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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 01:17 PM Original message |
Cameras catch speeders |
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WingDinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. If it was up to me, I would have kids shoot out the lens. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 01:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Or do like they do in the UK |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 04:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. The U.K knows how to take care of a speed camera, nice! |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 02:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Why wait for the kids? |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 08:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
46. Activists in Arizona have been slapping duct tape on the lens |
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theaocp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'm guessing the mayor's tickets |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 08:32 AM Response to Reply #2 |
49. The mayor almost certainly gets a huge kickback from the company |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
3. Public Transportation is the key |
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Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 01:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I think your're onto something... |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 02:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Now you're getting it |
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buddysmellgood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
6. Why would you speed if you knew you'd get caught? |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 01:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Ever drive several miles without it being apparent what the speed limit was? |
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buddysmellgood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 02:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. So some speeding is okay? |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 09:24 PM Response to Reply #15 |
34. A little sanctimonious, aren't you? |
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buddysmellgood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 10:15 AM Response to Reply #34 |
53. Have you ever been hit by a car? A "ticket trap" doesn't trap |
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WingDinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 12:21 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. An OC judge shut down just such a good driver trap, for two years. |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 12:26 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. As the (recently disabled by law changes) red light cameras in Houston prove... |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 09:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
39. I have that on my daily commute |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 02:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Why not install GPS trackers on all vehicles? |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 02:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. That is being considered and prototyped for "usage charges" for roads |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 11:24 AM Response to Reply #12 |
55. Electrics, maybe, but hybrids? That's a joke, right? |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 03:25 PM Response to Reply #55 |
65. No joke...experimental study use in the northwest mostly |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 04:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
23. Better yet, why not program vehicles/GPS to let you know you are more than 5 mph |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 08:29 AM Response to Reply #23 |
47. Limiting the ability to accelerate is extremely dangerous. nt |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 03:42 PM Response to Reply #23 |
66. Garmin shows going over the limit in RED on some units |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 08:29 AM Response to Reply #10 |
48. Don't tempt them... |
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WingDinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 12:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
57. Seen the damn Progressive commercial? |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 01:20 PM Response to Reply #10 |
62. The $$$ just come in handy; but it *is* about law enforcement. |
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JohnnyRingo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
7. Our previous mayor spent a ton to erect red light cameras here in NE Ohio |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 08:35 AM Response to Reply #7 |
50. another side issue is that cities spend so much to install the cameras |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
13. Swedish Speed-Camera Pays Drivers to Slow Down: |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
14. And these cameras cause drivers in AZ |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 04:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Can you give us the stats on that, please? |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 04:30 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Here's the Federal Highway Administration report on that: |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 04:55 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. thank you |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 04:59 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I guess I misread your post. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 05:59 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Good - "a modest aggregate crash cost benefit of RLC systems" |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 06:09 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. No. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
16. The results sound very good |
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Modern_Matthew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 04:17 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. When results are the only thing that matters, you stand to accept just about anything. nt |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 06:00 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. When results mean nothing to you, you'll never progress (nt) |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 04:25 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. It depends on who is programing the cameras and the the length of the yellow light |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 06:02 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. No yellow light involved in speed cameras |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
18. They had cameras in Albuquerque and shut them down because of public outcry |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 04:53 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. They're gone here on the freeways in AZ as well. |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
24. I would definitely support cameras in problem areas |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 07:58 AM Response to Reply #24 |
45. Not every problem demands a law enforcement solution. |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 10:22 AM Response to Reply #45 |
54. I suppose it depends on the experiences one has had |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
31. Tie cameras to all law makers first, then get back with the rest of us (nt) |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
33. The red light cams did so well here they took them down. Not the money makers they thought they were |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
35. i am really good at not running red lights. i am not really good, actually really really |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 09:34 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. LOL... chronic lead foot may have been "cured" by my Prius... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 09:36 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. ah ha. see, i could see that. the whole competition with self thing. |
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JohnnyRingo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 11:22 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. LOL... There has to be a support group somewhere. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 11:30 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. godspeed.... bah hahhaha. ya, that. nt |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 07:33 AM Response to Reply #35 |
43. And therein lies the problem... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 09:43 AM Response to Reply #43 |
51. i have not experienced the cameras. i know when i see a police |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 01:15 PM Response to Reply #51 |
59. yes, there were warnings....but people are people |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 01:20 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. good to know there are warnings. and i am glad they didnt work either |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 12:01 PM Response to Reply #61 |
67. yep |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
38. There is a bunch of guys in Phoenix who dress up like Santa and vandalize them |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 06:46 AM Response to Reply #38 |
42. I was once among a group of guys who monkey wrenched a speed camera |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 07:34 AM Response to Reply #38 |
44. And then there was the guy that shot at a camera van |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
52. Not in Arizona. We had them. But the rethugs wanted them out so badly that some guy that was fix- |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
60. We have had that in The Netherlands for a long time now. I'm 100% for it. |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
63. If I allegedly broke a traffic law, then I think I have the right to be told so. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
64. The real nasty ones are the "Averaged Speed Cameras" |
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