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New License Plate Tech Jams Traffic Cameras Targeting You for a Ticket — See How

Oct. 29, 2012 1:17pm Liz Klimas

Some like license plate frames that reflect their favorite team, alma mater or other personal statements. A new one is targeted toward a different group of people though and doesn’t come with a snazzy exterior, although high-tech bells and whistles are embedded inside. Its intended audience is drivers sick of getting traffic tickets.

noPhoto is a frame with camera blocking technology to prevent speeders and red-light runners from getting tickets. The frame by noLimits Enterprises, an Ohio-based company providing customers with “freedom and security that is rightfully yours,” detects traffic camera flashes, sending its own flash back “at the exact moment needed to overexpose the traffic camera.” With an overexposed image, the license plate number will not be visible and therefore a ticket can not be issued.

noPhoto Shoots a Flash Back at Traffic Cameras to Shield License Plate and Prevent Tickets

(Image: noPhoto.com)

Watch this promo video for noPhoto:

Here’s a bit more of a technical explanation:

To understand the noPhoto, it helps to have a basic understanding of photography. Generally speaking, the amount of light that a camera collects while taking a picture is called “exposure.” If there is not enough light, than the final picture will be too dark to see much. Conversely, if there is too much light, the picture will be too bright to see. At the most basic level, what the noPhoto does is make the license plate portion of the image too bright for the camera’s sensor to handle. The noPhoto is so powerful that it causes what are called “blown highlights” – that is, the brightness is so overwhelming that the camera sees the image as a featureless field of white light. As you can see in the image below, the camera simply can’t see the license plate.

What noPhoto sending its own flash to overexpose the license plate image looks like. (Image: noPhoto.com)

Watch the technology in action with this test:

As the noPhoto creator Jonathan Dandrow explains, it took a significant amount of expertise to develop this technology (and financing), so he has turned to the crowd-funding site Indiegogo in his efforts to raise funds. So far more than $25,000 has been raised of the $80,000 goal with 10 days left.

Although noPhoto doesn’t violate any laws involving blockage of the license plate, Indiegogo does provide this disclaimer of its own: ”Use of this device may violate vehicular codes and laws and regulations in some states and jurisdictions. Each user should make his or her own determination about such matters and uses the devices at his or her own risk. The presence of this campaign on Indiegogo.com is not a representation by Indiegogo, Inc. regarding the legality of the device described in this campaign.”

As the noPhoto website states though, “there are no laws in existence regulating how much light is cast onto the license plate.”

According to the noPhoto website, Dandrow created the technology due to privacy concerns associated with such traffic cameras and some evidence that suggests the cameras lead to more accidents rather than preventing them.

Learn more about noPhoto on its website here or on its Indiegogo site here.

(H/T: Technabob)

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DeathRattle
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 2:36pm
Great idea in the tech of this plate frame. The only thing I can see that may be a violation is how bright the light is when seen by an officer. As a retired Deputy I used improper rear lights as a reason to stop vehicles many many times. If this is a quick flash that would not impair another driver’s vision it might fly. Until that is the state legislator catches up with it.

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- Salamander
  Posted on October 29, 2012 at 3:47pm
  Yeah, and pretty soon, sunglasses will be illegal, as they ‘jam’ facial recognition cameras! We’re a stone’s throw from an ‘Idiocracy’ world! I already feel like ‘Not Sure’ in the video! Watch it–it is prophetic!
  
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- TheLeftMadeMeRight
  Posted on October 29, 2012 at 4:32pm
  and in the day I used a cut off switch to shut off my tail lights……to get away from cops…….using improper rear lights as a reason to stop vehicles. It’s called “probable cause” officer.
  
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- Mrsnary
  Posted on October 29, 2012 at 4:52pm
  Did anyone notice on the last demonstration the liscense plate light went off before the camera flash?
  
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- Polwatcher
  Posted on October 29, 2012 at 5:08pm
  We have a bunch of would be “Kings and Queens” running our governments…and we are the “Serfs”. To understand our government better, think “King” and “Serf”. Actually, the “Serfs” had it better. They only paid 25% of their efforts to please the “King”.
  
