Red-light cameras returning to VB
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Re: Red-light cameras returning to VB
I wouldn't mind one in Newport News at Jefferson & Oyster Point. People run the fuck out of that light.
A few years ago I was coming through there around 2:00 AM and saw a Volvo on its side like 150 yards past the intersection resting up against that lamp post by the KFC. Parts were all the way in the opposite lane.
We need less minor speed infractions and more focus on the red light runners.
A few years ago I was coming through there around 2:00 AM and saw a Volvo on its side like 150 yards past the intersection resting up against that lamp post by the KFC. Parts were all the way in the opposite lane.
We need less minor speed infractions and more focus on the red light runners.
No focus on red light runners in rush hour traffix for sure. We all do that. I mean, I get pissed if the person in front of me stops on the almost-red when i've been sitting there forever anyway.
You know what else we need? Less pussies. I mean, i'm not saying let's blow through them all the time or anything, but i'm saying, quit bitching. People are still going to flip their cars anyway.
...pussy.
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On a serious note, how do these camera's make intersections more dangerous? I'm interested to know.
im pretty sure the camera catches you from the rear
And yeah, the camera's at the VB blvd / Independance int wont help traffic a bit.. if you're going eastbound on the blvd, the green light is literally 4 seconds.
im pretty sure the camera catches you from the rear
And yeah, the camera's at the VB blvd / Independance int wont help traffic a bit.. if you're going eastbound on the blvd, the green light is literally 4 seconds.
I mean, Red lights almost piss me off. As in...street lights, PERIOD. There are some places where it's needed, but with all the construction we should have crazy Jetson-type roads where no one needs to fucking wait by now.
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From: Wangan
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The thing that gets me about red lights in this area (no, I don't run them) is nobody bothers to time them, so when one light is turning green the next one is turning red and you just go from red light to red light.
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From: Wangan
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I'm willing to bet it's the drivers not paying attention to their driving that's making it more dangerous. The one's who feel the need to mash their brakes when a green turns to yellow.
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It's not that the red light cameras themselvers are an invasion of privacy (though they do present evidentiary issues). It's that first they put cameras at red lights, and then what is next? Cameras on every single street corner for no reason other than to monitor people like Mayor Daley has said Chicago will have by 2016?
A more compelling argument is that a 10 year test-run conducted throughout the state by the state government found they decreased traffic safety. That seems to be getting ignored here.
A more compelling argument is that a 10 year test-run conducted throughout the state by the state government found they decreased traffic safety. That seems to be getting ignored here.
This statement not backed by facts
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From: Wangan
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No, but when considering policy implications, I'm far less interested in anecdotal evidence than am I in consistent evidence being found by every study conducted, including studies done it other countries.
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From: Wangan
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Right, that's what makes it more dangerous, and there appears to be some causation here that when people know there is a red light camera rather than safely passing through the yellow they slam on their brakes.
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From: vabch
Re: Red-light cameras returning to VB
isnt there another one where anything besides missionary is illegal or something?
