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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:24 AM Original message |
Got caught running red light on a camera |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
1. Anytime the Government looks at you |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:28 AM Original message |
Bad treestar |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
6. I knew that in spite of my disclaimer, someone would miss the point. |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:36 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Yeah actually |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:39 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. You could have done it and not be aware of it is my point |
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buzzard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:50 AM Response to Reply #18 |
35. I have always obeyed all traffic laws except I sometimes speed just to |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
59. If you broke the law without being aware of it... |
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buzzard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:18 PM Response to Reply #59 |
63. I didn't actually run the red light I stopped looked and for some reason |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:56 PM Response to Reply #63 |
73. What you really need to ask yourself... |
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msmcghee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:44 PM Response to Reply #18 |
68. The first traffic law . . |
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Norquist Nemesis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
2. They had a piece about this on the local news last night |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:32 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. For speeding it could be problematic |
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ContraBass Black (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:36 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. It only takes two photos. |
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Norquist Nemesis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:42 AM Response to Reply #5 |
24. Radar trailers |
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SouthernBelle82 (879 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
60. Yep |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
3. They Are Trying To Pass A Law Like That In Florida... |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:35 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. It's not always done on purpose, you know. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:51 AM Response to Reply #8 |
39. On purpose or not, still very dangerous |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
4. Britain has cameras that yell at you |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:36 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. That would be miserable. |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:39 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Inattention can actually be worse. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:40 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Anybody can do it by inattention. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:45 AM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Oh there's a difference |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:49 AM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Actually you have no way of knowing that for certain |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:54 AM Response to Reply #34 |
41. Some of us take very great care |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:58 AM Response to Reply #34 |
47. I know I've never had a ticket |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:51 AM Response to Reply #19 |
38. It's not better, it's still stupid and breaking the law |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:56 AM Response to Reply #38 |
44. for gosh sakes NEVER break the law, right up there with the ten commandments |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 11:03 AM Response to Reply #44 |
49. Nah, you still shouldn't do it |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 11:14 AM Response to Reply #49 |
55. you dont TRUST... i should NOT do it. cross a friggin street all by myself |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 11:26 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Oookay........ |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 11:11 AM Response to Reply #19 |
53. No better than drunk driving. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:43 AM Response to Reply #10 |
26. I asked |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
7. what happens to the child whose parent watches, catches, punishes |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
66. Apples and oranges |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:33 PM Response to Reply #66 |
81. so the next time the lite is green.... going 20 to 30 and 5 feet from line |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
9. I was caught once. They sent me a photo of my car. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:38 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. I know. I just paid it. It was $75. But it just felt weird, having this film |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:14 PM Response to Reply #14 |
62. Wow, only $75? Red light violations are $390 here. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:51 PM Response to Reply #62 |
70. A friend of mine paid a $500 fine for a cigarette butt |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:59 PM Response to Reply #70 |
75. $500 in SoCal? She got off easy! |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 03:03 PM Response to Reply #75 |
78. Yeh. I know.. but it was IN TOWN and on asphalt |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
13. I love these things and would not mind more of them |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:41 AM Response to Reply #13 |
21. That wasn't the way I was thinking, but whatever |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:11 PM Response to Reply #21 |
61. I understood your point, probably did not make my own clear. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:42 AM Response to Reply #13 |
23. pulling this stuff multiple times then they should do hard time |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 01:50 PM Response to Reply #23 |
57. What you don't understand is |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
15. I don't want to pick on you, but did you learn anything? |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:43 AM Response to Reply #15 |
25. Yeah, that there are a lot of people who believe they never violate the |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 11:03 AM Response to Reply #25 |
50. Not me! I can't drive anymore. When I did drive, yes, I broke the speed limit laws. |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
16. While I'm not a big defender of traffic fines, the main reason all this stuff.... |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:44 AM Response to Reply #16 |
27. True, they should be scaled to income but that would take so much |
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haele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
20. You might have ran the red, or in reality, gone through a yellow - |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:45 AM Response to Reply #20 |
29. Interesting thought - another thing was that it was outsourced to an |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
22. We've been attempting to take chance out of life for thousands of years |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:47 AM Response to Reply #22 |
31. Yeah, that's true. There's still a lot of open space, but earth is |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 11:00 AM Response to Reply #31 |
48. That's why we have computers |
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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
30. We seem to always be on camera anymore. Except at home. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:55 AM Response to Reply #30 |
43. Yeah, it's as if the least common denominator is assigned to us all |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 11:04 AM Response to Reply #30 |
51. That is my issue. We're always on camera. |
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Lurking Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
32. Funny story. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:52 AM Response to Reply #32 |
40. There was a part of the form that was for assigning the blame to another |
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tinfoilinfor2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
33. Thank your lucky stars you didn't cause an accident. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:51 AM Response to Reply #33 |
37. I said all that. My point was the big brother feel to it. I mailed it in. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
36. Red light cameras cause an increase in rear-end collisions |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:54 AM Response to Reply #36 |
42. True, sometimes it's actually safer to keep going through a yellow |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:50 PM Response to Reply #42 |
69. Only if you're speeding. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:58 AM Response to Reply #36 |
46. yes.. but that would be reason over blind following of law |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
45. Note to all philanderers |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 11:11 AM Response to Reply #45 |
54. Actually, some guy sued on that very basis |
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Sapere aude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
52. With so many people not obeying traffic rules now a days it is getting more dangerous to drive. |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
58. We have them all over for both speeding and running red lights. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
64. Well, I'm glad you own up to it. |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
65. I was in Switzerland 20 years ago, and they had them there then. And, |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
67. My wife has been caught twice both those here in MD. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
71. Your honesty is commendable |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
72. To all you faithful traffic law obeyers |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 03:02 PM Response to Reply #72 |
77. No way |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 03:07 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. So it's YOU who likes to "lead the parade!" |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:55 PM Response to Reply #72 |
82. lol lol lol n/t |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
74. And the camera company ususally gets a cut, too |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
76. Freepers love these cameras. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
79. They were doing this in Germany in the early nineties... |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
83. Oh give me a fucking break. You broke the law. Why should we care? |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
84. Someone could make a LOT of money |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 11:09 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. wouldnt that be fun |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
86. can we see too? |
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