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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on October 29, 2012 at 5:21pm
  Only a pro govt goon that favors tyranny would be in favor of red light cameras. It really is us vs. the govt. They are the enemy of the common man but the darling of the minorities. Every one that I have ever met just LOVED the federal govt . You know why? Because they tilt the playing field in their favor and give them money taken from others. They just love that.
  
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- SUNTZU
  Posted on October 29, 2012 at 11:27pm
  WTF
  the need to speed through a red light.
  Well we didnt get killed this time ,lets do it again.
  Ive seen several camras at the lights,yet to see one use a flash
  this thing should work as good as putting al.foil up your a$$
  to fool a radar
  
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- SocialistSlayer
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 8:21am
  When a Government no longer serves its people – It has out lived its usefulness ! We the people created the government – We the people can replace the government !
  
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- Biggmiggs
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 1:01pm
  Only problem I see with this is that sure it blocks the camera portion of the violation, but what does it do for the video that goes with it? I have gotten a couple of these and in my area in Illinois, the cameras take the picture and also there is a video feed that is linked with it which I doubt the flash does anything for. Again this is also reviewed by an officer before they ship the notice so I assume that once they see the camera is not readable, I think they would go to the video part to verify the plate.
  
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babylonvi
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 2:34pm
The purpose of Red Light Cameras is to raise revenue, period. The safety argument is fallacious. In addition, the equipment is not able to tell if a vehicle stopped quickly and proceeded to make a right turn. Furthermore, in Florida anyway, they are not supposed to send citations for cars making a right turn but many municipalities do it anyway, make the appeal conditions draconian and hope people can’t and court. A real scam all the way around.

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- 19RANDY59
  Posted on October 29, 2012 at 3:05pm
  The purpose of law infarcement in general is revenue. The claim to serve is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.
  
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- bullcrapbuster
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 1:04am
  You speak the truth. It is all about revenue. They are taking the cameras down in the city I live in, in Canada, because they were too expensive to maintain.
  
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- sgtstubbs
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 12:47pm
  You have the facts just about right. Lazy, but fast way to take money from the drivers. The camera becomes the enforcement officer, and people ticketed should plead not guilty and have the camera brought into the court along with the person who serves and the factory rep………Jury will not find them no guilty. After all its in the constitution.
  
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thegodfather
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 2:32pm
Anything to defeat those intrusive revenue enhancers for the police unions is fine be me. Flash on

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Landon410
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 2:28pm
he didn’t build those….. or invent them

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alinskythis
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 2:22pm
Additionally, the camera company is NOT a government agency OR a licensed private investigator, yet it is given full access to otherwise private DMV records, as well as mailing tickets to vehicle owners who are clearly NOT the driver, in an attempt to entrap the identity of the “violator.”

Moreover, the yellow lights, at least in San Diego, while “legal,” are ALL timed so that, unless you are travelling at least 5mph UNDER the speed limit, you will ABSOLUTELY get a ticket.

There are sturdy laws regarding all of this, and the screamer here is that very recent class action suits have been brought in San Diego and Los Angeles, and had the tickets dismissed based on their unconstitutionality and privacy violations, yet there are still plenty of judges who refuse to hear the legitimate arguments, sticking the patsies with a whopping government revenue stream.

In California, these tickets end up totaling $500+, which is the highest in the entire country! There must be usury laws regarding fees as exorbitant as that.

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- taxpro4u03
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 11:06am
  ‘Duly noted — over ruled…’ — Corporations can do what they want — they can make up/change the rules as they go etc — the JURISDICTION the People believe they are in (Republic) just ain’t so… generally speaking. Remedies available in the FEDERAL jurisdiction, which jurisdiction has sole authority to hear cases under co-existing Constitutions… due diligence and rights are non-delegable… be HONORABLE. Agent provocateurs may ‘slide,’ but divine Providence is like Sannie Clause “…knows if you’ve been bad or good…”
  
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alinskythis
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 2:22pm
These red-light tickets are extremely controversial legally, and many counties have shut down their red-light cameras due to revenue losses versus costs.

The tickets are unconstitutional from the standpoint that the operators of most of the cameras (Redflex) are located in Arizona, so the cameras can’t be maintained reliably which is a requirement.

