Adam: Rats! Rats! Rats!
Laura: What's the matter?
Adam: Remember that traffic camera at the intersection?
Laura: Ouch...a ticket?
Adam: I always wanted a big brother... ...But not for $342!
Plead Not Guilty. When your accuser (the camera) fails to show up for the trial, the Judge has to dismiss the charges. After all, you have the right to face and cross-examine your accuser!.(Hand in there, Adam — by the last page, you will love Big Brother…)
Red light cameras are an enigma. They cost more to operate than they generate, cause more rear-end collisions and the fines are ‘cruel & unusual.’ Nationally, a number of municipalities & counties have ruled against using the cameras &/or allowed contracts to expire without renewal. Yet county supervisors and police remain the camera’s biggest supporters.
Law enforcement will show statistics that indicate total accidents at RLC intersections are lower than prior to camera installation. What they won’t show is the potential for huge revenue boosts to department budgets and the reliance that develops for those funds.
Good luck getting out of an RLC ticket: if you plead NG, and then (inevitably) ruled against, forget any chance at traffic school even if you’re eligible. The judge/commissioner take pleasure in punishing you for challenging the court & deny a traffic school request. Either you plead guilty or no contest & pray for the court’s beneficence granting traffic school or you’re a goner! Assembly-line Justice!! All in the interest of the judge getting to hit the links/get their nails done/see their mister/mistress!!
Sorry for the rant – can you tell this subject hits a nerve?! To answer the obvious: I’ve gotten two RLC tickets over the course of my 38 years of driving.
Actually he was nowhere near the intersection – almost 1/3 of the “photo-radar” tickets are totally bogus!I had to give up driving due to poor vision and put my car in storage, yet got two photo tickets in the next month.
Destiny23 almost 13 years ago
Plead Not Guilty. When your accuser (the camera) fails to show up for the trial, the Judge has to dismiss the charges. After all, you have the right to face and cross-examine your accuser!.(Hand in there, Adam — by the last page, you will love Big Brother…)
cdward almost 13 years ago
And she’s smiling?
flagfly almost 13 years ago
flagfly Adam seems very self-centered.
keltii almost 13 years ago
well if you recall,, he did drive by it at least 3 times,,,,
Doctor11 almost 13 years ago
No, he ran a red light while speeding through an intersection.
Comic Minister Premium Member almost 13 years ago
That’s sort of expensive there Adam.
Comic Minister Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Hey I finally see your ear Laura!
adubman almost 13 years ago
Red light cameras are an enigma. They cost more to operate than they generate, cause more rear-end collisions and the fines are ‘cruel & unusual.’ Nationally, a number of municipalities & counties have ruled against using the cameras &/or allowed contracts to expire without renewal. Yet county supervisors and police remain the camera’s biggest supporters.
Law enforcement will show statistics that indicate total accidents at RLC intersections are lower than prior to camera installation. What they won’t show is the potential for huge revenue boosts to department budgets and the reliance that develops for those funds.
Good luck getting out of an RLC ticket: if you plead NG, and then (inevitably) ruled against, forget any chance at traffic school even if you’re eligible. The judge/commissioner take pleasure in punishing you for challenging the court & deny a traffic school request. Either you plead guilty or no contest & pray for the court’s beneficence granting traffic school or you’re a goner! Assembly-line Justice!! All in the interest of the judge getting to hit the links/get their nails done/see their mister/mistress!!
Sorry for the rant – can you tell this subject hits a nerve?! To answer the obvious: I’ve gotten two RLC tickets over the course of my 38 years of driving.
judy.palen almost 13 years ago
Actually he was nowhere near the intersection – almost 1/3 of the “photo-radar” tickets are totally bogus!I had to give up driving due to poor vision and put my car in storage, yet got two photo tickets in the next month.
Jollie_Ollie almost 13 years ago
Drive the speed limit and you don’t have to worry…. why is that so hard?!?!
Goblinopolis almost 13 years ago
That “right to face your accuser” stuff comes from the Constitution. We don’t use that old thing anymore.