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Red-Light Camera Ticket Revenue and Short Yellows
NicknamesAreStupid writes "A Fort Meyers news station reports a nerdy husband getting his wife out of a red-light camera ticket by proving the light was set with too short of a yellow. Then he goes out and proves that nearly 90% of the lights are set an average of about 20% too short. Is this a local incident, or have local governments nationwide found a new revenue source? What puzzles me is how a single picture can tell if you ran a light. If you are in the intersection before the light turns red, you have not run it, even if it takes a little while to clear it (say to yield to an unexpected obstacle). Wouldn't you need two pictures — one just before the light went red showing you are not in the intersection, and another after the light went red showing you in the intersection?"
Didn't we discuss this before? Weren't there several outcomes?
1. You cannot face your accuser if it's a sentience-less robot.
2. car driving through red light ! = person paying fine
3. Governments hate their people.
Because unlike all the other sections being discussed in an online format, the Your Rights section isn't allowed to be printed out and read offline.