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Re: red light camera question

#507
From: John R Cambron
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 00:41
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NightSerf wrote:
> 
> In va.general Ken M. <poboxdc@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> > natejax wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > > I was just driving it was dark and rainy out, I was one of a few cars
> > > going through on a yellow, in my rearview mirror i saw 2 bright
> > > flashes and was thinking i may be at risk for getting a ticket for the
> > > red light camera, i had heard that these tickets do not carry points
> > > in the state of VA, is that correct?  ive searched google and the web
> > > and could not get a straight answer though it seems that this is the
> > > case. please advise.
> > >
> > > thanks in advance.
> 
> > Get ready to pay a fine!
> 
> > (ken)
> 
> Not necesarily.  What Nate saw may have been flashes from a
> camera catching some one going through from the opposite
> direction.  If he was most of the way through before the light
> turned red--he didn't mention seeing the red light--he was
> probably not captured.

If he saw flashes in his "rearview" mirror it is likely either he
or some one behind him was caught. I have seen the same flashes
after clearing the intersection when I entered intersection after
the light turned yellow and other car entered the intersection
during yellow and red.
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From: John R Cambron <*cambronj@chesapeake.net*>
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Subject: Re: red light camera question
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