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I would hope that the people who set up these cameras would have
the good sense not to set off a flash right in the eyes of a driver.

Cameras are being placed at busy intersections.  Running a red
light at a busy intersection is a pretty lame-brained thing to do.
But running it blind has got to be worse.  You'd hope that the
cameras weren't positioned to blind the lame-brain that's
running the red light.

Paul R

"NightSerf" <acs6j@Virginia.EDU> wrote in message
news:9fpd7u$b8j$1@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU...
> You may be right.  My thinking was that a night camera, in order
> to photograph the car along with the front plate and the
> driver's face, would have to flash at the front of the car.  If
> that's true, then flashes in the rear view mirror would be
> catching someone moving through the intersection from the
> opposite direction.  But if the camera is photographing the
> rear of the car, then a flash in the rear view mirror would be
> doing just as you said.
>
> A year or so ago, someone posted that his daughter had been
> nabbed while cutting classes, which is what made me believe
> that the cameras were positioned so as to photograph the driver
> as well as the license plate.  Not so?
>
> In va.general John R Cambron <*cambronj@chesapeake.net*> wrote:
>
> > 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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