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So who do they ticket?
We have four drivers in our family.
My son got a speeding ticket in OC and did the defensive driving course. It cost MORE than paying the ticket and he had to attend a class, couldn’t do it online. OC is pretty hard on those who bother to pay up.
But if you get stopped for something else can’t they see that you have outstanding tickets and arrest you on the spot?????
Hey..the government ignores the illegals when they break our laws. Why can’t we ignore laws we don’t like??
Well, gee, there should be at least one photograph per violation. Do any of these stories ever get edited by an adult?
I would think that if you cannot face and cross examine your accuser, then you cannot be found guilty.
Seems these tickets/'points'/YEARLY FINES are money making scams for many states these days.
Here in TX my hubby just found out he's been convicted on ONE PART of a year old ticket (without any notice).
After 'holding' for 30 min. for DPS in Austin, I was basically told in ONE min......
"To Bad a 'mistake' was made, we cannot remove the points & fines you MUST pay for the next 3 years."
By the way, the proper speed limit has been proven again and again to be the average of all cars using any stretch of road. It's true. Speed limits are set way too low by governments to raise money through fines, and to avoid liability from bottom feeding lawyers in accident related lawsuits.
Fight back.
It’s all about fund-raising, not public safety. Most of these intersections could be made safer by simply retiming the lights, but the authorities don’t want to end the cash cow.
Don’t pay any ticket that was not served on you personally, or served by certified mail.
(1) If they pass a law, they get credit for caring--nevermind that the law doesn't solve any problem, makes a problem where there wasn't one, or makes an existing problem worse--the morons who make up the rank and file of the Leftist movement think that passing a law and--above all--caring does something good...
(2) A huge number of cumbersome laws makes selective enforcement easy. Leftists LOVE tyrants, and this empowers countless petty and grand tyrants who can enforce the laws arbitrarily--not punishing transgressions by those they like, throwing the book at those they don't like.
Leftists LOVE laws "WITH TEEETH IN THEM!" (viz. draconial laws) that they can enforce selectively!
You think any illegal alien showed up?
You should have imitated them
Next time tell them --Yo hablo Espanol
Safety is not a factor to the red light cam faction. MONEY is!
Holy carp! All that for one red light run?
There is a red light cam near me. I was in a hurry and thought I could scoot through on yellow, but the car in front of me stopped and sat there for several seconds before making a right turn, leaving me in the middle of the intersection when the light turned red. I was pushing it, and I take responsibility for that.
I got a ticket in the mail, accompanied by a photo of my tag, my car, and my face, since I drive a convertible -- no getting around that. It cost me $50.
Few jurisdictions send cops to knock on people's doors for a single delinquent traffic ticket -- they send notice by mail. Rack up enough, and you get additional penalties; rack up more and they get a warrant for failure to appear. Again, it's not a high enough priority for them to send officers to execute the warrant, but it's in the system, and you're nailed the next time you get pulled over or need to renew your license.
My reading is that the problem is that the tickets aren't going into the system. Meaning that if a motorist has 20 unpaid tickets, the cop won't know that when he writes another one. That is a problem.
OC California has made it far more onerous to obey the law than to ignore it when it comes to traffic laws.
This has implications for those willing to see them.
These cameras are DANGEROUS.
They should be illegal.
Cops should be required to pass a donut-consumption test.
If it can’t eat a donut, it can’t write a ticket!
Seriously not only are red light cameras profoundly Big Brotherish, they are dangerous. They’re put in busy intersections on streets with relatively high speed limits.
People zoom along, then *immediately* upon the yellow light, slam on their brakes.
Some legal firm, should specialize in the ensuing accidents, and go after the municipalities.