There was a very long discussion about the red-light cam issue on the VW Vanagon list that I also subscribe to. A couple of members of that large (1600+) list were involved when their city installed the cameras. It seems that the contract with the camera company demands a certain amount of revenue generation, and that, as a result, yellow light times are shortened when the cameras are installed. Because of that, the rate of rear end accidents rises when the cameras are installed. I understand that they do hold up in court. I don't know from experience, because neither of our traffic lights here in Willcox has a ticket cam. They are talking about a third light in a couple of years, so maybe once we enter the big time, we'll get them, too.
Bill
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From: Mike Ingoglia
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Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 12:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Oregon bureaucrats propose using GPS to track each driver...
Yeah, but if fought in court (supposedly) you can get out of it.... from what I've been told. Anyone experience this?
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill
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Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 9:52 AM
Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Oregon bureaucrats propose using GPS to track each driver...
The inability to identify the driver hasn't stopped the red light cameras from mailing tickets.
Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Ingoglia
That's an interesting idea that I hadn't thought about... If GPS was allowed to be used for law enforcement they could develop thresholds in which it would automagically mail you a ticket... actually this may not happen because they couldn't be sure if the owner of the vehicle was actually driving... but it could prompt authorities to attempt to intersect you and pull you over, I'd imagine.
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