Pro_fan

So I got home today and received a great surprise...a photo radar ticket for $75 CDN.

They got me for doing 114 km/h in a 100 km/h zone that is almost out of the city. For those in Calgary, they got me on near 64th Ave NE while I was travelling northbound on Deerfoot.

For you Americans, they got me for doing 8 mph over the speed limit.

Stupid ******* bureaucrats that think this **** isn't a cash cow.

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alcoholiday

in the 4 years i've lived here. i've only got one just recently. on sarcee heading south just shy of bow trail. 93 in an 80.

buggers. total cash cow. oh well. we *were* speeding but at least no demerit points.

none with the new car yet though. i've been lucky.

dre2ooo

That's gay. They have to ticket the DRIVER, not the CAR. Maybe you can find a REAAAAAAAAAAAAAALY good friend to take the blame....

don668

You used to be able to do that... now they charge you with being the "owner" of the car that created the infraction. "You" being responsible for how your car is driven. Rental agencies here make you sign a waver stating all photoradar tickets will be billed to your credit card.

Although the good thing... no points.

Don

pr5owner

YOU TOO MAN????!!!!!!!!! ****! i got a 73 dollar ticket today too! damn memorial drive! i was doing 63 in a 50 zone

i sped up because it turns from a 50 into a 70 and they caught me like 2 seconds away from the 70 sign! GRRRRRR
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pr5owner

to tell you the truth, i REALLY don't mind photoradar tickets, i don't care if i have to pay 73 or 273 dollars beucase its ZERO demerits.. getting pulled over.. is another story
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nightowl

hehe there was such an up roar in ottawa over photo radar they got rid of them...however we do have red light cameras...so if you run a red light it will tike a picture and ticket you

onehawaiian

damn, i got camera-tagged for doing 62 in a 55mph zone. 7 f#cking miles over the limit! SEVEN! wtf???

but since this was a new thing in hawaii, they got waaaay too much heat for it and ended up throwing out all tickets that were below 9mph over the limit.

i got mine tossed.

Green Skanka

Ok, I have 1 question for all you Canadians.. I am an american, and have no idea what you are talking about with your demerit points, or whatever the heck they are, so can ya please fill me in????

Pro_fan

Funny thing is, I HAVE a radar detector....IIRC, it's a BEL 936 or something like that. What a POS....the only thing I've heard it go off for is other detectors and automatic doors.

It MAY have gone off when I got the photo radar ticket, but when it goes off all the damn time b/c of doors and false signals, how are you supposed to know it's a real hit when it happens????

GRRRRRR!!!!

I don't mind red light cams so much....I think they could act as a deterrent to people running the lights. They are there ALL the time, so people should at least get wise to that intersection if they intend to run the light.

BUT, photo radar is a cash grab. It's not a deterrent b/c even though you are technically caught in the act, you aren't "punished" /deterred until weeks later. It's like watching your dog take a **** on your floor and then getting mad at him days later. He's not gonna know what he did wrong and he's also gonna be pissed off at you for getting mad at him.

I like what the Liberals did in BC....they made a campaign promise to get rid of photo radar and they kept it. But now the freaking Tories in Alberta wanna put it on the highways????? **** that! Screw you Ralph!!!

Makaveli

Sorry, that was too funny........


no, it's just radars that are set up along certain streets like up on posts where you can't really see them or recognize them unless you know that they are there and if they detect you going too fast at a certain place they'll take a picture and then after a few weeks you'll get it in mail and you'll have to pay the ticket.

onehawaiian

in hawaii they tried to implament "van-cams", private contracted company who clocks your speed and takes your pic. that got A LOT of heat by both pedestrians and cops. (cops weren't exempt) so that program got canned.

used to **** me off, seeing those unmarked vans on the side of the road... and radar/laser detectors don't work anymore (not in time anyways) new guns have variable bands, making the cheaper detectors pretty much worthless. oh wait, it'll still pick up hospital doors, ambulances and private home security...

doctor_r

We got the red light camera out here in saskabush too... I really can't stand it because I'm so damn paranoid to run a red and usually end up stopping abruptly at yellow lights. Then I'm always paranoid that the a$$hole behind me wasn't thinking the same thing and is going to bust me right up the a$$.....

I know all about the photoradar thing, I lived out in Alberta for a few years and I hated it never did get one, but I know a lot of friends who did...

Pro I was out in Calgary last week and saw all the signs and ads about taking photo to the highways, thats bullshat!!!

noodles

Move to Vancouver! Haha, they actually made the police get rid of that thing.

Bruce95fmla

In the US in the southern states, they do use radar from planes, like Florida for instance , but anyway , i am curious to know if you a out of stater came to calgary and sped would I be mailed a ticket , being as I am from new york or new jersey ,, or somewhere out of canada
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