Does anyone know the guidelines on who gets a ticket from these? I was in the intersection beside uiniversity towers earlier today and I the light turned red when I was 3/4 of the way through.

Any suggestions?

4/1/2006 8:54:12 PM

wait

4/1/2006 8:55:07 PM

you should be safe. It only fires the camera if you trip the beam entering the intersection

4/1/2006 8:56:15 PM

I have a friend who's mom works in the insurance industry... apparently the official rule is that if you have already entered the intersection ( crossed the thick white lines before the light ) before the light turns red then you are not running the red light. So if the light was yellow as you entered the intersection you shouldn't be in any trouble.

4/1/2006 8:59:53 PM

the first picture shows your cars location when the light turns red, if its past the white line you wont get a ticket

4/1/2006 10:34:03 PM

i know the redlight cameras in cary do not have an effect on your insurance..it is fine only
http://www.townofcary.org/depts/dsdept/redsignal/faq.htm

Quote :

"What effect does a red light camera citation have on my driving record and insurance? Citations for “camera enforced” red light violations are civil penalties, similar to a parking ticket. No record of the violation goes to your insurance company or the N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles. "

4/2/2006 12:29:46 AM

actually the "cameras" in cary are actually video and the flashes are just to make sure that they get your license plate

but to get flagged for the ticket you have to drive over the white line while the light is red

4/2/2006 12:42:31 AM

I got a ticket last semester. That's $50 down the toilet.

4/2/2006 1:00:56 AM

7 posts to 257 views means people were actually clicking this thread looking for hot pix.

4/2/2006 4:23:29 AM

Why would that make you angry?

4/2/2006 4:27:06 AM

Because "red light photos" has nothing to do with sex, but is associated with the "red light district" and "photos" on T-dub always means something demeaning to the female sex.

New count: 272.

Don't mind me, just drunk and bored.

BTW I've run several red lights with cams and never gotten tickets - there must be a two- or three-second grace period.

[Edited on April 2, 2006 at 4:32 AM. Reason : .]

4/2/2006 4:31:58 AM

I think people just like reading about other peoples' misery, but since the person didn't actually get a ticket, there wasn't really anything to make fun of (hence no posts).

I was expecting a thread where someone was whining about getting a ticket, and then reading the various humorous responses this would have surely caused.

4/2/2006 5:12:57 AM

Sucks when you can't make fun of somebody. >.<

4/2/2006 5:17:39 AM

Quote :

"7 posts to 257 views means people were actually clicking this thread looking for hot pix. "

You must be talking about the Home being auctioned on Brent Rd. thread.

Or maybe the Cherry "Sakura" Blossoms in DC thread.

Wait. I know. You mean the DEA at Gorman Crossings thread.

4/2/2006 9:49:28 AM

4/2/2006 10:44:25 AM

go to court and demand the source code for the camera system

4/2/2006 12:34:17 PM

hempster get your sensationalism out of this thread, k?

4/2/2006 12:39:48 PM

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4/2/2006 1:27:39 PM

4/2/2006 9:16:58 PM

Quote :

"Vehicle Code Section 210 reads (with emphasis added): An "automated enforcement system" is any system operated by a governmental agency, in cooperation with a law enforcement agency, that photographically records a driver's responses to a rail or rail transit signal or crossing gate, or both, or to an official traffic control signal described in Section 21450, and is designed to obtain a clear photograph of a vehicle's license plate and the driver of the vehicle. Note the word "clear." "

If they don't have a clear picture of your face you can fight it and win.



I don't remember which state that law is from, but there are places in NC that have had the cameras turned off because of this point. The city started loosing the cases and the stoped the red light photo system.

[Edited on April 3, 2006 at 9:23 AM. Reason : s]

4/3/2006 9:20:33 AM

Right now, the ticket is sent to the registered owner of the vehicle. It is the owner's responsibility to pay the fine, or pass it off to the person who was driving the car.

4/3/2006 10:12:38 AM