Calgary needs to start this

[Mitcheh]

Re: Calgary needs to start this

I don't see how you can call them cash cows, of course they make the city a lot of money, but breaking the law is breaking the law..

[J-hop]

Re: Calgary needs to start this

I don't see how you can call them cash cows, of course they make the city a lot of money, but breaking the law is breaking the law..

^this, I absolutely hate when people call it a cash cow. Such a lack of logic, don't speed and they can't take your money, simple as that.

Drive as fast as you want, but don't cry like a baby when you get caught...

[CGDoig]

Re: Calgary needs to start this

I just like how they're burned. Guys trying to send a message there!

[P Arkus]

Re: Calgary needs to start this

I dont approve of the red light/speed on green cameras, but really its plain and simple. If you get a ticket by a red light camera, you're a f*cking retard. Nuff said

[R_Ethug]

Re: Calgary needs to start this

red lights good

van on deerfoot at 1030 at night coming home from car meet=ghey.. going 120 with NO traffic slow down.. speed back up.. finger van.. arrive home

stuff like that is a cash cow.. sorry johnny law is extra hard and slipping it in your bum

[luunta]

Re: Calgary needs to start this

i would arrest you.

[100%VAGitarian]

Re: Calgary needs to start this

sure speeding is breaking the law, but it is a BS explanation and way of going about catching you. i'm not a lawyer, but the Act says that the registered owner of the vehicle is responsible for the offense. the ticket also states that the issuing officer CERTIFIES that it was you who committed the of offense. that is impossible if he hasn't pulled you over and visually confirmed that. they are speculating that is was you based on said registration. that is why it is a cash cow and for once, i agree with RONDAL. it does nothing but generate money. i don't have a problem paying a speeding ticket but i do have a problem if they are tricking me into paying it. some legal clarification would be nice, if someone could chime in with it, as opposed to a bunch of internet armchair lawyers.

[R_Ethug]

Re: Calgary needs to start this

what i would like to know is where the F does the money from this go! we could have built 10 more Ctrain stations and widened deerfoot to 10 lanes by now

[P Arkus]

Re: Calgary needs to start this

what i would like to know is where the F does the money from this go!

Same place as all the Enmax profits went lol

[Ur0Drivr]

Re: Calgary needs to start this

sure speeding is breaking the law, but it is a BS explanation and way of going about catching you. i'm not a lawyer, but the Act says that the registered owner of the vehicle is responsible for the offense. the ticket also states that the issuing officer CERTIFIES that it was you who committed the of offense. that is impossible if he hasn't pulled you over and visually confirmed that. they are speculating that is was you based on said registration. that is why it is a cash cow and for once, i agree with RONDAL. it does nothing but generate money. i don't have a problem paying a speeding ticket but i do have a problem if they are tricking me into paying it. some legal clarification would be nice, if someone could chime in with it, as opposed to a bunch of internet armchair lawyers.

When Chile was trying to get these in, one of the municipal was over it. As a result they can't use them at all now down there.

[100%VAGitarian]

Re: Calgary needs to start this

[/QUOTE]what i would like to know is where the F does the money from this go! we could have built 10 more Ctrain stations and widened deerfoot to 10 lanes by now[/QUOTE]

Same place as all the Enmax profits went lol

green light camera profits went to pay Steven Ducketts severance package and the super board wages.

emnax profits come from your easymax statement that you sign up for. don't like how much enmax makes? sign up for direct energy.

[RONDAL]

Re: Calgary needs to start this

doesn't matter when enmax still subsidizes cheap power to edmonton


As for why i'm against this;

Photo radar vans are NOTORIOUS for setting up in areas where SPEED is not a major factor contributing to accidents. In fact, they set vans up where there aren't accidents a lot of the time. Vans however are set up in areas where it is easy to catch speeders. ie. Road design, allows for the overall majority of drivers to exceed the posted limit.
Take for example outside the CBC on memorial; they set the van up in an area, less than 50m away from where the speed limit INCREASES. Who is this protecting? What accidents is it preventing? None. It is simply there to catch people who are 2 seconds too early to accelerate to the recommended speed limit.

Deerfoot vans same thing. They trap in the middle of the night, on empty stretches of 6 lane divided highway. Speed is not the crucial factor that leads to accidents in these areas.

I have NO problem if you want to shove a photo radar van in a school zone. There the speed you drive is extremely crucial. An empty stretch of highway? Whether someone is going 110 or 140 is really not a big deal.

Its the application of these vans that annoys me rather than their general use.
They aren't used to slow people down in crucial areas. They are placed in areas where they will generate the highest amount of profit.

And for the crowd that says "speed is always a factor in accidents"......no kidding. So is the fact you're in 3000lb car. But time and time again road accidents report that a majority of the time SPEED IS NOT THE CONTRIBUTING FACTOR THAT LEADS TO AN ACCIDENT.

[luunta]

Re: Calgary needs to start this

Andrew is the factor in all road accidents.

[BaggedGLI]

Re: Calgary needs to start this

Photo radar vans are NOTORIOUS for setting up in areas where SPEED is not a major factor contributing to accidents. In fact, they set vans up where there aren't accidents a lot of the time. Vans however are set up in areas where it is easy to catch speeders. ie. Road design, allows for the overall majority of drivers to exceed the posted limit.

Deerfoot vans same thing. They trap in the middle of the night, on empty stretches of 6 lane divided highway. Speed is not the crucial factor that leads to accidents in these areas.

I can personally disagree, where they set up under stony trail on 16th ave in the west, right at the valley ridge turn off, i have personally seen more than 5 cars hit the ditch in that area, that bridge ices up and people start spinning cause their car gears down cause they speed up for the hill. I have seen them sitting in playground zones more often which is nice, there are a lot of times that they shouldnt be sitting in areas too.

I dont know how much sense this makes, i got bored and stopped caring.

[R_Ethug]

Re: Calgary needs to start this

all i have to say