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dixiegrrrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 12:44 PM
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Just what drivers need: database/map of redlight, speed, etc cameras in the US.
Along with the fines of each one.
Has drop down menu for tollbooth, traffic, lights, stop signs, etc.

No wonder these damn things are so popular.
In SF, the fine for running a light is 446.00.
Seattle, only 124.00

You can check out your city here. ( they don't seem to be in rural areas...yet)

http://www.photoenforced.com/


If you find this handy, maybe kick it for the afternoon folks?
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NaturalHigh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 12:53 PM
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1. Not very many here in OK.
Edited on Sun Jan-16-11 12:54 PM by NaturalHigh
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fishwax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 12:59 PM
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2. kick
:kick:
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Gin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 01:06 PM
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4. interesting...thanks
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 01:03 PM
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3. No one has made an app for that?
Seems a natural...
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Richard D Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 01:21 PM
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9. There are apps for that
GPS enabled too. They work pretty well but can get annoying as they announce ever possible location for a speed trap.
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progressoid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 01:08 PM
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5. I just wrote a check for $197.00
:grr:


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dixiegrrrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 02:50 PM
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11. What happened?
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progressoid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 03:12 PM
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15. Stormy night.
Actually more like a stormy morning (it was about 2:30 in the morning) - I didn't think I could stop because of the slippery roads so I went through rather than risk sliding.

I thought I had time to make it through but the light changed to red just as I hit the intersection.

Three weeks later I get a 197.00 ticket in the mail.
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 01:09 PM
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6. 21 Red light stop cameras. $75.
Columbia, MD
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 01:20 PM
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8. Denver is getting lots of them... Most $80
I really really do try to be aware and watch the "lead" foot. The best thing that has happened to me on that score, is buying a Prius... I'm sort of obsessed with watching how my driving and breaking patterns effect that onscreen MPG tracker that it has made me a lot more aware. Plus, a few years back I was nailed in a school zone DURING THEIR CHRISTMAS BREAK. It was a nice little Denver money maker as NO ONE was slowing down, knowing that school was out. I later heard that several people were able to get out of their tickets by going to court, but I had a business trip out of town and couldn't do so... This one really pissed me off because I would NEVER speed through a school zone that was in session. :mad:

So, yes, I am glad to see this website tracking new cameras.
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47of74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 01:17 PM
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7. There's also speed trap databases out there as well
Such as Trapster (http://www.trapster.com) or Phantom Alert (http://www.phantomalert.com)
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dixiegrrrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 02:52 PM
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13. Thanks...will bookmark. And here is another one I found for California, looks like:
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ProgressiveProfessor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 01:50 PM
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10. Seems to me the one for cameras is a premade targets list
A new technique is metalized paint over the sensors (radar, camera, or both). No imaging, no triggering, no revenue. It's also hard to take off.
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dixiegrrrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 02:51 PM
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12. I heard laser pen lights screw up cameras, too.
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ProgressiveProfessor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-11 03:00 PM
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14. They do
Newer cameras will not be permanently damaged by red or green lases. However, its not possible to aim at them effectively while moving and finding a place to permanently mount one is not practical. Besides the municipality might take a dim view of that.

There are those that have done that to disrupt surveillance by a neighbor.

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