Sandra Winn
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Highway speed cameras are meant to slow down those with a lead foot, lest they risk being ticketed. However, a few student pranksters from Maryland are using them for mean-spirited pranks. They are cloning license plates from vehicles of someone who has gotten under their skin. The students then take a fast-pass joyride down the highway with their fake license plates and, a few weeks later, their victim receives a ticket in the mail. Isn’t 21st Century punking just grand? I doubt the ticket would stick. You may be able to fake a license plate but you cannot do the same for make and model. Still, the victim would have to go through the pain-in-the-butt process of clearing their name—which probably makes the prankster feel rather successful.  Yet again, the street finds its own use for things - even the things installed by The Man to make the street safe. Students in Maryland in the US have hit upon the idea of making up fake license plates for their cars which match those of someone on whom they wish to exact a bit of revenge, and then driving past the automatic speed cameras in the area at high speeds.
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