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Originally Posted by layback40
Tell me, if you stop bashing your head on a brick wall, does it stop hurting??
How did it know you had no seat belt?
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It's likely that the camera takes pictures of all motorists and then the pics are analyzed.
In Philadelphia on Roosevelt Blvd (which is a terribly dangerous road) there are red light cameras that constantly take photos...even if you're stopped...I'm assuming the city didn't want to foot the bill for actual sensors...
There's a red light camera near my residence that will take your photo when turning on yellow and I actually received a ticket for that...
People in NJ are starting to rail against these cameras now that a few editorials have come out noting how much money municipalities are making from them...and the fact that the photos are taken and analyzed by a company in Arizona if I remember correctly...
From a legal standpoint...there are states where these cameras violate their laws...and the issue with many of these cameras is they don't actually take a photo of the driver...some only take photos of the rear of the car...so it would be very difficult to prove in court who was driving...there's nobody to debate the violation with...
And the tickets generally arrive a week or less before your scheduled court date...in an effort to goad you into just paying as opposed to trying to fight the ticket...