Also, the accused can’t face their accuser in court, which is a human in Arizona filtering the digital images for tickets that will stick.

Confronting one’s accuser is a constitutional right, but Redflex cannot fly representatives to every traffic court in every state, so you’re basically arguing with a piece of machinery that may, or may not, be accurate and reliable.

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ThePostman
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 2:17pm
Time for another mythbusters segment!

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ChiefGeorge
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 2:05pm
Why is it these days, when I leave my home in my car that I feel like I must constantly be on guard for any lil infraction of the law thus getting nailed for a traffic ticket usually over $150. Since this great depression started, law enforcement sit on every corner of this town and some just off the roadside pointing their radar guns. You must obey the MPH to the letter or get a ticket. When times were good and tax revenue up, LE’s were hard to find. Arrg!

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- chucksue351
  Posted on October 29, 2012 at 2:13pm
  just like so many americans they have no regard for the law especially Father YHVH’s Torah, shows wered the heart is when we grumble about having to obey the law
  
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- garylee123
  Posted on October 29, 2012 at 2:25pm
  $150???? Try $400 for Ca.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on October 29, 2012 at 2:26pm
  I am kind of mixed on the red light cameras.
  
  They shouldn’t have timing adjusted just because a traffic camera is installed. That is messed up.
  
  It should be based solely on traffic studies based on human reaction time & such.
  
  Someone will get hit by someone running a red light & this will show what happened. Of course in court it might come out that a city is guilty of manipulating timing unsafely. And they have deep pockets. Between a camera & cars black boxes it might show that 1 or both drivers were driving with care & a city is guilty.
  
  I am sure there is a vulture or a decent lawyer out there waiting to take a city to task.
  
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- jungle J
  Posted on October 29, 2012 at 2:27pm
  criminals are always whining.
  
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- WAKEUPUSA2012
  Posted on October 29, 2012 at 4:26pm
  jungle J
  
  You sound like a typical boot licker. Always taking the side of the “officals” over your fellow man. Thats just like big government republicans, they hate civil liberties. How dare anyone try not to get fined by the loving government.
  
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- ZaphodsPlanet
  Posted on October 31, 2012 at 3:04am
  @CHUCKSUE
  I thought Yahweh’s name was spelled “YHWH”…. not YHVH. Then again, I don’t know hebrew… yet. “Thou shall not run red lights” is not one of the big ten, but in my own case, I won’t hold a phone conversation very long, or freaking text so I try not to run red lights in the first place. The cost of a ticket from one of these idiot cameras is nothing compared to the cost of slamming into a car/truck and having to come to terms with the fact you were driving with your head stuck up your butt. If you’re lucky everyone walks away and you get bent over with higher insurance rates. If you’re unlucky and kill someone then that’s a whole other ball game. I’d guess this tech will end up being even more popular for trying to get out of paying tolls.
  
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airportengineer
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 1:59pm
FINALLY! A product that will Protect our freedom and privacy, which our leaders have little problems with taking them away!

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- Kafir-Islamsux
  Posted on October 29, 2012 at 2:15pm
  The fascists in our government will pass a law to make these illegal…watch it…
  
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- 762x51
  Posted on October 29, 2012 at 3:27pm
  Workstation is a W7 x 64 Core i7 16GB RAM
  Kafir-Islamsux
  Posted on October 29, 2012 at 2:15pm
  
  The fascists in our government will pass a law to make these illegal…watch it
  
  K – Unfortunately, we have reached a point where the only laws left to be made are ones intended to oppress the American people. These laws are at every level of government, Fed, state, local,and can no longer be tolerated. The time has come to disobey the laws made to oppress us if we ever intend to be free again. I will not comply with such laws, Obamacare, as an example or state and local, “revenue enhancement” laws like the photo ticket laws.
  
  In a society where the President and Attorney General can run guns to drug cartels and Islamic Jihadists and cities can magically legalize drugs in the name of tax revenue the message is clear. Government thinks it can do whatever it wants and citizens are now subjects to be ruled and controlled. That is not the society I was born into nor one in which I intend to live or leave for my children to fight.
  
