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What about slowing down?

I HATE this trend towards camera enforcement. So far in LA the usage is light and I avoid the intersections if I can. If they are setup properly and the lights are timed correctly it is hard to argue them but overall I would rather have an officer giving me a ticket rather than a robot that is programmed. I've done some programming, computers are far more fallible than an officer's judgment in my opinion. Plus, with the officer you can actually fight the ticket.

You can attempt to fight a camera ticket but they are difficult to beat. Usually they are beat on technicalities like the photo image of the driver not being clear.

Do some reading here - mostly california stuff but still...

http://www.highwayrobbery.net/redlightcamsdocsHawthMain.html

For me, I'm so tired of stupid tickets that I have slowed down and tend not to speed nearly as much as I used to. It's a pain for other drivers who want to speed but you know what - those guys can take a f'ing hike. Enforcement of speeding laws is so spotty on the roads that you can never tell when you will or won't get hit. Since I've stopped speeding I've stopped getting tickets. I don't hog up that fast lane though I do use the carpool lane. If you're trying to do 80 behind me in the car pool lane you are quite SOL. I'll be doing the speed limit.

I really wish they would do a major crack down on freeway speeding in California.
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