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    Quote Originally Posted by ZEUS View Post
    Combo of #1 and #2 and #3. I hate the idea of the camera catching me but would rather get a ticket in the mail than having to deal with some arrogant prick of a cop who wants to search my VX and tell me I should be wearing a seat belt! So paint the camera after it catches you! P.S. Yes, I know not all cops are arrogant pricks. Just most of them...
    you SHOULD be wearing a seatbelt. It's sorta like brushing your teeth in the morning...prevents bad outcomes.


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    Yeah, on one hand, I definitely hate the inconvienience and hassle of getting pulled over real time. On the other hand, I think it is "unfair" and "unsportsmanlike". And the real problem, is that I think it is in some sort of way, a pathway to Big Brother having cameras just about everywhere but your master bathroom. It spells trouble if you ask me, just like the friggin seat belt laws.

    Has anyone tried the stuff you spray over your plates to make the flash reflect and render the photo of your plates useless?

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    [QUOTE=nfpgasmask;114084]And the real problem, is that I think it is in some sort of way, a pathway to Big Brother having cameras just about everywhere but your master bathroom. It spells trouble if you ask me, just like the friggin seat belt laws. [QUOTE]

    It's WAY too late to worry about that...next time you go to Walmart, look up at the roofline & see how many cameras you can count.

    [QUOTE]Has anyone tried the stuff you spray over your plates to make the flash reflect and render the photo of your plates useless?[QUOTE]

    Yeah...it's useless, per mythbusters episode.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nfpgasmask View Post
    Yeah, on one hand, I definitely hate the inconvienience and hassle of getting pulled over real time. On the other hand, I think it is "unfair" and "unsportsmanlike". And the real problem, is that I think it is in some sort of way, a pathway to Big Brother having cameras just about everywhere but your master bathroom. It spells trouble if you ask me, just like the friggin seat belt laws.

    Has anyone tried the stuff you spray over your plates to make the flash reflect and render the photo of your plates useless?

    Bart
    It is worthless, they changed the flash mechanisms some time ago

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    Quote Originally Posted by nfpgasmask View Post
    On the other hand, I think it is "unfair" and "unsportsmanlike".
    Unsportsmanlike? That sounds like that should be a lame reason, and yet when I think about it, that's pretty much my reasoning, too... If you're going to ticket me for an act that is so terribly rampant, you should have to work for it.

    Lemme just say this, though: There's a special place in hell for the guy who passed me IN THE SCHOOL ZONE, IN FRONT OF THE ONCOMING AMBULANCE. Did he think I was pulling over FOR HIM?!

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    Quote Originally Posted by ScottinMA View Post
    you SHOULD be wearing a seatbelt. It's sorta like brushing your teeth in the morning...prevents bad outcomes.


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    There's a fair amount of research to indicate that red-light cameras are mostly a wash (some studies showing increased accidents, some showing a reduction) - and that far more accidents could be avoided simply by increasing the duration of the yellow light by just 1 second. Of course changing the timing on the lights doesn't increase revenues for the locals or for the traffica camera vendors.

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    If they do not want me running th ered light they should keep the green light on when I am coming. We cant all afford to be escorted around town or to our local NFL teams game by tyhe cops.

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    HEEE HEEE, Alaska has already banned those buggers! Took a whole 6 months or so, till the public said NO!
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    I am of the opinion that they are good if they help catch a hit and run or something of that nature.

    I guess they don’t always work? I have been in vehicles with people who ran a light and they never got a ticket and there was a camera.

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    Quote Originally Posted by WyrreJ View Post
    There's a fair amount of research to indicate that red-light cameras are mostly a wash (some studies showing increased accidents, some showing a reduction) - and that far more accidents could be avoided simply by increasing the duration of the yellow light by just 1 second. Of course changing the timing on the lights doesn't increase revenues for the locals or for the traffica camera vendors.
    That's the problem in Chicago. The lights change from green to yellow to red in like milliseconds. And because of traffic, the lights in the city cycle way faster that anywhere else I have been. AND, in most cases there are no green left turn arrows, and no turn lanes. So basically, if you need to make a left hand turn, the only way its gonna happen is if you sit in the middle of the intersection and wait for oncoming traffic to stop, and then roll through the yellow/red light. If done properly, this allows about one car to turn left on yellow each light cycle, but anyone who trains along will technically be running the red.

    In my opinion, this system has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with safety, and EVERYTHING to do with generating revenue for the city...

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    Quote Originally Posted by nfpgasmask View Post
    That's the problem in Chicago. The lights change from green to yellow to red in like milliseconds. And because of traffic, the lights in the city cycle way faster that anywhere else I have been. AND, in most cases there are no green left turn arrows, and no turn lanes. So basically, if you need to make a left hand turn, the only way its gonna happen is if you sit in the middle of the intersection and wait for oncoming traffic to stop, and then roll through the yellow/red light. If done properly, this allows about one car to turn left on yellow each light cycle, but anyone who trains along will technically be running the red.

    In my opinion, this system has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with safety, and EVERYTHING to do with generating revenue for the city...

    Bart
    yea cities are like that just because people are so impatient.. so if you ever get busted running a red light in a city.. 9 times out of 10 you can fight it by claiming the yellow light was not up to standard for the duration... i hang out with a bunch of civil engineers and they showed me all the calcs necessary... seen a couple of red light tickets go away from civil engineers showing these calcs to the judge

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    Eric, you'll ruin your reputation hanging out with Civil Engineers. Find a couple of EE's for drinking buddies.

    My first couple of trips into Philly, I had to unlearn everything I knew about driving. Double (and even triple) parking is the norm and perfectly acceptable. Stop signs don't mean squat. Stop lights should be obeyed but only if there is oncoming traffic ... you get the picture.
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    Put a smiley after you say that Bub.

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    yea its true.. i have to relearn how to drive when i come down to maryland.. the philly stop (aka slowing down just enough to see that nobody is coming but never actually using your brakes) doesnt fly down here! they put red light cams in at one intersection in philly.. I heard they had caught 300 people within the first hour or two... they issued warnings and ditched the idea last i heard

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