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Old 03-30-2005, 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Zeus
Fight it! Fight every single ticket you get.

We had photo radar here in Ontario but it was later scrapped when public outrage finally got to even our politicians' dulled sensibility.

To me most speeding tickets are simply supplemental taxation, plain and simple. It has nothing to do with safety - unless the vehicle is actually driving dangerously - which to me is different than 'speeding'.

We now have red-light cameras at major city intersections. You burn the red light and you get photo-ticketed. I have no problem with this, I think it's a good measure.
THey short cycle the lights to get you there.....the yellow is too short to clear the intersection when you are too close to it to slam on your brakes and stop....... I beet one that way...flipped yellow when I hit the crosswalk going 25 and was red before I got halfway through the intersection.....obviously programmed to entrap people....and what proof is there of accuracy of the photo Radar....or the fact it could have been triggered bu another vehicle....which is real easy to happen due to the broad radar beam......
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