Red light tickets suck

[Cooter]

Damn, my ass would have been at the local Home Depot/Lowes getting a window a/c unit. I can't believe the price on that 1600sqft home, thats crazy. For that amount you can live in a 10,000 sqft home on the golf course here, lol!

there's probably a law against them

[2011GT]

Didn't San Fran pass a law or was trying to pass a law where you can't have gold fish because of animal cruelty? LMAO!

[slow99]

Damn, my ass would have been at the local Home Depot/Lowes getting a window a/c unit. I can't believe the price on that 1600sqft home, thats crazy. For that amount you can live in a 10,000 sqft home on the golf course here, lol!

I ended up buying a portable ac unit. No shit on the housing. I don't even want to think about the time my car was towed, I got it 8 hours later and it cost me $650. Or the fact that I pay $100 a year to park on the street in my neighborhood but have still spent 20 - 30 minutes driving around to find a parking spot 5 blocks away. Fuck I need to stop.

[asphaltjunkie]

Hey, I got it, I ran that bitch like it was going out of style. I would have rather been pulled over by one of Hurst's finest and given a ticket though. He/she would have let me off.

so you're saying Hurst employs shemales in their p.d.?

[Rick Modena]

Damn son, hurry up and move back to Texas!

[davbrucas]

Not if you drive legally.

Dude, California must be contagious.

[Cooter]

Dude, California must be contagious.

nah, it's genetic

[ram57ta]

Thousands of people die every year by people who "punch it" to beat red lights..and most of the time dont come even close to beating the light. My dad was almost killed by a woman who sped up to "at LEAST" 50mph in a 30mph zone trying to beat a red light...hit his truck so hard it nearly tore the bed off his 85 Ranger. In 02' a dumb bitch driving a Jetta tried to beat me thru a busy intersection by running a red light while I was driving a 10k pound Ford F350 4x4 hi-rail truck (setup for driving on railroad tracks)...she lost...BIG!!! Personally I don't like the cameras either but statistics have proven that they do cut down on fatal accidents caused by red light runners. I've had the cameras flash on me several times at various intersections all over Dallas when I stopped a little further past where the camera is set to take pics...in multiple vehicles..and I have yet to ever get a citation. Most cities have an officer of THAT city review the videos and pics to determine if they justify tickets being issued and if you don't agree you can always take it to court at which time they will play the video to prove or disprove their case. Facts don't lie. Hate or don't...I don't care...STOP BREAKING THE LAW.

[racrguy]

Thousands of people die every year by people who "punch it" to beat red lights..and most of the time dont come even close to beating the light. My dad was almost killed by a woman who sped up to "at LEAST" 50mph in a 30mph zone trying to beat a red light...hit his truck so hard it nearly tore the bed off his 85 Ranger. In 02' a dumb bitch driving a Jetta tried to beat me thru a busy intersection by running a red light while I was driving a 10k pound Ford F350 4x4 hi-rail truck (setup for driving on railroad tracks)...she lost...BIG!!! Personally I don't like the cameras either but statistics have proven that they do cut down on fatal accidents caused by red light runners. I've had the cameras flash on me several times at various intersections all over Dallas when I stopped a little further past where the camera is set to take pics...in multiple vehicles..and I have yet to ever get a citation. Most cities have an officer of THAT city review the videos and pics to determine if they justify tickets being issued and if you don't agree you can always take it to court at which time they will play the video to prove or disprove their case. Facts don't lie. Hate or don't...I don't care...STOP BREAKING THE LAW.

Reduces fatalities, rear end collisions go through the roof causing many more neck injuries. Yep, worked PERFECTLY. Wasn't Dallas shutting down around half of their cameras because they weren't generating enough revenue?

[bcoop]

Reduces fatalities, rear end collisions go through the roof causing many more neck injuries. Yep, worked PERFECTLY. Wasn't Dallas shutting down around half of their cameras because they weren't generating enough revenue?

Correct on the first point, yes to your question.

[Baba Ganoush]

Red light cameras are a complete SCAM.

Or possibly scamolla.


Their equivalent to me taking a picture of you changing lanes without a signal, and then sending you a bill with said picture and some threatening wording. Would you pay it? The funny part is most sheople would simply pay up because they're clueless.

I don't care what the statistics say, most accidents are caused by inattention, and a camera is not going to help that. That person blowing through the red light doesn't even know, or care, about some camera they "can't see".

Always fight these tickets, a great number are thrown out. They usually limit your options to one or two specific days you can go to city hall and contest. Most never do.

[talisman]

I've got one from Arlington that they keep sending me dumbass letters on. They say it is going to interfere with me reregistering my car in August. I guess we'll see. Shit sounds like a scavenger debt collector. Knowing how I go through cars it's possible I won't even own it by then anyway. lolz I guess if it does I'll pay it, but I'm not going to make it easy for them.

[Roscoe]

It truly is, that's no shit. We've had a phenomenal 18 months here, it was without question the right move for my career. Of course, you make a lot more $ here, but now with the baby and no family around, the high cost of everything is another excuse for me to talk myself out of this place. Rent and daycare alone cost me $65,000 a year. It's fucking cold here ... and I just saw my 1040 and the taxes I paid ... fuck this place. Excellent place to visit, or live for a couple years ... I don't see how people spend much more than that here.

Which is exactly why I moved back from Seattle... Too bad it took me 4.5 years of living there.

Don't regret it, did great things for my career, but there's no place like home.

I love the Bay Area, but only to visit. Don't think I'd want to live there unless I won the lottery of a stupid amount or something.

[Chas_svo]

Or possibly scamolla.


Their equivalent to me taking a picture of you changing lanes without a signal, and then sending you a bill with said picture and some threatening wording. Would you pay it? The funny part is most sheople would simply pay up because they're clueless.

I don't care what the statistics say, most accidents are caused by inattention, and a camera is not going to help that. That person blowing through the red light doesn't even know, or care, about some camera they "can't see".

Always fight these tickets, a great number are thrown out. They usually limit your options to one or two specific days you can go to city hall and contest. Most never do.

Sorry, there is no court case or chance to fight it, at least in Watauga. If you want to see the scam, review Scottsdale AZ, and the changes they made after people stopped running the lights after the cameras were installed. Because the money generation was gone, and therefore the cameras did not pay for themselves, they attempted to shorten the time between light changes. Fucking ridiculous.

Oh, and I must have been half asleep last night. The two tickets I got in AZ were speeding, noy red light, but were taken with hidden cameras, and no officer present.

[grove rat]

i lived near seattle for a while when i was in the navy, like jody said, excellent place to visit but fuck living there IMO


also, don't run red lights = don't get red light tickets. i don't understand the problem


and yes i have gotten them... cause i ran a red light(2 actually lol), and the only person i was mad at was myself. they installed them at buckner and bruton, a place notorious for people always running the red, and now people will stop when it turns red.

i wonder if there are any stats as far as red light accidents at that intersection now vs a couple years ago when there were none? i unfortunately have seen some pretty brutal accidents because of red light runners at that intersection