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Old 09-03-2014, 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Walt. View Post
The revenue is often shared between the camera company and the municipality It is not uncommon for the "yellow light time" to be trimmed by 1-2 seconds. Even traveling within the limit it still makes for jamming on the brakes or "running the light" and getting ticketed. They added these in the Miami suburb I lived "pre-Villages" and even going at 25-30 MPH it was difficult. The revenue did skyrocket though. No... they never got me.
I do not advocate "rigging the game". The point should be to save lives and punish law breakers. The yellow should remain at a state-mandated statutory setting appropriate for the posted speed.
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