Teller1900
En-Route
Seems like a good argument to me, and apparently to this guy, too.
Or how about approaching the lights, light turns yellow, guy in front of you slams on his brakes, even though you both would have made it through just fine, and now you're praying that your brakes will hold up enough to not rearend this idiot. He only did it because he's scared of the ticket.
I was all for red light cameras until I was hit with one a year ago. There was a silver Jetta like mine in the first two pictures while mine was not seen. Then, the picture where they say I went out into the intersection is a third picture sized 1x1.25". They offered no exploded view of the same picture. They went as far as saying the cameras were not capable. Yeah, right.
Somehow, I don't think that would stand up if someone really forced it but it will probably never happen.
Personally I think that a better approach would be to mark the pavement (supplemented with a sign alongside the road) indicating the point where you can expect to make it through on the yellow at the speed limit. As it is there's virtually no guidance on this and everyone has different expectations WRT the duration of the yellow signal. Certainly if you are 20 ft from the cross street when the yellow comes on it's safer to continue (baring someone running the red from either side) and when you're 200 ft back on a 30 MPH city street it's clear that stopping is the best choice. But somewhere in between those two points the decision gets more difficult and with the different yellow "on times" found on similar intersections there's really no way to tell where to switch from go to stop.
I would not have a problem if those cameras, indeed any traffic enforcement issue, were done for SAFETY reasons. Nope. It's a cheap revenue stream. You want to enforce stop lights, put a cop at the intersection and have him work it.
The Mass Turnpike Authority announced enforcement of speed limits. Their new budget includes 1.5 MILLION from speeding tickets!
It is not about safety. It IS about money.
Personally I think that a better approach would be to mark the pavement (supplemented with a sign alongside the road) indicating the point where you can expect to make it through on the yellow at the speed limit.
and closely followed by 2 texas vehicles ...How can you tell a COLORADO driver at an intersection?
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They will be the 4th, 5th, and 6th, vehicles through the red light!
Personally I think that a better approach would be to mark the pavement (supplemented with a sign alongside the road) indicating the point where you can expect to make it through on the yellow at the speed limit. As it is there's virtually no guidance on this and everyone has different expectations WRT the duration of the yellow signal. Certainly if you are 20 ft from the cross street when the yellow comes on it's safer to continue (baring someone running the red from either side) and when you're 200 ft back on a 30 MPH city street it's clear that stopping is the best choice. But somewhere in between those two points the decision gets more difficult and with the different yellow "on times" found on similar intersections there's really no way to tell where to switch from go to stop.
No kiddin'. When I drove out many years ago I was amazed that nobody in Colorado gives you a break when you're, say, pulling out of a gas station driveway. Even in Chicaguh you can usually expect some of that courtesy.How can you tell a COLORADO driver at an intersection?
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They will be the 4th, 5th, and 6th, vehicles through the red light!
How can you tell a COLORADO driver at an intersection?
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They will be the 4th, 5th, and 6th, vehicles through the red light!
I'm really surprised the toll authorities (or EZ Pass) don't note the time you get on and off a road. If the time difference is less than what the speed limit would allow, they could automatically add in a speeding violation to your toll. Just add it to the EZ pass- save the paperwork!
Guess I'm off to the patent office- I may as well get my cut
I'm really surprised the toll authorities (or EZ Pass) don't note the time you get on and off a road. If the time difference is less than what the speed limit would allow, they could automatically add in a speeding violation to your toll. Just add it to the EZ pass- save the paperwork!
Guess I'm off to the patent office- I may as well get my cut
They do get the time. We have to match it with our logbooks (well, if the company is paying attention anyway ). Don't go giving 'em ideas!!!
There's a system like EZPass that's called PrePass, it's for trucks to skip some weigh stations. (You'll see lots of signs on the highway that say things like "PrePass: Follow in-cab signals.") There's three lights on the transponder: Green means you can skip the weigh station, Yellow means you have to pull into the weigh station, and Red means that your average speed since the last PrePass station is over the speed limit, so pull into the weigh station and collect your ticket.
On one of my long drives from Minnesota to Oklahoma it was driving me crazy.. I finally called Kent and asked him how it works.I've always wondered what those signs mean. That's one of the great mysteries of my childhood, solved!
I hate traffic cameras. There's lots of evidence that they do nothing at all.
In England, they've got a ton of them in some areas. It doesn't seem to have worked there - there's as many accidents as before. Now they've got road atlases that specifically mark all camera locations so that people can slow down.
I hate traffic cameras. There's lots of evidence that they do nothing at all.
In England, they've got a ton of them in some areas. It doesn't seem to have worked there - there's as many accidents as before. Now they've got road atlases that specifically mark all camera locations so that people can slow down.
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Any law that criminalizes safe and reasonable behavior is useless. Traffic cameras just enforce those same useless laws.
You can find free custom POI files to download that have all of the current camera locations. You load that into your GPS and you can see them coming. My Garmin Nuvi has an option to warn of of POI points so I'd get an audible alert.Heck, in places I've driven in England they post signs warning you that speed cameras are ahead. Official signs, not stuff put up by upset drivers. And, yet, they still catch people.
That's pretty funny. Goes to show that people drive at what they feel is a reasonable speed for the road and for conditions. I also hear that there are counties (their equivalent of that) that have chosen not to get any cameras, specifically because there wasn't evidence that it had helped in other places.Heck, in places I've driven in England they post signs warning you that speed cameras are ahead. Official signs, not stuff put up by upset drivers. And, yet, they still catch people.