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Article #53Re: Speed cameras coming to CA? Yes, if this bill passes!
From: David Nebenzahl
Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 19:23
Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 19:23
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On 3/8/2008 10:08 AM Scott in SoCal spake thus: > On Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:52:08 -0800, David Nebenzahl > <nobody@but.us.chickens> wrote: > >>On 3/5/2008 1:45 AM Graham Harrison spake thus: >> >>> "Ed" <editor@highwayrobbery.net> wrote in message >>> news:b5912483-1fb1-43bd-b41e-13799c3fa19f@u10g2000prn.googlegroups.com... >>>> California Senate Bill 1325 was introduced on Feb. 20 and if it passes >>>> will allow SPEED camera tickets - also known as photo radar tickets - >>>> to be mailed to you. The bill could also allow stop sign camera >>>> tickets. >>>> >>>> The first hearing on this bill will be this month (March), by >>>> the Senate Transportation Committee in Sacramento. >>> >>> Would you please explain why you are opposed to these cameras? >> >>Yes; why do you *assume* that everyone's opposed to them? I'm not. >> >>You speed, you lose. > > One very good reason to oppose them is because they may not always be > accurate. Check out this radar speed sign in my neighborhood that was > wigging out a while back: > > http://blip.tv/file/611844 > > If a malfunctioning speed camera nails you, good luck proving your > innocence. Even if you don't speed, you still lose. So what's the difference between that and the possibility that a radar gun wielded by a human might be similarly inaccurate? I'm sure the courts are aware of the technological limitations here.
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