CLK430Benz

Hey Guys,

How's everyone. As you may not know, I live on Long Island. Since the "Police" recently put up these stupid RED LIGHT CAMERAS every where I wanted to know if anyone has received a ticket? If so, did anyone bother fighting it or just pay the $50 fine. If so, was it near the Roosevelt Field Mall because I have been nailed their twice (turning into the mall).

Thanks,
Steve

CLK430Benz

Does anyone know of any license plate "flipper" or similar concept?

Thanks,
Steve

CLK430Benz

Where can I buy/make this?!?!?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km40Sg36JXc

Felix87

It is simpler and cheaper to pay the fine, you are lucky not to be caught by a cop that would issue you a ticket that would follow with points. Pay the fine, call it a day. You won't win on this one.

big_mike1979

i thought he will get point as well.. No???

Felix87

No, because the ticket was not issued to a driver but to the plate. It wouldn't be fair if someone was driving your car blew a red light and you would get points for there mistakes. No points on red light camera. Pay the ticket, call it a day.

Silv430ClkR

I kno, their puttin them up everywhere. old counrty rd and hempstead tnpk are lined with them. i made a right on red illegally on old country rd, cuz i was in a rush to get to my gf's house on christmas mornin(to open my presents) and got flashed by one and was like WTF!!!!!!! it was when they first started puttin them all over and i didnt realize. long story short kinda ruined my day but in the end i never got a ticket. idk whether they were jus in the process of testing them out at the time or they were just in the christmas spirit and didnt issue any tickets that day? but knowing NY they were probly jus testing them out still cuz theyll squeeze you for every dime you make out here anyway they can. btw just pay the 50 bucks, it aint worth sittin on that line at 16 cooper street, i aint proud of it but ive done it many times(for worse moving violations).

dlbehrns

Why not get the clear plate covers for $20 a piece? And the fine is how much? Duh!
http://www.phantomplate.com/products.html

Silv430ClkR

they ticket you out here if you have anything covering or defacing a plate. new york state or nassau county for that matter might as well charge us to walk, talk, n breath cuz like i said they get you for anything. and nothings cheap on the island

Felix87

It won't help block your plate from the cam

DropTop430

theres some sort of clear spray u can put on the plate so this way when that light flashes it reflects the flash so in this case they cant catch ure plate number

Felix87

^ That does not work either.

DropTop430

really? and have u tried it?

Elzin

some of this was used in mythbusters if im not wrong. ended up beein busted.

bheng

I would just pay the fine.

get a 9500xi which has red light detection and and keep your cool on the streets. the 9500xi would be a back up tool tho.

Metric AW550

Not worth fighting them, i've gotten a few so far..couple on the corner of old country rd n 107/broadway. I live off of merrick rd and damn they put so many up all up n down that rd!

jreddyroc

In vancouver they have had those cameras for the last 10 years, and if you are driving someone elses cars then the person who owns the car has to write a letter to the courts or call to tell them someone else was driving, and if you run the light they have you on camera so you cant really dispute the ticket. The good thing with traffic laws here are that is the cop doesnt show up for court your off the ticket, and if he does you can say I cant pay right now can I have up to a year to pay and the courts here usually do that. So atleast that gives you about 2 years before you even have to put out money, well thats how it is out here i dont know about the usa, and also you never plead guilty in the court of law cause half the time witnesses dont show up cops etc then theres no case your off. And also never talk to the police, number 1 rule. You give name adress id thats it. and you have the right to remain silent, and if you talk the more questions they ask the more deeper in the hole you go example, oh sorry officer I ran the light cause i was in a hurry, now they can bring that up in court what you said. I have even gotten a ticket and i disputed it and I showed up to court and he didnt even remember what happend and I got off the ticket

Silv430ClkR

that camera got you too haha, same one got me too

Mike521

My niece got a ticket from one of these for making a right on red in suffolk county. I heard that the ones on long island don't take a picture of the driver, and I heard elsewhere that if there's no picture of the driver you can plead not guilty and say it wasn't you driving. If they don't have a picture of you driving they can't prove it was you

Although my niece said there was a video of her making the right on red, not sure if her face was clearly visible

I know that cameras in other areas do take pictures of the driver, specifically for this reason. People were saying it wasn't them driving, and there was no way to prove otherwise.

Anyway this site has a map showing the camera locations, and a way to view your drive to work (or wherever) and see all cameras on the route

www.longislandredlightcameras.com

Mercee

for kicks, here's mythbusters:

http://kwc.org/mythbusters/2007/03/e...g_patches.html

MMM430

If Atlanta and several other big cities are an indication it will only be a matter of time before the cameras no longer work and they do nothing but gather dust. The light cameras are a contracted product / service. While you may get a ticket frm the PoPo the cameras are run, monitored and serviced by a contracted company. One or two budget meetings down the road and after paying for something that does not pay for itself in a certain matter of time, certainly not generate revenue after cost, they just shut em down!
My advise; be careful, pay attention at intersections and know it's only a matter of time before you can freely speed through red lights to your hearts content.

Skylaw

And eventually crash and die. Hopefully, not taking innocents along, but how likely is that?

Your point on the economics of the cameras is well taken.

In my county, tickets are not issued if you were simply "in" the intersection when a light turned red - i.e., you entered on yellow, but did not clear it before it went red. However, you do get one if it is red when you enter the intersection. As you should. At the moment, there is plenty of revenue coming in, because we have a serious problem with red light runners and deadly crashes.

MMM430

[QUOTE=Skylaw;4401306]And eventually crash and die. Hopefully, not taking innocents along, but how likely is that?


That was an implied, second point to go along with the economics!

My question for you is where your Avatar is from?

Thanks,
Matt

bryant9850

I live in Chicago and they put these up a couple of years ago. One town removed all cameras because the village felt they caused more harm than good. I support removing all of them. People were being fined for not stopping long enough at red lights when they were making a right hand turn. So people were stopping through green lights and causing accidents. We pay taxes to have uniformed police officers safegaurding us. Not cameras and highschool dropouts watching a tv screen We shouldn't willingly allow big brother to monitor our every move. Just saying

drew500

im in brooklyn and there are stop light cameras everywhere,check ddmtuning.com that have some cool stuff to hide your plate