Doctored pics drive public crazy

20th August 2011

Drivers are fuming over what they believe to be false photos

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War has broken out between drivers and the city guard after car owners accused them of using Photoshop to adjust photographs sent to drivers allegedly breaking the speed limit.

Some drivers have refused to pay speeding fines arguing photographs of them apparently breaking the law have been doctored by guards eager to bring in the cash. The touched up pictures, they say, are inadmissible in court.

Crime experts say that tampering with photographs is against the law.

“Proof of an offence must come from the original picture, which must be unmodified,” said Professor Ewa Gruza, a criminologist from Warsaw University. “Any photograph where missing or fuzzy numbers [on registration pl ...

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