  Government has in fact become the enemy and those within the that enemy government must be destroyed by ballots or bullets. We have run out of time, one way or the other America is about to face a civil war. The evil progressive fascists have done their work well, thousands are about to die so that freedom may be passed from this generation to the next.
  
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BODYBAG
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 1:59pm
If there isnt a current law against these, they’ll pass one to outlaw them.
More job killing BS aimed at entrepreneurs by our overblown OUT-OF-CONTROL Communist
Government.

Time to BURN THAT MUTHA DOWN.
Im FED UP with the bureaucratic regulatory nightmare known as FEDZILLA

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Owt_Raged
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 1:55pm
Seems fair considering those red light cameras assume your guilt, take your picture and fine you without any due process whatsoever.

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Ponyexpress
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 1:51pm
Much simpler and I would imagine, Cheaper

http://www.phantomplate.org/faq.htm

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soybomb315_II
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 1:47pm
genius against the government will not be tolerated. These will be made illegal just like radar detectors

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- isobamamadd
  Posted on October 29, 2012 at 2:09pm
  Have you noticed circles and lines in the pavement at intersections? Well it’s part of the Govt being able to track you. it reads RFID chips in your Drivers License-es ,credit cards ,and purchases.
  http://www.cephas-library.com/nwo_rfd_and_the_end_of_privacy.html
  
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- Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  Posted on October 29, 2012 at 3:40pm
  @ISOBAMAMADD
  I agree. RFID chips invade our privacy FAR more than random cameras and are far more prolific. If you drive a post 2006 Toyota, use Michelin tires, have a “smart tag” to buy gas with, or use one of those credit cards that you just wave at a reader, you are using RFID technology.
  I use a radar/laser detector/jammer, not completely sure if it REALLY works or if the police just don’t care if I drive a couple of miles over. I used to use a laser shield on my front license plate to diffract the laser being pointed at my license plate, but someone at a body shop took it.
  They do have license plate covers that keep your plates from being read from higher up, or ones that diffract the laser light. They even have stealth paint, which absorbs radar signals. I have heard of ways to defeat RFID.
  
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- BIGM32
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 9:04am
  @Irrelevant…
  Get an Aluma Wallet. No more worries about anyone using RFID to scan your cards and license.
  I have one and LOVE it.
  
  And for these cameras…they are all ran by third party companies, not a single one I know of is actually law enforcement. If everyone was willing to do it, all that has to be done is NOBODY pays the tickets that get mailed to you. These companies would go out of business within a week’s time. The only consequence that will happen to you is they send it to collections and you take a ding on your credit report. I would much rather do that than worry about it going on my driving record.
  
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hauschild
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 1:45pm
Anything that sticks it to the money-grubbing, Big Brother machine, I love. Deviant bastards create all these unnecessary government positions, then 20 years later when the pensions come due, they have to come up with red light cameras to help offset the tax increases.

So, anything to “starve the beast” absolutely freakin’ rocks!!!

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- Edohiguma
  Posted on October 29, 2012 at 1:50pm
  Wonder what song you’ll sing when a reckless driver runs over your child because he ran a red light and no camera can bring him to justice because he uses this tech.
  
  But hey, who cares. 80+ traffic deaths per day in the US is clearly not enough. Let’s hit 100 per day!
  
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- ChiefGeorge
  Posted on October 29, 2012 at 1:58pm
  So if your so outraged about car deaths in the USA, why don’t you stop driving yours today! Maybe you’ll be the one who saves a life?
  
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- BODYBAG
  Posted on October 29, 2012 at 2:01pm
  @EDOHIGUMA
  
  Go have another hit from the bong pothead
  
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- KevINtampa
  Posted on October 29, 2012 at 2:36pm
  @ ChiefGeorge & EdoHigUmA
  
  1. Good point Edo.
  2. Chief, your solution is too drastic and extreme. We shouldn’t ban ourselves from cars. We should ban red lights, that would solve the kids dying at red lights problem and people could still drive! Plus you’d never get caught by a string of red lights ever gain. 1 stone, two birds!
  
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calmandcents
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 1:44pm
What we need is a restoration of our freedoms — i.e. eliminate all victimless and stupid crimes — and vastly increased penalties for any offenders.

