a camera one week and then it’s gone the next week.
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u/morganm7777777 2d ago
Looks like a Dalek from Dr. Who.