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To: sonofstrangelove
One way to beat a red-light camera: Don’t enter the intersection on a yellow light.

Yes, and you could achieve this by slamming on your brakes and hope that the driver in the vehicle behind you, who thought that you were going to proceed through the yellow light, doesn't rear end you.

13 posted on 10/24/2009 1:45:50 AM PDT by Isabel C.
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To: Isabel C.

I avoid those red-light cameras near me by taking new routes, some of which are faster than the old routes I used. When I have to go through those intersections I drive well under the speed limit because I know the yellow light may be set too short and therefore I have to stop immediately on a yellow light. So I have to drive slowly to allow me and the people behind me to stop quickly on the yellow. It’s all one more think I don’t want to have to think about, but I have heard that these cameras cut down substantially on serous accidents caused by people running red lights. I just want them to not set the yellow lights shorter than all the other yellow lights in my area!


14 posted on 10/24/2009 1:53:26 AM PDT by your local physicist (Gridlock is good...in Washington.)
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To: Isabel C.

You do not have to slam on the brakes. That is why you anticipate the light changing and coming to a slow stop. We have had cameras in the LA area and I never received a ticket from a camera light.


16 posted on 10/24/2009 2:01:10 AM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld ("We will either find a way, or make one."Hannibal/Carthaginian Military Commander)
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To: Isabel C.
And he would be at fault for following too close.

I think around here tailgating is considered a sport of some kind.

The real funny ones are the guy that zips over from the far left lane to the far right lane to get around a couple of cars - about 3 feet from their bumpers and when he pops into the right lane nails somebody turning into a driveway.

And then there is...........

34 posted on 10/24/2009 4:37:08 AM PDT by PeteB570 (NRA - Life member and Black Rifle owner)
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