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Article #533Re: red light camera question
From: John Gilmer
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 15:15
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 15:15
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> > What they need is a "dead line." IOW a line on the pavement which if > > before you when the light turns yellow you would be expected to stop at the > > stop line. If you are past the dead line when yellow comes up you > > continue on through the interesection. The spacing between the two lines > > would be determined with the assumption that the driver is going EXACTLY the > > speed limit. > > In what vehicle though? :) A reasonable question. I suppose "they" could allow one second reaction time and an deceleration of 1/4 g. Clearly, though, the real problem with the Red Light cameras is that there is a DEBATE among reasonable people about what the law actually requires. In the government goes to 1984 type tactics at the minimum it should let us know what it wants us to do! But we all know that all the government wants us to do is transfer our money to it. > > nate
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 11299e,bf5785b4a0554983 X-Google-Attributes: gid11299e,public X-Google-Thread: fb785,3713032fc760589c X-Google-Attributes: gidfb785,public X-Google-Thread: 1011e5,bf5785b4a0554983 X-Google-Attributes: gid1011e5,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-07 08:26:41 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!nntp.newsfirst.net!dingus.crosslink.net!not-for-mail From: "John Gilmer" <gilmer@crosslink.net> Newsgroups: va.general,alt.law-enforcement.traffic,dc.driving References: <df481569.0106011937.745d838@posting.google.com> <9fgi9u$ncv$8@newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu> <qdbohtga7jp1f4av4i0gtgp10a848il836@4ax.com> <3GgT6.56325$G5.12273166@news1.rdc1.md.home.com> <ffAT6.43949$e%.1187696@e420r-sjo2.usenetserver.com> <UsAT6.67669$4f7.5124052@bgtnsc06-news.ops.worldnet.att.net> <3b1ed736$0$479@dingus.crosslink.net> <3B1F72DC.49A0AE14@worldnet.att.net> Subject: Re: red light camera question Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 11:15:21 -0400 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Lines: 30 Message-ID: <3b1f9b06$0$1515@dingus.crosslink.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.199.164.230 X-Trace: dingus.crosslink.net 991927046 1515 207.199.164.230