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- dons2346Explorer
Sprink-Fitter wrote:
dons2346 wrote:
Well, if you are a South Dakota resident and have SD plates, worry no more. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/apr/3/editorial-three-cheers-for-south-dakota/
The article talks about speed cameras, not red light cameras.
Yup, you're right. Sorry for the mistake but it applies to anytime you are caught by a camera - 2oldmanExplorer III've gotten a ticket for a rolling stop at a right-on-red in Wenatchee WA. I was guilty so I paid it.
valhalla360 wrote:
A little off topic, but I thought you might have an opinion on this:
The more important issue is are the speed limits and signal timings set correctly.I'm a traffic engineer and set both (I haven't done cameras as the states I typicaly work in don't allow them).
Traffic lights are the great guessing game of driving, and they shouldn't be. The worst case is on freeways with lights, like in Southern CA on the 86 freeway. And those stupid flashing amber lights a few hundred feet ahead of the signal..? ..worthless because they flash ALL the time. One only has to look down at the skid marks on the pavement to know how dangerous it is.
What would be the feasibility of having wifi devices in signal boxes to tell drivers with receivers how long that green is going to be? It would be a huge help to truckers, and those of us who tow heavy rigs. I doubt the amber is timed to how long it takes a big rig to stop. - rockhillmanorExplorer IIThey yanked them out of the town where I am in Florida now. Too many Tourists got back home only to find a ticket. Many wrote back they would never return to that town. Can't have the snowbirds and tourists angry and lost revenue. So out went the red light cameras.
They also found out that they too had messed with the yellow light timing so more would get a ticket. IMHO, JMHO I think almost all have messed with the timing. - fj12ryderExplorer IIII could believe that red light cameras were for safety if the company installing and operating them wasn't doing it to make a profit, and splitting that profit with the officials in charge of implementing the red light cameras. A recipe for corruption if ever I heard one.
- OH48LtExplorer
3oaks wrote:
I don't see anything wrong with red light cameras or electronic speed recording devices as long as they are calibrated accurately. Just obey the traffic laws and they will be a non issue. :R
I wish that were true. Sadly, it isn't. Speed cameras are notorious for being way off. There was a trial held about 2 years ago in an Ohio Common Pleas Court. A woman was accused of a serious crime when her car and another collided and the other driver died. A speed camera recorded the incident, and the government accused her of speeding at the time. To make a long story short, the engineer for the camera company got on the stand and under questioning stated that the speed camera was accurate to within 8 mph either way. That's a 16 mph spread. That was about the end of that trial.
They are NOT accurate. They are just revenue enhancers. - jfkmkExplorerGoogle town shortening yellow light and you will easily determine if red light cameras are for safety or for revenue.
- Dog_FolksExplorerFollow the money. This is not about safety but REVENUE!
In a city in South Florida, 50% of the fines went to the company installing/maintaining the cameras.
The company was then accused of shortening the yellow light interval below DOT standards to generate more tickets!
No more cameras. - Turtle_n_PeepsExplorerIn before lock. :B
- wildtoadExplorer IISounds like the cameras are doing the intended job in that they are yes/no on whether or not you violated the statute as written. Do towns fudge the intervals between yellow/red to catch more violators? Perhaps, then solve that problem. Have their been some technical issues with the cameras? probably, but most can be fixed as more experience is gained.
Writing a law that says a speeder can only be ticketed if a officer sees them, is like saying it's OK to rob a store if no one is looking, so what good would the security camera do? Sounds like some legislator got caught speeding or running a red light. - jfkmkExplorer
3oaks wrote:
I don't see anything wrong with red light cameras or electronic speed recording devices as long as they are calibrated accurately. Just obey the traffic laws and they will be a non issue. :R
I used to feel this way, and I'm all about safety. But when towns start shortening the yellow light, making up their own rules about how long you need to stay at a standstill for a stop to be considered a stop, and basing their budget partly on how many red light camera tickets they can get, then it has obviously become nothing more than a money grab. It's shameful and no longer about safety at all.
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