Posted on 12/09/2005 6:35:35 AM PST by RockinRight
Dynamite works better! Just make sure you were'nt one of the last motorists, some of these cameras transfer the images automatically over a remote line for exactly this reason. Revenge is a dish best served cold. Wait a few hours, or better yet, preemptive revenge in this case may be called for.
That's a good point. I've been in some areas where speed limits on semi-rural roads are reduced to 35 mph by statute -- in any area with a certain density of residential driveways.
it would be wrong to take a stick with a cotton ball covered with vaseline and rub it on those camera lenses...... ( note.....something you can not do to a live cop)
When I lived in New Jersey, The state Police Put and out of commision State Police Car on the median with a generator attached to keep the "Gumball" going. It worked for a week, then I saw that someone had chucked a cinder block through the rear window, at speed.
Mainly because most speed limits are set by an arbitrary, statuatorial standard instead of a sensible number. To increase revenue.
The fact that people are speeding through a school zone is sickening to me. Yes its going to piss people off, but those people were caught and fined.
If you even go 1 mph over the speed limit in a school zone you should receive a ticket. Frankly any ticket you get for speeding is going to be +$150.
If the tickets are being issued prior to the school zone being 20 MPH that would be an easy thing to correct. Those persons should challenge the ticket and have them dismissed.
Now the big question is will the city send notices to those who received tickets between the 2 and 2:30 hour and tell them that their ticket was a mistake and that it should be ignored? Tax revenue (speeding ticket) is hard to turn down for any politician.
I hope so.
Akron has always (unwillingly) played the role of "Cleveland's Little B*tch." Akron is the 5th largest city in Ohio, 82nd largest in the US, but it's often thought of as a little pinprick on the map. It's not as big as Cleveland, or Cincinnati, but our proximity to Cleveland has dwarfed us.
Akron is bigger than:
Dayton
Des Moines
Rochester
Syracuse
Colorado Springs
Orlando (city proper-but not metro area)
But all these cities are thought of as bigger than Akron. Just a little peeve of mine. It amazes me how people seem to think Akron's just a big suburb of Cleveland even though Akron has suburbs of it's own.
I'm not even saying that speed limits in school zones are wrong, just that the way they're being enforced is nuts-it's a slippery slope.
"Up ahead, though, was a St. Paul city cop. When I drove on, after the bus moved, the cop had the guy pulled over and was explaining to him why he was getting his ticket. It's a very expensive ticket, too, and can actually be a "gross misdemeanor," which carries an even higher fine."
Next to DWI, passing a stopped school bus is the next most serious traffic offense in NC.
I don't really wish to argue that point as I feel it's moot in this discussion. If you want to change the laws, go about trying to change them.
we will all be law breakers with the advancement of more intrusive laws...
speed limits are set for safety of pedestrians, yet tickets are given when no pedestrians are injured... no harm, should there be a fine? if so... then aren't we all up for possible manslaughter charges every time we get behind the wheel?
jmh thoughts
teeman
What is more important is that in terms relative to the other metropolitan centers in the region (most namely cleveland, canton, and youngstown), Akron has its act together. Very much so when compared to cleveland. And Akrons central location, large university, and more proactive economic positions, are the reason why I can see Akron continuing to grow relative to cleveland.
Hooray! At least one poster here gets it...
These people are speeding, as in, driving faster than the posted speed limit. As in... NOT obeying the law. Duh.
Where I live, high end SUV's speedily parade 35, 45, even 55, in a 25. Bring on the cameras.
We lived in CH (Switzerland) and the police there have similar cameras on the FREEWAYS. Speed... and just wait a week, there's your tickit in the mail.
Sorry to other posters,, but speeding destroys civility, and I haven't noticed a dearth of it of late.
PS: I love the big-honking, bunker-buster class SUV's in our nut-case liberal area with the leftover Kerry bumber stickers, that thoughlessly (it comes easy for them) do 45 in our 25. Pick and choose the laws, yea, that's it.
In summary: SLOW DOWN
OOPS... dearth should read "oversupply".
There's a dearth of coffee in me this AM, apologies for the upside-down vocab!
Hear! Hear! I was thinking of posting exactly the same thought, but you got there first, so I'll elaborate.
Most "school zone" speeds _are_ nothing short of ridiculous. 20mph is too slow to expect routine compliance from most drivers, especially on a main road where the speed may be dropping from, say, 45 or 50 to 20. Usually, there is not a kid in sight. Most are arriving at school via bus or car, and seldom go anywhere _near_ the main road.
As a point of contrast, I've seen one of these 20mph school zones on Route 209 north of Marshall's Creek, PA. The actual school facilities are set a good 200 feet back from the highway. Yet, go up Route 22 in NY state to the Cherry Plain area, and there's another school set about the same distance from the road, and the speed limit there is nothing shy of 55 - no "reduced speed" at all, _because_ it is a highway.
When I was a kid growing up (over 50 years ago!), mothers taught their kids to STAY OUT OF THE ROAD when a car was coming. That was a pretty basic thing to learn. Why can't kids be taught that way _today_?
Same thing with pedestrian crossings. I learned that if a car was coming, you stayed put until the road was clear, and _then_ you crossed the street. Go to somewhere like Great Barrington, MA, and the arrogant folks up there will walk right out in front of you as you approach them, expecting _you_ to slam on the brakes and stop.
Rant off....
- John
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are you saying that a RED Light or a 20 mile per hour school zone is wrong by reason of who voted for it? What would you susgggest in palce of a red light? how fast should you drive in a school zone where a car going 25 can drag a kid 50 feet before a full stop?
I'm considering running for mayor against Big Don btw...seriously!!
A ticket for no front license plate is about a hundred bucks. One ticket every five years makes it well worth it.
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