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I don't understand what the costume is/why the cop got mad
Pretending to be one of those red light cameras with a flash. Don't know why cop thought slamming on the brakes was worth that.
Oh gotcha, thanks!
He's french.
I believe that traffic cameras are designed to not blind you at night. At least in my neck of the woods they are. Meaning that at night the flash is mostly infrared with a small component of visible red light.
No
A person of few words, I see. While I do applaud your brevity, and I personally believe eloquence to be a superfluous self-gratifying exercise, sometimes bordering masturbation, I do fear that your monosyllabic response to be quite ambiguous.
Pray tell, to what are you saying "no"? Fear not my good person, as I do not request a short essay. But perhaps I could trouble you to expand your reply to include a few more syllables? Maybe even multiple words?
Most traffic light flashes are bright where I am. Also, it's fully legal to do this camera costume thing at least in the US.
Cool. What makes you believe this video was shot in the US? The narrow street, the use of a compact MPV for policing, or that there's a sidewalk?
Are you living in one of the few places that isn't a surveillance state?
In space?
I've just never seen something (a speed camera) that looks like that
Yeah most of them don't have legs.
Lol
Speed camera. Those take picture when you're speeding so faking one can confuse drivers. I don't know if the cop got mad, looks like he just wants to check what's going on.
Ah OK, thanks!