Red light camera license plate blocker

I had a buddy (more of an acquaintance) who would take his plates off and wait for the light to turn red, then drive through while the passenger was mooning it

 

I can only speak for Chicago city limits.
I have recieved (2) $100 fines in the past 6 months and I DO agree they should enforce this... My problem and the reason I got 2... the damn timing, they go from yellow to red before you can blink! Jerks, I'm going to need new brakes way before there time as now I have to lock em up at about every light
my next fear... might get wanna those damn hitch bumper protectors, I know they look gay, but i'm gonna get slammed one day due to these &(^%(^)^)^^&*%^$^ red light photos

 

So happy!

Red light cameras are illegal in Montana.

 

I read an article some time ago that rear end collisions skyrocketed once the cameras were in place. People are breaking harder and stopping for lights they would have normal took their chances on. It might have been a local thing, since in NOVA if at least 3 cars don't make it through once it turns red, fights ensue

 

nvm, rep'd!

 

If they were really concerned with safety they would increase the yellow light time to give people time. Doing that greatly decreases the amount of people that run red lights. But, they are more interested in money.

 

You can't say that one thing unilaterally will fix the roads safer. Drivers making better decisions will make safer roads too.

Most yellow lights are set for 3-4 seconds. At 80MPH you travel about 118 feet per second and would need about 400 feet to stop but you would travel about 472 feet in that time if you stay on the gas. I don't know many place that have stop lights on an 80mph zone...so this is a ridiculous example. Average stopping distances-60MPH requires ~240feet, 40MPH ~120feet, and 20MPH ~40feet.

So instead of trying to make it thru the yellow light...Slow down and it'll work out fine. (This argument doesn't apply to lights that have been changed to very short yellow intervals...Which is most likely illegal)

 

I drove around dressed as a ninja one time. Good times.

 

I never said this one thing would make it safer, but it sure would help.

I was more talking about the extremely short yellow lights. And 3-4 seconds is ridiculously short.

http://www.motorists.org/blog/6-cities-that-were-caught-shortening-yellow-light-times-for-profit/

 

I did the math above and the recommended/bare minimum times agree with what I said- 4 seconds is more than enuf time in most situations....if drivers chose to come to a stop @ yellow lights instead of trying to squeak thru it.

 

plate blockers do not work.. Saw a tv report on them. Or might have been myth busters.
as for laws. they are there to provide income for cities who can't balance budgets, or think about future needs of said cities and locals.. Police have gone from to serve and protect, to revenue collectors. not bashing police, Actually know a few who believe this as well. at least here in NY. the least free state in the union.

http://kwc.org/mythbusters/2007/03/episode_73_beating_the_speed_camera_exploding_patches.html

 

I have read some semi-hostile comments on here. I dont think the initial poster wants the plate blocker so he can cruise town running redlights. (at least thats my take on what I read) I personally do not speed but I have a radar detector, they (cops) have an edge so I have an edge.

In TN they do not have to show you or prove to you that you were speeding. Some states allow you to look at the dash radar gun for reference when you get your ticket here if they say your speeding your speeding, you will not beat a ticket in my city. We have had redlight cams now for about 2 years, they claim they have grossed over 600,000 dollars in 1st six months. Our local news did a report on how long the yellow light is and traffic accidents at redlights, (2sec yellow)rear end collisions accounted for 82% of all accidents county wide for the same six months compared to .5% of accidents before the cams. Not good!

The most assinine thing that has happend is when we had a power outage and the power came on, the redlights were blinking and a Officer was directing traffic, so that after noon 217 people were sited for running redlights. This particular case is in court still after 9 months because the city refused to drop the tickets. Imo, redlight cams suck, radar sucks, Police officers should be free to fight crime, not be quota forced to write tickets for revenue. There are more effective ways to curtail speeders than tickets.

Oh yeah, does anyone on here honestly think if the blocker plates worked that mythbusters would tell anyone? I wonder what kind of fee they got payed to "Nationally debunk those plates" just curious.

 

I cant find the video but there was a guy doing wheelies in a intersection with photo enforced cameras on his street bike.

 

There is NO NEED to have an edge if you obey the law. WHY ELSE besides a propensity to be too close/over the stop line or roll thru stops would you need a plate blocker?? A radar detector is just another thing to block your view/distract you if you are going the speed limit or close to it. If you go 80 in a 55 it MIGHT help you aviod a ticket...but it might not. I've siad this before-I go no more than 5 over (in FL you only get a warning up to 5 over the limit...then the fines and points start) and have NEVER been pulled over for it.

Proof on the side of the road or not- I don't know many cops that have enough free time on their hands to MAKE UP speeds for tickets. They write enuf tickets for folks who ACTUALLY speed or drive recklessly.

The folks ticketed while being directed thru traffic should have them thrown out...and the programming of the lights should be fixed.

And Tiger said it already- How do you propose to curtail speeding besides heavy enforcement and fines?? Maybe we'll just speed govern every car and make it a felony to remove it?? Or we can just drive like the Autobahn everywhere and let the morons kill themselves??

The wheelie comment is irrelevant. The cameras are not the be all-end all of law enforcement and they are not manned by a person. They do what they are designed to do (albeit with some debate) which is punish folks who think red lights and speed limits are suggestions.

 

I have been told by several of my officers friends that they have an unwritten quota, the kind that if you not performing you will be dealt with in various manners.

Empty patrol cars slow down speeders
STRANGE "FAKE" POTHOLES SLOW DOWN SPEEDERS ON HIGHWAY
rumble strips
speed humps
raised crosswalk strips
these are a few I pulled off google that has great success, get creative throw some Manikins in the road. Im not solving the worlds speeding problems, the city goverment is not looking too hard on how to stop them with all the revenue coming in.