Seattlest: Smile when you run that red light

jason

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 14:43:24 -0800

my guess is that the roosevelt & 45th cameras will be used to ticket those who are blocking the intersection. traffic's rarely moving quickly enough for someone to speed through a light. there are definitely signs up that blocking the intersection will cost you $101, but cops are almost never around to catch someone doing it.

TravisL

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 09:18:33 -0800

We've been spied on^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H protected for a few years down here in Lakewood. I make it a point to slam on my brakes the instant the lights turn yellow. I haven't gotten rear-ended yet, but that's what the result of red light cameras tends to be, and I see point in paying a fine when I could be contributing to anti-camera stats. (And don't get me started on the speed limits next to the high school, requiring 20 MPH at 8:00 a.m. on summer holidays, like July 4. The cops say "no, we won't enforce it", but that's both ill comfort, and possible grounds for being an unconstitutionally vague law.)

Seth

Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:53:57 -0800

Or you could just moon the cameras.