Expand Gitmo and make Joe Arpaio the Secretary of Homeland Security. First task: roundup DOJ and State Department for crimes against America and Americans.

Freedom is great. Freedom with responsibility works. Oppressive laws are un-American.

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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on October 29, 2012 at 1:49pm
  most drug related arrests are victomless crimes as well
  
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- ChiefGeorge
  Posted on October 29, 2012 at 2:00pm
  A split second between the yellow and then redlight sir is a real victimless crime. Do not conflate what is clearly already illegal with the redlight triggered camera only meant as a revenue generator.
  
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Edohiguma
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 1:43pm
And they should be illegal. The argument that these new plates give customers “freedom and security that is rightfully” theirs is utterly laughable. It’s not your freedom to speed, go through red lights, drive recklessly or endanger everybody else in the traffic with your behavior.

About 80-odd people die every day in the US in traffic accidents (about 130 per day in the EU.) Traffic control is there for a reason. Those cameras are there for a reason. Cops patrol the roads for a reason. And that reason, among others, is to lower that number of deaths.

I’ve been a voluntary paramedic for 20 years. I’ve seen far too often what happens when people don’t follow the traffic laws and think they’re above the law.

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- normalmom
  Posted on October 29, 2012 at 1:54pm
  Part of the problem with these cameras is rear endings due to people who slam on their brakes in order to not get a ticket. I don’t approve of them because the ticket doesn’t even come from Washington they are sent from Arizona.
  
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- JediKnight
  Posted on October 29, 2012 at 1:54pm
  It is my right to face my accuser though. Since the camera isn’t a person, I can’t really face my accuser.
  
  I have no problem with ticketing people that run red lights. Just stop using cameras to do it. Put a cop at the intersection and let him write tickets all day.
  
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- Register_For_Work
  Posted on October 29, 2012 at 2:26pm
  @Edohiguma
  
  “About 80-odd people die every day…”
  
  Odd in what way?
  
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- marcus_arealius
  Posted on October 29, 2012 at 3:08pm
  Smoking obummer dope?
  
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- KidCharlemagne
  Posted on October 29, 2012 at 3:34pm
  Edohiguma
  Posted on October 29, 2012 at 1:43pm
  Those cameras are there for a reason.
  ===========================
  
  That’s right…..they are there for a good reason:
  
  ————————-
  Dallas lawmakers originally estimated gross revenue of $15 million from their 62 cameras this fiscal year, which ends June 30. But City Manager Mary Suhm estimated last week that the city would fall short by more than $4 million.
  
  So last week, the city turned off about a quarter of the least profitable cameras, saying it couldn’t justify the cost of running them.
  March 21, 2008: “Do red light cameras work too well?”
  
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- LindaRuth
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 8:33am
  Life’s a crapshoot.
  
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thegreatcarnac
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 1:41pm
I think it is a great invention. These “red light camera” companies not only make money for selling the equipment.., they get a cut of the ticket money. This whole thing is for money for cities. We had it in our town for about a year until the uproar against them got so bad…..the powers that be knew their tiny political lives would be over with the next election. They pulled them out. They were voted out of office anyway…except one councilman who was against them. We studied the laws and the systems. A cut of the money was going out of the country to the company who sold them. The law was stacked against them. A city could give the ticket but if you refused to pay …and went to court….you would always win. The cameras are a scam.

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- Edohiguma
  Posted on October 29, 2012 at 1:49pm
  Don’t want to get “scammed”?
  
  Don’t run a red light.
  
  I should take the folks who defend this technology on a night shift with paramedics. Then you can see how great it is to violate traffic laws. Forget all the videos they have about accidents. Video filters reality. You need to see the real deal. The real carnage.
  
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- RefreshTheTreeOfLiberty
  Posted on October 29, 2012 at 3:33pm
  @EDEMAEXEMA
  
  How about *I* take *YOU* on a tour of reality, you ambulance chasing amateur:
  
  http://lmgtfy.com/?q=accident+rates+go+up+at+red+light+cameras
  
  Instead of pretending to be a paramedic, how about you crack a book, maybe do a little research before you take time away from knocking on doors for Oweblamer’s failing campaign?
  
