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about 2 years ago I got a ticket for running a red light, caught by a camera....my first ticket in 40 years  That's pretty good!! Wish I could say that. lol 
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about 2 years ago I got a ticket for running a red light, caught by a camera....my first ticket in 40 years That's pretty good!! Wish I could say that. lol I don't want to hijack the thread, but I started driving later in life! There was no need for driving/having a vehicle in NYC! Our mass transportation is good in comparison to other cities/states. |
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Edited by
Kings_Knight
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related, interesting article: UK Study: Speed Cameras Increase Injury Accidents Full text of suppressed UK government study shows speed cameras increase accidents 31 percent on freeways, 55 percent in work zones. Freeway roadworksThe UK Department for Transport funded, then suppressed, a study that shows a 55 percent increase in injury accidents when speed cameras are used on highway work zones and a 31 percent increase when used on freeways without construction projects. According to the Transport Research Laboratory, the "non-works [personal injury accident] rate is significantly higher for the sites with speed cameras than the rate for sites without." An analysis of this data, buried on page 43 of the report, yields the following result:  Although the Department for Transport's Highways Agency funded the study, no information regarding these results was ever made public until a Freedom of Information Act request was honored earlier this month. The Transport Research Laboratory attempted to suppress the UK taxpayer-funded study further by charging £40 (US $72) for access to the results. Moreover, the study's executive summary calculates only the aggregate accident rate including the benefit of manned police patrol cars in the work zones. The significant decrease in accidents from a human police presence was used to offset the increase in camera accidents. "It is outrageous that this sort of information has been hidden from the public," said Safe Speed road safety campaign founder Paul Smith whose FOIA request uncovered the study's existence. "We have all seen strange driver behaviour where fixed speed cameras operate. This report highlights the dangers. We're not surprised to see this information -- we have know for years that speed cameras were the wrong road safety strategy, and it's a huge relief to see the truth coming out so clearly" The TRL study compared accident reports covering 29 highway construction zone projects over 730km of road from November 2001 to July 2003 with an equivalent period without the construction zones, controlling for changes in traffic volume. In the US, the state of Illinois plans to implement a similar freeway work zone speed camera program within the next few months. http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/06/602.asp Gorblimey! Eh wot ... ? Royt interestin' li'l arty-kul y' got there, guv'nah ... You'll note it points out nicely that they really DON'T care if y' get creamed ... |
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I forgot to include that they have also been getting photos of city vehicles speeding and running lights, even the cops and they are not on a emergency call. But they have yet to release if they received a ticket or not!
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about 2 years ago I got a ticket for running a red light, caught by a camera....my first ticket in 40 years That's pretty good!! Wish I could say that. lol I don't want to hijack the thread, but I started driving later in life! There was no need for driving/having a vehicle in NYC! Our mass transportation is good in comparison to other cities/states. 
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I forgot to include that they have also been getting photos of city vehicles speeding and running lights, even the cops and they are not on a emergency call. But they have yet to release if they received a ticket or not! 
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Wonder what the charge would be if the camera got a picture of a dude speeding, but was also being given road head by his lady? Would that cost extra? Hmmmmm.
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Wonder what the charge would be if the camera got a picture of a dude speeding, but was also being given road head by his lady? Would that cost extra? Hmmmmm. 
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Wonder what the charge would be if the camera got a picture of a dude speeding, but was also being given road head by his lady? Would that cost extra? Hmmmmm. But no ... there was a post here that said the cameras don't take pictures of what's INSIDE the car ... it is to laff ... |
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Wonder what the charge would be if the camera got a picture of a dude speeding, but was also being given road head by his lady? Would that cost extra? Hmmmmm. Unless the cameras have a ZOOM lens, the driver will get his ticket but nothing on getting his head buffed.......I guess it was a well-worth ticket??? 
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Ok...it is a convertable, dude is speeding....and it is in the middle of the day...and the camera gets a great shot of the driver....and the lady bobbing up and done on his gear shift....extra charge?
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no...the city sends him a check..
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I have been sitting out somewhere. This truck goes driving by his wife is making out with him WHILE he is driving!! I was like OK THEN and just laughed.
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I have been sitting out somewhere. This truck goes driving by his wife is making out with him WHILE he is driving!! I was like OK THEN and just laughed. 
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I have been sitting out somewhere. This truck goes driving by his wife is making out with him WHILE he is driving!! I was like OK THEN and just laughed. You mean you ASSUMED that was his wife ... |
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wife/girlfriend whatever she was too him. I was thinking whatever floats your boat :)
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no...the city sends him a check.. I concur. Local city governments should promote more road head. I think it would help with road rage, speeding....might cause more wrecks, but hey....the auto repair industry needs a boost in jobs. So, in a way, road head will help the economy. See my logic??
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no...the city sends him a check.. I concur. Local city governments should promote more road head. I think it would help with road rage, speeding....might cause more wrecks, but hey....the auto repair industry needs a boost in jobs. So, in a way, road head will help the economy. See my logic?? Considering what would happen in a 'road head' accident scenario, plastic surgeons should also see a huge increase in bid'ness 'cuz of 'involuntary dickectomies' ... or 'oral Bobbitization's ... |
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Edited by
navygirl
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Recently in my city they started installing red light and speed cameras. And of course it has nothing to do with revenue it’s all about safety, so far they have sent out over 12,000 tickets at about $75.00 each. They also have a mobile speed camera in a red jeep and they have been known to set it along the Interstate (they call it an emergency vehicle) I have no problem being pulled over for speeding but to get a ticket in the mail a week after the fact with nothing but a photo of my vehicle telling me I was speeding is BS. BTW I haven’t received any tickets I just think this is another way that big brother is watching us. Also the ticket goes to the registered owner not the person behind the wheel at the time. Do any of you have this going on where you live? Well we also have green light cameras here for speeding and the fines here for running a red light are $250.00. Its not big brother watching you; it certainly is a way to keep us safe. Just about every day someone here runs a red light. I was hit by someone who ran a red light and will be in chronic pain for the rest of my life although I was lucky enough to be able to walk again. I have no sympathy for anyone that gets a ticket for it. |
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Edited by
Thorb
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Ok...it is a convertable, dude is speeding....and it is in the middle of the day...and the camera gets a great shot of the driver....and the lady bobbing up and done on his gear shift....extra charge? actually ..... if want to return to reality .... the picture is of the back of the car ... so they can get the licence plate number .... and they actually don't know who was driving the car so the ticket has no points involved and goes to the owner. and yes ... city busses have been ticketed. ......... its the no point aspect that makes it a law for the rich. now they can speed all they want and it doesn't matter to their licence. just another case of money grabbing and safety not really mattering and the cop department being lazy. |
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