Red light horrors
January-20th-2003, 04:29 PM
#1
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Red light horrors
so yeah this is my story:
Just finished picking up bryce and i'm driving home...the light ahead of me goes yellow & i'm about a block away...i shift down and brake and well if you live in here in edmonton...it was snowing pretty bad!...so yeah my car didnt stop! i'm laying on my horn while sliding into the intersection with cars coming at me..and..FLASH FLASH FLASH...
so what i'm wondering is...
1. do they all flash even if there isnt a cam in it?
2. can i fight this?
3. am i screwed?!
thanks guys!
danielle
Just finished picking up bryce and i'm driving home...the light ahead of me goes yellow & i'm about a block away...i shift down and brake and well if you live in here in edmonton...it was snowing pretty bad!...so yeah my car didnt stop! i'm laying on my horn while sliding into the intersection with cars coming at me..and..FLASH FLASH FLASH...
so what i'm wondering is...
1. do they all flash even if there isnt a cam in it?
2. can i fight this?
3. am i screwed?!
thanks guys!
danielle
January-20th-2003, 04:41 PM
#2
protege5.0
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you can try to fight it
conditions prevented you from stopping
they'll say: you were going too fast for conditions
you'll reply: you should have sanded by then. i wasn't speeding etc. etc.
you've got a valid argument but it depends on how cranky they are.
best of luck.
conditions prevented you from stopping
they'll say: you were going too fast for conditions
you'll reply: you should have sanded by then. i wasn't speeding etc. etc.
you've got a valid argument but it depends on how cranky they are.
best of luck.
January-20th-2003, 04:48 PM
#3
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Originally posted by alcoholiday
you can try to fight it
conditions prevented you from stopping
they'll say: you were going too fast for conditions
you've got a valid argument but it depends on how cranky they are.
best of luck.
you can try to fight it
conditions prevented you from stopping
they'll say: you were going too fast for conditions
you've got a valid argument but it depends on how cranky they are.
best of luck.
January-20th-2003, 04:57 PM
#5
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so yeah i'm screwed then eh?! i'll be like listen F$CK@Rs..where were your men to plow and sand...uh that's right! look at the pic...i'm freakin braking and sideways..arghhhh!!!
okay i feel better...
so yeah does anybody know about the fake cams? or the pretty flashy lights?!
okay i feel better...
so yeah does anybody know about the fake cams? or the pretty flashy lights?!
January-20th-2003, 06:22 PM
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Originally posted by Brycer79swoman
okay my sister told me that all the 'red light cameras' dont actually have cameras in them...is that true?!...or do they all flash with or withut a camera?!
okay my sister told me that all the 'red light cameras' dont actually have cameras in them...is that true?!...or do they all flash with or withut a camera?!
January-20th-2003, 06:39 PM
#9
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I dont know if its different in Alberta, but in Manitoba flash = ticket
no matter what.
Ive fought 4 out of the 5 tickets Ive got, and won every time.
I have a friend whos a Magistrate with the courts and she gave me some advice on beating tickets.
- Dont plead innocent, plead guilty with an explanation.
- Try to go fight the ticket after lunch if you can.
- Stress that the road conditions were really bad.
- Be very polite, the Magistrates will sometimes make their decisions on you and not your explanation.
- Try to bring a parent or friend with you. (It makes it easier for them to believe you, if someone else does too.)
- Dress nice.
Best of luck if you have to fight the ticket.
no matter what.
Ive fought 4 out of the 5 tickets Ive got, and won every time.
I have a friend whos a Magistrate with the courts and she gave me some advice on beating tickets.
- Dont plead innocent, plead guilty with an explanation.
- Try to go fight the ticket after lunch if you can.
- Stress that the road conditions were really bad.
- Be very polite, the Magistrates will sometimes make their decisions on you and not your explanation.
- Try to bring a parent or friend with you. (It makes it easier for them to believe you, if someone else does too.)
- Dress nice.
Best of luck if you have to fight the ticket.
Last edited by KubaSpeed; January-20th-2003 at 06:42 PM.
January-20th-2003, 10:51 PM
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You cant fight the red light tickets in Alberta?
I didn't know that.
If you have a good argument, you can fight them in Manitoba.
(You probably wont win though.)
I didn't know that.
If you have a good argument, you can fight them in Manitoba.
(You probably wont win though.)
Last edited by KubaSpeed; January-20th-2003 at 11:05 PM.
January-21st-2003, 08:43 AM
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I'm curious about the cameras in Alberta. They are really evil here in Winnipeg as for one, I know all the cameras that exist so far are real...no word yet on if they are coming out with more, but honestly I think it will be a huge cash cow so I fully expect them to. The evil part which maybe is true for all "red light" cameras which I perhaps just didn't realize is ours are also radar enabled.
My girlfriend lives right near one of the cameras and I drive by it almost daily to give her a ride home. I know to drive the posted 50KM/H, but I know there are TONS of people that don't even realize it's 50 and do 60 or just a little above....and flash flash flash goes the camera even on green. I think after all is said than done, they are going to make an absolute killing not off the red-light runners but the speeders. Is it the same way in Alberta?
My girlfriend lives right near one of the cameras and I drive by it almost daily to give her a ride home. I know to drive the posted 50KM/H, but I know there are TONS of people that don't even realize it's 50 and do 60 or just a little above....and flash flash flash goes the camera even on green. I think after all is said than done, they are going to make an absolute killing not off the red-light runners but the speeders. Is it the same way in Alberta?
January-21st-2003, 10:02 AM
#13
Bruce Leroy
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Calgary, AB, Canada
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I haven't ever heard of anybody getting a ticket from a red-light cam, although I do think it'd be an easy thing to do.
It could be that they are doing a study on it and testing it out to see if it's viable.
It could be that they are doing a study on it and testing it out to see if it's viable.
January-21st-2003, 04:00 PM
#15
Bruce Leroy
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Location: Calgary, AB, Canada
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Some info from the Calgary Police Service on red-light cams:
http://www.gov.calgary.ab.ca/police/.../redlight.html
http://www.gov.calgary.ab.ca/police/.../redlight.html