Red light cameras
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Oh no they are using them.....
I got caught back in November, same thing, misjudged it. Did I deserve a $320 Ticket.? Who knows, anyway that was what I got.
I got caught back in November, same thing, misjudged it. Did I deserve a $320 Ticket.? Who knows, anyway that was what I got.
Think they are flawed as they are not assessing the whole situation to assess if one might have needed to contiue through rather than do a sudden stop. Sometimes there is extenuating situations.
the camera starts taking pics once the red is initiated...even if you are stationary at a yellow but are in the zone where there camera is focused...you will get caught on camera.
if you are even just a bumper into the red zone but pull back after ..too bad you got it....you might be able to fight it saying you didnt go completely thru the red light but 90% of the time you're gonna get the fine and have to pay it.
Yup $320 is the fine ...and NO ONE is immune doesnt matter who you are.
if you are even just a bumper into the red zone but pull back after ..too bad you got it....you might be able to fight it saying you didnt go completely thru the red light but 90% of the time you're gonna get the fine and have to pay it.
Yup $320 is the fine ...and NO ONE is immune doesnt matter who you are.
Sounds like a bargain. That GPS probably paid for itself the first time you avoided a ticket.My gps navigation flashes and beeps when there are red-light cameras on my route so I know not to take any chances. Never been caught ... yet
make and model? thanks.My gps navigation flashes and beeps when there are red-light cameras on my route so I know not to take any chances. Never been caught ... yet
Agree completely.
They should camera every intersection with a redlight as far as I'm concerned. Nothing more dangerous than idiots who run hard reds.
My newish but bargain basement TomTom has it.
It's a free download if your current unit doesn't have it.
I saw this last week. A no turn on red intersection and saw the flash go off as the guy turned. The no right turn signs and red light camera signs were pretty prominent but I guess the guy didn't put 2 and 2 together.
p.s. kudos to the OP for not making the thread about how to beat the ticket.
Nope, the OP (me) didn't get lucky, that's why I know the pictures are very clear and they show enough around you that there was no way I could argue that I was afraid the guy behind me (no one there in my case
) wasn't going to stop in time.Naw, I did the crime so I gotta pay. Fact I paid before I made the post here.
+1. Drives me crazy when people can't take responsibility when they get a ticket.
what's your GPS?My gps navigation flashes and beeps when there are red-light cameras on my route so I know not to take any chances. Never been caught ... yet
Not sure if they do this everywhere but in NYC they shorten the time the lights stay yellow so more people would get ticketed.
Its just a cash grab the cities profit from. Instead of making safer intersections, they mess around with the timing of the lights so more folks run red lights and the city makes more $.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505263_...d-of-rigging-red-lights-in-class-action-suit/
Its just a cash grab the cities profit from. Instead of making safer intersections, they mess around with the timing of the lights so more folks run red lights and the city makes more $.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505263_...d-of-rigging-red-lights-in-class-action-suit/
My 5 year old tomtom gps has the red light camera detection, I think all newer units have them and you can get it with older models through software update.
btw the light has to be red before you completely enter the intersection completely, and still be red after you depart the intersection completely. If back tires are on the line as you enter and it turns red, they cannot ticket you. I suspect this is why a lot of tickets aren't issued when drivers thought for sure they were going to get nailed.
btw the light has to be red before you completely enter the intersection completely, and still be red after you depart the intersection completely. If back tires are on the line as you enter and it turns red, they cannot ticket you. I suspect this is why a lot of tickets aren't issued when drivers thought for sure they were going to get nailed.
Totally agree!
That's true, you must come to a full stop before you turn right on a red or you'll get nabbed. The only way you can beat the red light camera is to come to a full stop before you proceed through the light. However I don't recommend you try it.
