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Oregon fines man $500 for using math to challenge red-light cameras - dmcowen674 - 04-27-2017
Oregon fines man $500 for using math to challenge red-light cameras
4-26-2017
After his wife received a ticket for tripping a red-light camera, Oregon resident Mats Järlström openly criticized the Orwellian devices and the mathematical formulas these cameras use. It seems Big Brother doesn't take too kindly to dissenters, as according to the Institute for Justice Järlström was fined $500 for violating a law that prohibits mathematical criticism without a license.
The Institute for Justice says the actual fine was for Järlström calling himself a "professional engineer." The thing is, Järlström does have a degree in electrical engineering, though he doesn't carry a state license. In Oregon's eyes, that doesn't make him a real engineer. Järlström's initial issue was that the green-yellow-red progression was too short for lights with a left or right turn. Using his engineering expertise, he began to criticize the math equation that governs this timing, hence the fine.
RE: Oregon fines man $500 for using math to challenge red-light cameras - dmcowen674 - 04-27-2017
Apparently in Oregon you have to have a license for free speech.
RE: Oregon fines man $500 for using math to challenge red-light cameras - SteelCrysis - 04-27-2017
Quote:The thing is, Järlström does have a degree in electrical engineering, though he doesn't carry a state license. In Oregon's eyes, that doesn't make him a real engineer.Holocaust denier Fred Leuchter ran afoul of a similar law in Massachusetts, only he didn't have an engineering degree.