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Red light tickets thrown out in San Mateo
The (San Mateo, CA) Daily Journal ^ | November 11, 2015 | Samantha Weigel

Posted on 11/12/2015 8:48:49 AM PST by Navy Patriot

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To: Auntie Dem

You need to read my #19.


21 posted on 11/12/2015 9:30:52 AM PST by Navy Patriot (America, a Rule of Mob nation)
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To: Navy Patriot

They are not constitutional anyway....


22 posted on 11/12/2015 9:42:14 AM PST by Vendome (they arDon't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: fruser1

“Show me one pic of such a red light runner getting into an accident.”

I think these are all the same intersection:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCjcUczoc6Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9luCCi48yg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PmpXJUEnfg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0nEYLy443E


23 posted on 11/12/2015 10:28:06 AM PST by PAR35
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To: fruser1

Or are you just looking for red light cameras?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4tmik2meng


24 posted on 11/12/2015 10:29:30 AM PST by PAR35
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To: Navy Patriot

The people there should do what Tucson voters did last week. They got rid of the red light cameras, period.


25 posted on 11/12/2015 10:41:04 AM PST by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel
But, the motorist who careened into the back of the law-abiding citizen was intending to run a red-light...ne c’est pas?

No, he was on a deceleration rate to stop at the line -- but a stopped vehicle was in his way...

26 posted on 11/12/2015 10:47:43 AM PST by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias. "Barack": Allah's current ally...)
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To: glorgau
$540 fine. That’s a lot of freaking money to some people - including me.

I think the base fine is $490, now you add court costs, night court levee, CHP levee, the levee levee and then there are the DMV points and associated rise in insurance rates depending on your record and you find that it's a whole lot more money.

27 posted on 11/12/2015 10:54:49 AM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: TXnMA

6 of one - half dozen of the other

At least, that is what the citing officer would say.

I trust a cop about as much as i trust a fart during a bout of influenza.


28 posted on 11/12/2015 11:16:40 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: tflabo
We survived quite well without traffic light cameras for many decades until the rip offs by government trying to trick drivers into trap$.

We have a couple traffic light camera intersections in South San Francisco. All a trap to get revenue. People started avoiding them by using surrounding alternate streets. So the city changed nearby streets making them one-way to stop the avoidance. As in this instance, there were legal problems and the city was forced to refund millions of dollars for wrongful ticketing until the yellow light duration and other problems were rectified. Anywhere you see these cameras, it's about revenue and not about safety.

29 posted on 11/12/2015 11:43:32 AM PST by roadcat
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Later in the article...

Clemente, with the help of NBC's Investigative team and Los Angeles resident Jay Beeber, who advocated for the new law, claim a video of the Burlingame man's ticket shows the yellow lights were set to just 3.066 seconds, below the former 3.2-second minimum.

I was stuned when I read this.

(Do any Freepers still remember being stuned because of a beeber-like device?)

30 posted on 11/12/2015 11:44:32 AM PST by Kyrie (He is risen!)
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To: Vendome
They are not constitutional anyway....

I would agree.

31 posted on 11/12/2015 3:01:28 PM PST by Navy Patriot (America, a Rule of Mob nation)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

Don’t know. They probably thought the guy in front of them was going through the Light and were preparing to stop one car length ahead at the Limit Line. Surprise, surprise...


32 posted on 11/12/2015 4:12:27 PM PST by Kickass Conservative (Republicans hold Debates while Democrats hold Auctions.)
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To: fruser1

LAPD admits that red light cameras cause accidents...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50x0DP3Douk


33 posted on 11/12/2015 4:33:16 PM PST by Fresh Wind (Falcon 105)
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To: Kickass Conservative

Hmmm....If I recall my driver’s training from WAY BACK IN HIGH SCHOOL, it was obligatory for the car following to be prepared to stop before slamming into the car ahead, otherwise you would get a ticket for “Failure to be in control of your vehicle”. Sounds like too much tailgating, not the red light cameras. That’s like blaming the team that lost for the riots that burned down the town.


34 posted on 11/13/2015 8:08:26 AM PST by Dutchboy88
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To: Dutchboy88

Well, I’m just stating what I heard was the reason the Red Light Camera where I live was taken out.

Are we disagreeing on something?

I must have missed it. I’ve never personally had a Red Light Camera Ticket.


35 posted on 11/13/2015 9:26:46 AM PST by Kickass Conservative (Republicans hold Debates while Democrats hold Auctions.)
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To: Kickass Conservative

Sorry, no, we are not disagreeing...there just seemed to be a large contingent of folks who believe any enforcement of laws are fair. Thus, they blame the most ridiculous things as the “cause” of their failures to obey. I suppose I was writing to them.


36 posted on 11/13/2015 9:33:56 AM PST by Dutchboy88
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To: Dutchboy88

These Red Light Cameras have been rigged from the beginning to increase Revenue.

When they started to realize that the Cure was worse than the Disease, the Politicos were forced to reconsider.

The Yellow Light timing was manipulated with no concern for the outcome. Like they say, follow the money.


37 posted on 11/13/2015 9:43:50 AM PST by Kickass Conservative (Republicans hold Debates while Democrats hold Auctions.)
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To: Kickass Conservative

Well, maybe I was writing to you after all.


38 posted on 11/13/2015 9:45:37 AM PST by Dutchboy88
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