01-31-2009, 04:47 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Spartanville
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Thousands of drivers in Italy are expected to seek compensation after it was revealed that a system to catch them jumping red lights was rigged.
More than 100 people, including police officers, are being investigated as part of the fraud..........
.....But it is now claimed the lights were rigged to change from yellow to red in three seconds instead of the regulation five or six seconds.
The fraud was uncovered by a senior police officer who noticed an unusually high number of fines being issued.
Instead of an average 15 fines a day in some places, the figure jumped to more than 1,000.
The fraud may have netted as much as $170m (£116.4m) for those involved.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7862893.stm
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