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Originally Posted by cashflyer
Well, the first email just came in.
Although I have both email and written correspondence with the county engineer, she denies knowing anything about there being a problem in the neighborhood and denies that I ever contacted her. (Not surprisingly, she CCd the denial to her boss.)
Glad I kept copies!
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typical public official, more concerned with keeping their job than doing it.
Now that I think about it, I never got a ticket of any sort in a residential area. Got one for running a yellow light(fought it and lost, that lying SOB of a CHP motorcycle cop, how could I be running a light when I saw it turn red in my rearview mirror) Got a speeding ticket in Texas once on the interstate, twice in California.
I did get one at a red light camera, noticeably short yellow light, fought that one too but was guilty until proven innocent. The vendor making the money off the red light cameras got busted for monkeying around with the timing of the lights, but the judge did not like my face apparently.
It is all about revenue generation, not public safety. Where is someone more likely to be going greater than 10 mph over(where the big money starts), residential area or interstate?
They have safety inspections in all of Texas(like 10 or 20 bucks) with smog checks in some big cities, smog inspections in all of California(40 or 50 bucks) with no safety checks at all. I registered a car for the street that had been on a non-op(not driven on road) for several years. I even asked if they wanted to come outside and take a look at it, thinking they might be interested in 30 year old car that has not been driven for a while, silly me, long as I have the dough for the registration I am fine(no smog on a '74)
I got dinged in Texas because the horn on the bug got oxidation on the contacts since I rarely honk and did not work. Little emery cloth got me squared away so the horn would work. Have to have your all your lights working, brakes, signals etc. Seemed like a good idea, which explains why they don't do it in California.