God Damn Green Light Cameras....grrr

[Khyron]

Re: God Damn Green Light Cameras....grrr

so i thought i'd let all of you know......16th ave and 10St NW there is a green light camera if you're heading east bound past the corner of SAIT.

got hit 3 times in 2 days in the gf's car and she just got them all in the mail.


this is nothing but a tax grab. had i actually been pulled over i would have slowed down in that area.

Fsk!! I just got my first speed on green, and the same intersection too. And I was in the slow car! (I don't normally drive that route, I know all the ones on my normal path)

20 over, was 140 or so. Photo is dead clear (in PERFECT WEATHER on a SIX LANE ROAD), and they're clear on the lane as well. No way out of this one.

Oh well, my tax payment since I haven't been tagged in years.

[N'Syncro]

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yes its lane specific. the tickets clearly state the lane number

Crap!!! LOL.

How much are the tickets? Flat fee, or does it go up the faster you were going?
Pretty sure I was going nearly 100 on the yellowhead when it's 70. DOH!

[Khobin]

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Crap!!! LOL.

How much are the tickets? Flat fee, or does it go up the faster you were going?
Pretty sure I was going nearly 100 on the yellowhead when it's 70. DOH!

I believe it runs about $6/km over the limit... so for 30km you're looking at around $180.

[N'Syncro]

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Oh that's not too bad. I heard it was supposed to be $257.

Either way, I deserve it. :o

[JPO]

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Just got one. Same intersection.

[Khyron]

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I drove through it again on Thurs and the last speed sign I saw was 60. So obviously there's 1 50 zone sign right before it. %$^%$

[R_Ethug]

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fucking gay!

thats like on airport trail the cops sit with a laser and it goes from 90-60 approaching the corner/stop light

ya you stupid cop i'm going to slow down to take the corner FFS (i haven't gotten one but work friends have here)

[JPO]

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http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Ca...078/story.html

"Highway 1 at Canada Olympic Drive N.W"!!!!

[RONDAL]

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rick mcivor better be good on his word

[J-hop]

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fucking gay!

thats like on airport trail the cops sit with a laser and it goes from 90-60 approaching the corner/stop light

I still don't know how people get caught there, I drove that road several times a week during the summer, the 60 zone is well marked, you can usually see the cop standing there before you get to the 60 zone and yet still when I went to slow down to 60 people would blow by me and get pulled over, so much fail hahaha.


but yea Khyron if you were going east on 16th there are two 50km/hr signs (one on either side of the road) marking the 50 zone a block or two before the lights, I usually do 40 through there just to make sure haha.

[R_Ethug]

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ya i agree andrew.. red lights i'm completely fine with.. speed on green are a cash cow.. actually 90% of the crap the cops pull in calgary is cash cow related.. 500 dollar fines on the river!! F'off.. that being said i'd probably wear my vest but thats like saying.. hey buddy you want to swim in sylvan.. go get a vest or $$

[RONDAL]

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it does NOTHING to stop people speeding.

im all for cops WORKING to generate cash revenue for the city, but it does dick all for safety.

one i CANNOT STAND is the photo radar van always parked outside the CBC on memorial.
its parked in the 50 zone, right BEFORE it turns into a 70. like literally less than 50 yards before the 70 zone starts.

who are they saving?

[RONDAL]

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PS. i saw another gem on the weekend. there is a billboard that says "25% of all fatal crashes involve speed. PLEASE SLOW DOWN" its on mcleod i believe.


so hang on.....you idiots are telling me speed ISN'T the biggest factor in fatal crashes? so why the f@ck are you only targeting it?

idiots.....

[JPO]

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PS. i saw another gem on the weekend. there is a billboard that says "25% of all fatal crashes involve speed. PLEASE SLOW DOWN" its on mcleod i believe.


so hang on.....you idiots are telling me speed ISN'T the biggest factor in fatal crashes? so why the f@ck are you only targeting it?

idiots.....

Further, what they deliberatly don't include with this misleading statistic is that those fatal crashes likely had primary factors such as: distraction, drunkenness, fatigue and plain inbred idiocy.

The camera going in by COP is going to be a monster windfall.

[RONDAL]

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yeah its just a cash cow.