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To: Callirhoe
One caution--they can be really sneaky about where your car is to say you're "running" the red light. To be at all fair, any city that starts this should publicize how the cameras work, and what the tolerances are.

Oh, I agree 100%. The idea is not to "trick" people or give them a ticket on a technicality. Tickets should be given as they would if a police officer were sitting there and witnessed the infraction. I would even go so far as to say that tickets should only be issued for flagrant, obvious infractions, such as the car being caught in the middle of the intersection with the light red. None of that "bumper over the white line". And I would add that such a system should not be used if it can't tell the difference.

16 posted on 12/17/2004 1:51:22 PM PST by GLDNGUN
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To: GLDNGUN

Anecdote: I have a good friend of mine who would always come back home using the same route (same speed limit). One day they changed the speed limits. He got pulled over and ticketed by the sheriff. He got home, took his camcorder and recorded more signs being put in that day. He also caught the sheriff stop another car and letting the driver go with a warning. He asked the judge for a trial. At the trial date (the same day) the judge pulled him aside and told him the tape was inadmissible! Since it was his only evidence, he was convicted. This little anecdote showcases quite a few potential traffic court horrors:
-The cops never gave any warning of the speed limit change to residents (most people get on auto-pilot when they use the same route every day; there's no way they would notice a changed speed sign)
-Cops do not treat people equally
-Judges are far from objective in traffic court
-Decent citizens end up wasting half a day of work (huge cost) in order to fight a small fine. Most people would rather pay up rather than fight, even if they're innocent.

Seeing cops camped at 15 miles per hour roads ON THE WEEKEND is absolutely disgusting!


21 posted on 12/18/2004 4:33:24 PM PST by winner3000
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