Traffic Cam nets Money, Creates Accidents

[Lartnev]

But why the hell would it shine a RED light at you?

Ours just flash and silently point and laugh

[OneManArmy]

you dont drive much do you? you know traffic lights have 3 lights on them and well the red one means stop.

so if you're in the middle of the intersection when its red. well you're breaking the law and you get a ticket....

[Lartnev]

If you're in the middle of an intersection when you're not supposed to, the last thing you should be doing is stopping. Surely there's a better way of indicating to people that they've got a ticket.

[Hamma]

They should be stopping before it turns red if your there when its red you fail They just mail you a ticket in the mail. If you stop in the middle of the intersection it doesent matter anyway still get a ticket

I'm sure it uses a pretty elaborate set of sensors.

[Ivan]

The problem I have is what if you're not driving your car. You let someone else drive. How do you prove it wasn't you that ran the red light? Or how do they prove that it was you?

[OneManArmy]

dont let idiots drive your car. I don't.

[Baneblade]

Originally Posted by Lartnev

If you're in the middle of an intersection when you're not supposed to, the last thing you should be doing is stopping. Surely there's a better way of indicating to people that they've got a ticket.

Stop defending the idiots, damn. Common Sense goes a long way. Don't put yourself in the situation and it shouldn't be a problem.

[Lartnev]

I'm not defending them, I'm just saying that if there's a better way of indicating you've got a ticket (if it needs to be indicated at all because I'm assuming thats why the accidents are occuring) which would reduce the number of accidents then it's surely a good thing?

Ivan, in the UK photographs from speed cameras have to prove YOU were driving at the time, rather than you proving you weren't driving at the time (although you might still have to take that up with the council). Perhaps its the same in the States?

[OneManArmy]

you're still missing it. the light is not red because they got a ticket. they got a ticket because the light was red. you know the traffic light. as in they ran the red light.

[Setari]

What I understand is this: People are driving bad, these bad drivers remember "Oh shit, there's a camera at this intersection", therefore they brake hard or something because they WERE going to run the light, and then they basically blame the camera for it?

[Hamma]

Probably just a coincidence

[Lartnev]

Originally Posted by OneManArmy

you're still missing it. the light is not red because they got a ticket. they got a ticket because the light was red. you know the traffic light. as in they ran the red light.

Oh.... right.... why didn't you just say so?

It was the picture that threw me off, honest

[Giovanni]

If they send me a picture of me running a light, I'll send them a picture of me sending the money... then again they might just send me pictures of a prison cell...

[Lartnev]

It's been known to happen