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The-Monk
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 1:39pm
I’m not worried about tickets for running stop signs because I don’t run them.

However, can I get one of those on my front windshield to stop the facial recognition videos?

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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on October 29, 2012 at 2:10pm
  I think most people dont want to risk the fines of a red light but i have noticed shorter yellow lights where i live. I looked it up and sure enough – it looks like many cities are purposefully reducing yellow light length in order to raise revenues….sick
  
  http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10458570-71.html
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on October 29, 2012 at 2:55pm
  Hi Soybom315,
  
  They did that here in Tampa back in 2008. The yellow lights only lasted about a second where these cameras were installed. We started getting more accidents at intersections. The way I remember it someone filmed the re-timed yellow lights and sued.
  
  Lights back to normal after that.
  
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TEXASQUINN
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 1:38pm
The problem I see with this, is the video that is coming along with the ticket. In my city of El Paso, they supply you with a copy if the video as you run a red light. It is also illegal to have a device like this in my city. I love the innovation though, but I will just have to keep refraining from running red lights…sigh

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- JediKnight
  Posted on October 29, 2012 at 1:52pm
  Around here, if they can’t see your face, they can’t make you pay. Since it might not have been you driving, they need your face in the photo. So I drive with the sun visor down :P
  
  I only have to drive through two intersections on a regular basis that have cameras. One is very stressful to drive through because when the light goes yellow, anyone within stopping distance slams on their brakes. The other isn’t as stressful simply because it’s around a turn and by the time you’ve rounded the turn, it’s probably safe to go anyway.
  
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Psychosis
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 1:34pm
better fix ……………infrared led lights …….you can leave them on, and you cant see them …….but cameras cant work

much cheaper too

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RAMJR
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 1:32pm
So, instead of just obeying the law, and stopping at a red light, why not break the law instead.

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- dcgirl
  Posted on October 29, 2012 at 1:37pm
  That’s not the point. The constitution states that you can confront your accuser. You can’t confront a camera. And data has shown that where there are red-light cameras, accidents INCREASE. It is about revenue for the government, not about safety.
  
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- normalmom
  Posted on October 29, 2012 at 1:40pm
  It causes more cases of rear endings by drivers following too close and others clamming on their brakes to avoid a ticket. It is a catch 22 situation damned if you do damned if you don’t.
  
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- Edohiguma
  Posted on October 29, 2012 at 1:46pm
  Normalmom that is a BS claim. If true, then Americans are really lousy drivers. I have yet to see such cases in my country. There are none. Maybe because people here are better drivers?
  
  DCGirl, the Constitution has nothing to do with this. The camera collects evidence. Simple as that.
  
  Accidents don’t increase because of red light cameras but because of reckless drivers.
  
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- mkw22
  Posted on October 29, 2012 at 1:53pm
  I agree with DCGirl, they really end up causing more accidents and as I understand the law, you are supposed to be able to face the accuser (like was said) so should we have the cameras come in to court?? Also, sometimes the cameras are not real accurate (we have them all over AZ). Another thing, some areas put them up one after another.
  
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- Capitalist Mama
  Posted on October 29, 2012 at 2:17pm
  EDO,
  
  If you aren’t an American, then you need to stay out of this discussion, as it clearly doesn’t concern you.
  
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toiletclogga
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 1:30pm
At $350 per unit, these things will be stolen easily as it appears they are not permanently affixed to the vehicle. I’d have a hard time shelling out this type of cash for this. Great technology, but an invitation to be stolen.

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sWampy
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 1:26pm
I bet these places quickly pass laws making these illegal, and go around flashing at cars to see if they flash back, and bust you if you flash back.

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- SWORD_OF_THE_LORD
  Posted on October 29, 2012 at 1:33pm
  Yep ..
  
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- CapitalismWorks
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 11:15am
  No Way. It’s the traffic cameras that should be outlawed. Cops need to get off their lazy a$$e$ and do their job.
  
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Proverbs17-12NLT
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 1:25pm
Stick it to the MAN

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Gorp
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 1:24pm
It won’t take it too long before this is outlawed.

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