Speed cameras in Ohio

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Speed cameras in Ohio

Reply #30 – March 15, 2009, 12:51:14 AM

how do speed cameras react when a 20 pack of cars is doing 20mph over the speed limit. does it have a rapid fire feature like dslr's n such? or do only the cars at the end of the pack get the tickets? ive never been on the interstate here in georgia, going with the speed of traffic, and not been speeding 10+ sometimes 20+. which, btw, is scary when if you run the probability of how many bad drivers out of 20 could be around you in your head and the posted speed limit is 70mph.

Speed cameras in Ohio

Reply #31 – March 15, 2009, 01:22:29 AM

Quote from: ~AC;261676

how do speed cameras react when a 20 pack of cars is doing 20mph over the speed limit. does it have a rapid fire feature like dslr's n such? or do only the cars at the end of the pack get the tickets? ive never been on the interstate here in georgia, going with the speed of traffic, and not been speeding 10+ sometimes 20+. which, btw, is scary when if you run the probability of how many bad drivers out of 20 could be around you in your head and the posted speed limit is 70mph.

Same problem here in Tennessee. I am on the Interstate 2 hours each day(1 hr there, 1 hr back) and if I am going 70, I would get run over. Even if i feel safe enough to go 80, in the grandma lane, I still have some jerk who stays on my ass until i either let off the gas and slow down, or change lanes.

Speed cameras in Ohio

Reply #32 – March 15, 2009, 03:03:21 AM

Its all about the money,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Does anyone remember this quote ,, "the people dont care
about paula jones, they care about the DOW JONES" and who was saying it?

Its really ironic and perfectly applicable today.,, but not in favor of those who spoke the words just a very short time ago. please accept this small morsel of sarcasme and its preamble to the new times ahead as we follow the exact path of the nation we fled,,,,,,,,not too long ago.

"Private companies in the US are hoping to use red light cameras and speed cameras as the basis for a nationwide surveillance network similar to one that will be active next year in the UK. Redflex and American Traffic Solutions (ATS), the top two photo enforcement providers in the US, are quietly shopping new motorist tracking options to prospective state and local government clients. Redflex explained the company's latest developments in an August 7 meeting with Homestead, Florida officials.

In the past, police databases have been used to intimidate innocent motorists. An Edmonton, Canada police sergeant, for example, found himself outraged after he read columnist Kerry Diotte criticize his city's photo radar operation in the Edmonton Sun newspaper. The sergeant looked up Diotte's personal information, and, without the assistance of electronic scanners, ordered his subordinates to "be on the lookout" for Diotte's BMW. Eventually a team of officers followed Diotte to a local bar where they hoped to trap the journalist and accuse him of driving under the influence of alcohol. Diotte took a cab home and the officers' plan was exposed after tapes of radio traffic were leaked to the press. Police later cleared themselves of any serious wrong-doing following an extensive investigation."

Speed cameras in Ohio

Reply #33 – March 15, 2009, 09:19:04 AM

One of the biggest problems i see with the red light/speed cameras is if they are a ticket why am i not assessed any points to my license? Its nothing more than a cash cow for lazy states/towns like Toledo. Believe me the cameras here in Toledo have been vandalized people popping off the little maintenance door at the bottom and cutting wires. People are not happy about these units especially how much they cost to Install.

Speed cameras in Ohio

Reply #34 – March 16, 2009, 03:11:47 PM

Quote from: ~AC;261676

how do speed cameras react when a 20 pack of cars is doing 20mph over the speed limit.

I recently got a love note from one of the cash-desperate locales around here. There was an officer and a badge number in the letter. My guess is, right now, we're paying a police officer to sit at a desk and watch video all day long.

My question is, how long will the insurance companies wait? They're losing money on this deal. They're not going to sit on their hands and allow someone else to horn in on their cut.

Speed cameras in Ohio

Reply #35 – March 16, 2009, 08:33:37 PM

Quote from: jangus;260239

they now have to go and hire "for profit" companies to manage this program. Gee, I wonder who's benifiting from this?

Hope it's not
Omni Consumer Products

Sure sounds like it..
"OCP owns and operates a structured, private police force but also an under-the-table criminal ring, thus ensuring that there is always a never-ending supply-and-demand for both security and crime."

Law enforcement "for profit" is a BAD idea!

(yes I KNOW its from the movie ROBOCOP, that does not mean it's not possible)

Speed cameras in Ohio

Reply #36 – March 24, 2009, 12:35:43 PM

I hope this is the beginning of the end
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/24/145247

but probably not

Speed cameras in Ohio

Reply #37 – March 24, 2009, 02:09:15 PM

Yeah, its only gonna be about a second, boy
til they take away alla this country
And theyll tell you not to listen to this here song
And that far-off sound of freedoms
Gonna be an echo from the past
And the final tune is gonna be sad and long

And its only gonna be about an eye-blink, boy
til they pull out the wool to blind us
So we just cant read all the messages on the wall
But the only words that matter
Oughta be scribbled all over them billboards
In big old black and bloody letters, ten feet tall

Speed cameras in Ohio

Reply #38 – March 24, 2009, 08:56:42 PM

Wow, read this link from the main article...
http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/11/1550231&tid=266

Speed cameras in Ohio

Reply #39 – March 24, 2009, 09:01:44 PM

One of the links I have saved is broken, it was a story like yours.

In Texas, yellow lights must be 3 seconds long. One of the companies that installed the cameras, surprise! tuned the lights to be shorter than legally mandated.

Speed cameras in Ohio

Reply #40 – March 24, 2009, 09:53:26 PM

Quote from: Grumbles;263641

Yeah, its only gonna be about a second, boy
til they take away alla this country
And theyll tell you not to listen to this here song
And that far-off sound of freedoms
Gonna be an echo from the past
And the final tune is gonna be sad and long

And its only gonna be about an eye-blink, boy
til they pull out the wool to blind us
So we just cant read all the messages on the wall
But the only words that matter
Oughta be scribbled all over them billboards
In big old black and bloody letters, ten feet tall

CW McCall,,(sp),, yeah I like that song and the message as well.

Speed cameras in Ohio

Reply #41 – March 25, 2009, 04:06:12 AM

I think it applies here.