"Two studies in recent years show an increase in the number of drivers who slam on the brakes after seeing the cameras at intersections, causing drivers behind them to slam into them," the Associated Press reported today.

Greg Mauz, a spokesman for National Motorists Association, said, "What the cameras do is they change reasonable behavior into unreasonable behavior."

In San Diego, a study commissioned by the very pols who imposed spy cameras found that rear-end collisions at monitored intersections soared by 37 percent.

In Charlotte, N.C., a study commissioned by the very pols who imposed spy cameras found that rear-end collisions at monitored intersections rose by 16 percent.

And then there's the waste of Earth's natural resources as fed-up citizens take matters into their own hands.

"In places where the cameras have been installed, many drivers abhor them as an invasion of privacy," the Philadelphia Daily News reported today.

"In Britain, for example, radar cams are targets for frequent vandalism. The Chicago Tribune reported that about 30 of the Brit cameras have been wrecked in recent months by vandals wearing Tony Blair masks. In Ontario, a third-party candidate for premier won election in 1995 largely because he promised to junk photo radar."

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