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Doofy · Oct 30, 2008, 04:54 AM

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worl...an-police.html

German police are appealing for help in finding a British driver making muppets out of them.

Speed cameras in the state of Bavaria have captured an Audi car breaking the speed limit several times with a Muppet Show character appearing to be at the wheel.

Only after examining speed camera photos more closely did they realise it was a right-hand drive car with UK plates.

Only a blur was captured in the driving seat, because the speed cameras are focused for left-hand drive cars.

badidea · Oct 30, 2008, 05:46 AM

(and still they need to twirl the drivers face even though it's already blurred according to the description??)

Person Man · Oct 30, 2008, 09:02 AM

Originally Posted by badidea

(and still they need to twirl the drivers face even though it's already blurred according to the description??)

Notice that they used a twirl. That means that someone can "untwirl" it and see what it's supposed to be. Didn't law enforcement learn anything from the pedophiles that twirled their faces in photos and then got caught because the authorities figured out how to untwirl them?

I guess not. They probably think that only they have that ability.

zro · Oct 30, 2008, 09:39 AM

They probably don't give a **** if someone untwirls it. Plus, they thought it was so cool they did it to the side of the car as well. And you'll notice the license plate is not twirled.

Person Man · Oct 30, 2008, 09:40 AM

Originally Posted by zro

They probably don't give a **** if someone untwirls it. Plus, they thought it was so cool they did it to the side of the car as well. And you'll notice the license plate is not twirled.

No. They threw MS Paint on the license plate.

Dakar V · Oct 30, 2008, 09:41 AM

What the hell, they twirled the side door too. Reflection of a pedestrian?

Laminar · Oct 30, 2008, 09:54 AM

Originally Posted by Person Man

No. They threw MS Paint on the license plate.

Which is odd because if this truly is a case where they can't find the owner, it would suggest that the license plate wasn't readable in the first place (due to a reflective spray or something of the sort) - if so, why'd they need to edit it further? This story seems fishy to me.

Spheric Harlot · Oct 30, 2008, 10:15 AM

Originally Posted by Laminar

Which is odd because if this truly is a case where they can't find the owner, it would suggest that the license plate wasn't readable in the first place (due to a reflective spray or something of the sort) - if so, why'd they need to edit it further? This story seems fishy to me.

The owner isn't necessarily the driver.

I don't know how it works in the States, but here, if you deny having been the driving the car at the time, and law enforcement can't prove it using photographic or other evidence, they can't nail you down.

Can't use that defense too often, though, because at some point, they'll start investigating who's been regularly using your car.

Doofy · Oct 30, 2008, 10:15 AM

Originally Posted by Laminar

Which is odd because if this truly is a case where they can't find the owner, it would suggest that the license plate wasn't readable in the first place

Or it would suggest that German authorities can't retrieve data from the UK database.

I suspect that the photo editing was done by the paper, to protect themselves from the lawsuit which the driver would inevitably bring if they published the unedited one.

Now. Enough about photo editing... ...there's a fsking muppet driving that car!

Doofy · Oct 30, 2008, 10:16 AM

Originally Posted by Spheric Harlot

...

Bloody hell! Who dug this nick up?

Spheric Harlot · Oct 30, 2008, 10:20 AM

Originally Posted by Doofy

Bloody hell! Who dug this nick up?

Safari did.

After logging out briefly to check out a thread in the Political Lounge I'd been told about (only to find that it wasn't at all different from what was going on in all the other threads, reminding me why I had myself banned from there), Safari decided it needed to ask me for my Keychain password to decrypt auto-fill-in.

It then filled in the log-in data for this account, for whatever reason.

Hello again!

:stretches a little:

Hm. Does this account make my ass look big?

Laminar · Oct 30, 2008, 10:26 AM

Any clues to your real identity, for those of us currently in the dark?

Dakar V · Oct 30, 2008, 10:26 AM

I believe it's analogika, but don't hold me to it, I'm like 4th generation NNer.

Spheric Harlot · Oct 30, 2008, 10:31 AM

yep.

Haven't got around to revamping the sig, yet.

Dakar V · Oct 30, 2008, 10:33 AM

Someone with a sense of humor needs to give me the keys to their old account, just so I can wreak confusing havoc on the lounge for a day.

olePigeon · Oct 30, 2008, 11:13 AM

They need to put this picture up on Top Gear. We finally know who The Stig is.

turtle777 · Oct 30, 2008, 12:18 PM

Wow, nice change to show your old face, Spheric.

The grey hair looks good on you

-t

Person Man · Oct 30, 2008, 01:13 PM

Originally Posted by Dakar V

Someone with a sense of humor needs to give me the keys to their old account, just so I can wreak confusing havoc on the lounge for a day.

I would, but I've only ever been Person Man since the days before you actually had to have an account to post here.

Spheric Harlot · Oct 30, 2008, 01:32 PM

You know, it's pretty funny that this nick's public comeback thread would be named "German muppets!"

Oisín · 01:42 PM

Originally Posted by Doofy

Or it would suggest that German authorities can't retrieve data from the UK database.

I don’t think that’s the case. Where I work (a private company, not even any kind of authority), we have access to the vehicle (and personal, for that matter) registries in all the Nordic countries, so I’m fairly sure the German authorities wouldn’t have too much trouble getting access to the UK ones.

Jawbone54 · Oct 30, 2008, 02:10 PM

Saw this on Digg, and spent the next several hours absolutely giddy.