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[Jock]

[Jock]

Both sides on Intersate 95....

[Jock]

And conveniently located at the same exit for your conviction is...

[2018_FLTRXSE]

A few years back, we had traffic cams here... the public fought it hard enough to make it go away

Issuing tickets for +1 over the speed limit is retarded....

Some folks took it into thier own hands and would park ahead of the camera-vans to warn oncoming traffic.... whiting on thier windows in shoe-polish or other means....

[smkymtnboy]

kinda does seem ashamed community leaders would want this in their towns. unless they were greedy, probably not just worried about everyones safety.

[spydglide]

kinda does seem ashamed community leaders would want this in their towns. unless they were greedy, probably not just worried about everyones safety.

yup.  says a great deal 'bout the folks that run that community, doesn't it?  Others do it with gambling revenue, or 'gougeing' tourists (murtle beach, sc comes to mind), or other rip-offs, scams, etc. while other communities seem to be just plain ole friendly & welcomeing & 'honest'.  What a world.  spyder

[spada84]

kinda does seem ashamed community leaders would want this in their towns. unless they were greedy, probably not just worried about everyones safety.

How much "safer" is their town for ticketing drivers on the pass thru interstate highway.

Petersburg (Where I Live) and Colonial Heights (Where I Work) have been running radar cars on 95 for over a year, and stepping it up in the last few months.  This is in Virginia.
Colonial Heights targets the South bound lanes between exits 54 and 53.
Petersburg is prone to be looking at either side, Between the I85 (exit 50) and I295 (exit 46) interchanges.

[hard10]

This RV is supposed to be manned with an on duty police officer when ever the radar is active. There are cameras to capture a picture of your tag if you violate the speed limit. However, a few months ago,  motorist hit one of the cameras along the side of the road. As you can see from Jock's picture, they are placed right in the break down lane. Well, the motorist in question was never found because the camera was destroyed and no officer was present. These cameras are in clear violation of our State law. The law specifically forbids them.

[spydglide]

This RV is supposed to be manned with an on duty police officer when ever the radar is active. There are cameras to capture a picture of your tag if you violate the speed limit. However, a few months ago,  motorist hit one of the cameras along the side of the road. As you can see from Jock's picture, they are placed right in the break down lane. Well, the motorist in question was never found because the camera was destroyed and no officer was present. These cameras are in clear violation of our State law. The law specifically forbids them.

And I'm sure you have a alibi for the approximate time that the aforementioned camera accident occurred?  har.  spyder

[TN]

http://www.islandpacket.com/2011/06/14/1691035/ridgeland-speed-camera-ban-bill.html


A bill banning Ridgeland's use of speed cameras on Interstate 95 is on its way to Gov. Nikki Haley for her signature after being approved Tuesday night by the S.C. Senate.

The Senate voted 32-0 to approve a House amendment to the bill, which was introduced earlier this year by state Sen. Larry Grooms, R-Bonneau, to ban the cameras and speeding tickets based on photographic evidence.

Grooms touted the bill's passage as "a hard-fought win for liberty, and a well-deserved loss for Big Brother."

"Good riddance to what was nothing more than a small-town money grab and a menace to motorists," Grooms said in a statement.

Haley plans to sign the bill, according to her spokesman, Rob Godfrey.

Attempts Tuesday to reach Ridgeland Mayor Gary Hodges were unsuccessful.

There was some doubt that the bill would be considered again this year after a last-minute amendment by state Sen. Vincent Sheheen, D-Camden, knocked the bill off the calendar on the last day of the regular legislative session earlier this month.

The Senate opted to carry the bill over to a special legislative session created to hash out the state budget and tackle issues related to political redistricting. That session began Tuesday.

Grooms' bill was the second time in less than a year that state lawmakers attempted to shutdown Ridgeland's traffic camera program, which was launched by the town in August. About a year ago, the legislature enacted a law that bans speed or traffic cameras except in emergencies.

Ridgeland officials claimed the law applies only to unmanned cameras. The town's system is attended remotely by a police officer in a nearby RV. The system was put in place after the town struck a five-year deal with iTraffic, a Ridgeland based company.

[smkymtnboy]

Good for S.C.!

[tazmun]

Say anything you want,.....Black is Black, White is White! The law is for EVERYONE!
Until you see one of your brothers KILLED by some stupid MF, who THINKS the law
does not apply to him, you may Change your mind. When I say the state CANCEL
it's stop sign camera's BECAUSE their revenue was s to low, I said WTF! Until
someone RUNS the red light, IN FRONT of YOU, and they don't GIS.....tell how
you feel laying in a hospital!!!!!

[charles05663]

Say anything you want,.....Black is Black, White is White! The law is for EVERYONE!
Until you see one of your brothers KILLED by some stupid MF, who THINKS the law
does not apply to him, you may Change your mind. When I say the state CANCEL
it's stop sign camera's BECAUSE their revenue was s to low, I said WTF! Until
someone RUNS the red light, IN FRONT of YOU, and they don't GIS.....tell how
you feel laying in a hospital!!!!!

Unfortunately, most often those who make the laws and those who enforce the laws are the greatest breakers of the law.  Here in Vermont, the state police routinely drive 10-15 miles above the speed limit; if they are responding to a call, that might be a different matter. 

[Fired00d]

Unfortunately, most often those who make the laws and those who enforce the laws are the greatest breakers of the law.  Here in Vermont, the state police routinely drive 10-15 miles above the speed limit; if they are responding to a call, that might be a different matter. 

That's not uncommon for Troopers to do that and the reason for it if they went the speed limit it would back up traffic because most people wouldn't pass them for fear of getting a ticket. Not saying it is right, but imagine what our interstates would be like if they went the speed limit and backed traffic up (a lot worse then they already are )... one other thing most Troopers will allow 5-8 miles (in some cases more) over the speed limit before they stop a car for speeding.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[spydglide]

That's not uncommon for Troopers to do that and the reason for it if they went the speed limit it would back up traffic because most people wouldn't pass them for fear of getting a ticket. Not saying it is right, but imagine what our interstates would be like if they went the speed limit and backed traffic up (a lot worse then they already are )... one other thing most Troopers will allow 5-8 miles (in some cases more) over the speed limit before they stop a car for speeding.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

Good try with that rationale D00d, but it fails when you consider that they drive the same way off duty and in their pov's........I think the answer is: because they can.  spyder