I am not sure how I feel about photo rader, but I'm all for the red light cameras. Photo rader seems a extreme, especially if traffic is moving above the posted speed. I can see this causing some accidents with people slamming on thier brakes.
Photo Radar
A local freeway here in Phoenix just installed several of the cameras along the freeway. According to the news just a few minutes ago, they have snap over 1200 pictures of speeding vehicles. Now they failed to say about the amount of accidents these flashing cameras have caused. They have a very bright flash , people are mashing the brake and getting rear ended. 
AS well as the city of scottsdael was upset that the program went way over budget so I am thinking that they are looking to recoup that money and then some. I am not really with the idea of the camera thing, I think a plate cover is in my future. Fair enough if I get pulled over by a officer but the camera thing bugges me.
I have a buddy that got his picture taken with thw mobil van speed trap. And they matched his face to his DMV picture. I thought that was BS until he told me that his plate had falled off his sporty a week ago and the date on the picture was after that!!! Maybe a full face is a good investment!!!
SOOOO what do others think abiout the cameras??
AS well as the city of scottsdael was upset that the program went way over budget so I am thinking that they are looking to recoup that money and then some. I am not really with the idea of the camera thing, I think a plate cover is in my future. Fair enough if I get pulled over by a officer but the camera thing bugges me.
I have a buddy that got his picture taken with thw mobil van speed trap. And they matched his face to his DMV picture. I thought that was BS until he told me that his plate had falled off his sporty a week ago and the date on the picture was after that!!! Maybe a full face is a good investment!!!
SOOOO what do others think abiout the cameras??
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I think big brother is watching us. I have seen in some car mags about a clear cover that from the ground you can read but from camera level it blocks the plate numbers. :yes: Then there is also a radar (and possibly laser) signal scrambler that are available for cars. :clap: We have the cameras all set up here in the Detroit area but so far they have not used them for anything but traffic reports of accidents. But just give them time. Michigan isn't doing so well and the State will be needing to raise some funds so once that happens I think the cameras will find other uses. :gun:HDWRENCH said:A local freeway here in Phoenix just installed several of the cameras along the freeway. According to the news just a few minutes ago, they have snap over 1200 pictures of speeding vehicles. Now they failed to say about the amount of accidents these flashing cameras have caused. They have a very bright flash , people are mashing the brake and getting rear ended.
AS well as the city of scottsdael was upset that the program went way over budget so I am thinking that they are looking to recoup that money and then some. I am not really with the idea of the camera thing, I think a plate cover is in my future. Fair enough if I get pulled over by a officer but the camera thing bugges me.
I have a buddy that got his picture taken with thw mobil van speed trap. And they matched his face to his DMV picture. I thought that was BS until he told me that his plate had falled off his sporty a week ago and the date on the picture was after that!!! Maybe a full face is a good investment!!!
SOOOO what do others think about the cameras??
Got Ya!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was in Australia going up the A1 in November when I passed this van broke down on the side of the road. Then a few minutes latter an oncoming police car comes into view. I see him making a u-turn in my mirror and soon his lights are on. He greats me with a smile and lets me know the picture from the van says I'm 30 KPH over when I passes the van. I knew he was right so what could I say. Cost $ 350 for that one.
Latter I watched a couple of TV programs regarding the infamous camera in the van tickets. It seems that a number of Australian courts have thrown out the cases after the radar detection unit was proven in error. I don't have all the facts or data that goes along with the program. But it left me wondering just how fast I was going. I know I was over but I'm not convinced it was by as much as the camera indicated.
Earlier last year I was on a lot of highways in South Korea. Overhead cameras seemed to be every few miles. You could watch the traffic speed up and down by 20 KPH. It was sort of a synchronized speed adjustment. I learned latter that only a few of the cameras were actually cameras. Most were dummies to slow down traffic; effective and no chance of being thrown out of court.
Overall I believe they are a reasonable way to say Got YA with technology. There just needs to be some way of insuring the units are calibrated. It just seems very tempting for a safety issue to become a revenue maker by so many municipalities or states.
I was in Australia going up the A1 in November when I passed this van broke down on the side of the road. Then a few minutes latter an oncoming police car comes into view. I see him making a u-turn in my mirror and soon his lights are on. He greats me with a smile and lets me know the picture from the van says I'm 30 KPH over when I passes the van. I knew he was right so what could I say.
Cost $ 350 for that one.Latter I watched a couple of TV programs regarding the infamous camera in the van tickets. It seems that a number of Australian courts have thrown out the cases after the radar detection unit was proven in error. I don't have all the facts or data that goes along with the program. But it left me wondering just how fast I was going. I know I was over but I'm not convinced it was by as much as the camera indicated.
Earlier last year I was on a lot of highways in South Korea. Overhead cameras seemed to be every few miles. You could watch the traffic speed up and down by 20 KPH. It was sort of a synchronized speed adjustment. I learned latter that only a few of the cameras were actually cameras. Most were dummies to slow down traffic; effective and no chance of being thrown out of court.
Overall I believe they are a reasonable way to say Got YA with technology. There just needs to be some way of insuring the units are calibrated. It just seems very tempting for a safety issue to become a revenue maker by so many municipalities or states.
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