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[___mari]

i was at the intersection of beechnut and south rice today and i saw a cop behind a lexus rx at the left-turn lane across the way. say the cop saw a crime occurring and needed to turn left. once it put its lights on, the lexus would have to turn left to get out of the way, even if the light was red. with these new cameras, a picture would be taken

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[erotic_sweaters]

The camera probably doesn't discern between regular car and emergency vehicle, so it would probably take a picture of the cop car too right? And then there would be a picture of the cop running the light a couple of seconds after the other car ran the light, even if the cop didn't get a ticket for it, and then the law abiding citizen would not, in fact, be completely fucked. Hooray.

[___mari]

the picture is taken but the ticket is never issued. it's just discarded. cops are pretty much above the law.

[erotic_sweaters]

isn't it awesome how that works?

[___mari]

seriously.

[aqua_lampshade]

The whole idea of the red light camera disgusts me.

[___mari]

it has deterred running red lights by quite a lot, but still, you never know what else those cameras are monitoring.