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Re: red light camera question

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From: Rush Wickes
Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2001 16:40
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On 3 Jun 2001 02:30:40 GMT, NightSerf <acs6j@Virginia.EDU> 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.

From what I understand, if your vehicle is 'in the box' when the light
turns red,  you will be fined as running the red light.   This is done
to discourage people from trying to race the yellow through the
intersection.

--

Rush Wickes 
Blacksburg, VA
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Subject: Re: red light camera question
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