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Old 12-18-2009, 03:23 PM
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Default Speed Limit sign camara?

Alright so I was crusing in a 40 MPH zone going about 45/46 MPH when I see the eleectronic speed sign telling you how fast your going. Im about 3 or 4 cars away from it going about 45/46 and I see a flash coming from it. Will I be getting a ticket in the mail for speeding? I do not have a front license plate on my car, but I wasnt sure if the backside of the sign had a camaro
Old 12-18-2009, 03:30 PM
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Nope its to show you how fast you're going to make you slow down. Sometimes cops will watch that sign to pull someone over. You're ok.
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A flash I would suspect means a camera just took a picture. Some devices take picture and have a video feed.
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I do believe that state regulations require a sign posted within a certain distance from a speed camera. Same thing with red light cameras.
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Do you guys think I should be expecting a ticket soon?
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No you're not going to get a ticket. There is a law that states you cannot be given a ticket by a radar/camera device for speeding. Dont worry about it, they're all over the place around here just to slow people down.
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Actually in my city they are parking cars like ford escapes equiped with radar and a camera giving tickets via mail of course
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some states have speeding cameras and I think Cali has talked about adding them, but I dont think they have started yet. my understanding was that they would be on the freeways.
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Yeah I blasted by one once and was worried about it but I never got a ticket. That was like three years ago.
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Those signs that show your speed and have like a strobe light flash are just to slow you down.
The actual speed/red light cameras just flash once and it takes a picture of the person driving and your rear license plate and you get a ticket in the mail. We have them all over the place in Arizona.
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yea Chris... you should be fine. As far as I know the only state with "Speed" cameras is AZ... CA just has "red light" cameras for tickets...
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Originally Posted by Soul TKR
yea Chris... you should be fine. As far as I know the only state with "Speed" cameras is AZ... CA just has "red light" cameras for tickets...
Indiana has them around the KY/IN border. As for red light camaras. I turned left and got caught in the intersection when some dumbass just stopped in front of me and the light flashed. Been over a year no ticket so IDK. Maybe it is just a scare tactic
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We have red light cameras in Atherton. You go into the intersection and you get slapped with a flash from a huge strobe. That ****** burns your eyes and everyone else sitting at the intersection.
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Are you sure the "flash" you saw wasn't a reflection off the device itself?
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Default wikispeedia to the rescue

Speed cams must die.

In the future, we will watch movies while we drive.
Two things are needed for that future.
1. an autosteer car.
2. an auto-gas car.

Help us design #2 today at
http://www.wikispeedia.org
Sorry, I cant help you with cameras, get a strobe light to blind it...
-jim
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Originally Posted by TransFan
Actually in my city they are parking cars like ford escapes equiped with radar and a camera giving tickets via mail of course
What city?
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Finally got around to searching for it...

http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d11/vc21455_6.htm

(c) The authorization in Section 21455.5 to use automated enforcement systems does not authorize the use of photo radar for speed enforcement purposes by any jurisdiction.
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Originally Posted by Jimmard
Finally got around to searching for it...

http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d11/vc21455_6.htm

(c) The authorization in Section 21455.5 to use automated enforcement systems does not authorize the use of photo radar for speed enforcement purposes by any jurisdiction.
Thanks man! Good info right there.
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I should warn that there has been legislation brought up to change that, but it has yet to be successful.



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