Fwd: Calif. Senate to vote Tu 4-19 on speed cameras - $400 tickets in the mail

[rogercv1 at gmail.com (Roger concha)]

MD,DC and VA have had them for awhile now

On 4/17/05, Tonee Northam <pb3vr6@yahoo.com> wrote: 
> 
> Downtown Chicago just started experimenting with that idea last year, I'm 
> sure that I've had my plate captured during that trial.
> 
> Tonee
> 
> Kevin Collins <kcollins@type53.net> wrote:
> T wrote:
> 
> > Note, this is not ME, just an FYI for California Drivers:
> 
> We already have this nonsense here in AZ. However the state legislature
> just voted against allowing them on freeways. The AHP wanted to use
> them on Loop 101, which is a notoriously fast and agressively-driven
> stretch of roadway. So we'll only have them on city streets, and only
> in a few cities (Tempe is one) that have them.
> 
> We also have red light cameras here in many cities, but curiously AZ is
> a no-front-plate state. In CA if you have no front plate and a red
> light camera snaps your picture, it will never get prosecuted because
> your mug and the plate are not both visible. Somehow here they get
> around it legally, apparently by catching a picture of the rear of the
> car as well. Seems like you could fight that in court.
> 
> --
> Kevin Collins
> Chandler, AZ
> '86.5 16v 2.0
> '04 Golf R32
> 
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