Speed Cameras in VA Issuing Bogus Tickets
Aug 31, 2023 17:11:21 #
clint f. wrote:
I’m pretty sure they have computers to sort that out.
I'm sure they do, but will the program let them find all the details necessary to refund all those people. This was an idea brought up on Lehto's Law.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6tiLcXg4DI
Aug 31, 2023 22:08:47 #
Sep 1, 2023 05:33:51 #
jerryc41 wrote:
For months now, at least three speed cameras in VA... (show quote)
We had those damn things here for a while but people stood up to it and they were removed. They are now illegal.
Bruce.
Sep 1, 2023 07:28:58 #
riderxlx wrote:
We had those damn things here for a while but people stood up to it and they were removed. They are now illegal.
Bruce.
Bruce.
Issuing tickets automatically is not a good idea.
Sep 1, 2023 07:30:41 #
usnret wrote:
I would ask for calibration certifications for starters,,
Good idea. That's also a good defense against a radar ticket issued by a cop. The man who invented car radar got a speeding ticket and it defeated it by asking for the calibration data.
Sep 1, 2023 09:59:33 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Issuing tickets automatically is not a good idea.
No and too many things that can happen to issue a false ticket when no crime was committed, we proved that here in Texas and that crap was soon removed from our streets. And, they never reduced accidents and such either.
bruce
Sep 1, 2023 12:57:29 #
The school zones here in Virginia are 25 MPH zones. So it is 11 MPH over the limit to trigger the tickets.
Sep 1, 2023 21:04:56 #
clint f.
Loc: Priest Lake Idaho, Spokane Wa
jerryc41 wrote:
I'm sure they do, but will the program let them find all the details necessary to refund all those people. This was an idea brought up on Lehto's Law.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6tiLcXg4DI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6tiLcXg4DI
Every detail necessary is on the ticket generated at the event. Can’t view the Lehto video right now but I’m familiar with his YouTube channel. Always good information.
However, tickets don’t happen if you don’t drive in such a way as to get ticketed. In school zones it is ultra important.
Sep 2, 2023 10:05:43 #
clint f. wrote:
In school zones it is ultra important.
Maybe not in the summer.
The local school has a display that shows your speed, but it's supposed to be active only during school hours, and those hours are posted on signs. Still, the 25 mph sign will flash and show that I'm driving over that speed when school is closed.
Sep 2, 2023 10:24:52 #
Country Boy wrote:
I hate those cameras but 1 mile per hour over is still over! How much buffer is fair?
Accuracy is the determining factor. Also, the distance traveled to check the speed. I think "class action" suit for this.
The problem of "zero tolerance" laws, re: "...over is still over!".
And another aspect is that the regulation is handled, usually. by a third (for profit) party. In the old days, a bill-board and diminishing speed signs were used before cameras.
Sep 2, 2023 11:35:48 #
Stephan G wrote:
The problem of "zero tolerance" laws, re: "...over is still over!".
The problem of "zero tolerance" laws, re: "...over is still over!".
You can't measure anything with absolute accuracy. There is always a tolerance so "Zero Tolerance" is an oxymoron.
Sep 2, 2023 14:20:03 #
clint f.
Loc: Priest Lake Idaho, Spokane Wa
jerryc41 wrote:
Maybe not in the summer.
The local school has a display that shows your speed, but it's supposed to be active only during school hours, and those hours are posted on signs. Still, the 25 mph sign will flash and show that I'm driving over that speed when school is closed.
The local school has a display that shows your speed, but it's supposed to be active only during school hours, and those hours are posted on signs. Still, the 25 mph sign will flash and show that I'm driving over that speed when school is closed.
Ours have a qualifier sign that says 25 “during school hours” but otherwise it’s 45 mph. The sign is conspiracy posted.
Sep 3, 2023 09:38:27 #
BebuLamar wrote:
..."Zero Tolerance" is an oxymoron.
Yes! "Zero Tolerance" is ridiculous.
Sep 3, 2023 18:00:59 #
paulrph1
Loc: Washington, Utah
Country Boy wrote:
I hate those cameras but 1 mile per hour over is still over! How much buffer is fair?
The real problems is the Odometer might be off. Change of tire sizes, or not calibrated correctly, who has time to fight trivials.
Sep 3, 2023 21:28:59 #
clint f.
Loc: Priest Lake Idaho, Spokane Wa
paulrph1 wrote:
The real problems is the Odometer might be off. Change of tire sizes, or not calibrated correctly, who has time to fight trivials.
Tire from new to legal limit of wear is 2% difference in the drivers favor. Oversized you are on your own. GPS would help to get a guesstimate of how much you’d need to compensate. Speedometers may be calibrated but for sure they can be tested for accuracy.
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