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Originally posted by ladyzekke:
I really hate them. They are not fair!! The other morning on the way to work, I went under one of these lights (at the bottom of a hill!) that has one of those cameras on them that takes a picture of your plates if you run the red light, then you get a ticket sent in the mail. Well I swear I was about 15 feet from the white line where I would have to come to a stop before the light, when the light turned yellow. I wasn't speeding, but to stop on that line would mean locking my brakes up big time, even then hard to say if I'd make it and not be stuck in the middle of the intersection. Its a pretty big intersection too, a good distance between the white line and beyond the light. So, sigh, I gunned it, felt I had no choice. Saw the light turn red right as my front windshield went under it. So now I wait to see if I get a ticket. How much of a run do you have to run to get said ticket I wonder? See it isn't fair to me, because OK, I understand running a red light can cause an accident, as the other people going the other direction gets the green light and moves forward and you could collide with them. But clipping it like I did is not to me dangerous in that way nor deserving of a ticket, as when I was going under that light, the light had still not turned green for those going the other way. But, who knows, these cameras draw in lots of cash, so I would not be surprised if I get a ticket in the mail...
Anyone have those camera traffic lights where you live?
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Did you know that SOME of them are fakes? You can tell if all you see is the 'strobe light' and that is it--I have a Police friend that told us.. But the fake one near us was 'upgraded' with a camera, I guess people caught on.. The camera looks like a pole that comes down off the wire.
They DO need them, we have way too many kids running lights and dragging down here (Florida). NICE cars, but idiots. Taking chances with the lives of many people racing like that.
They NEED a local raceway so Teenagers can go there and do it.