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October 24, 2009
Red Light Camera Detector
Why?
How could this device possibly make driving safer?
Just the opposite, seems to me.
From websites:
•••••••••••••••••••••••Red Light Camera Detector
This device that notifies you when you are approaching an intersection
being monitored by a red light camera.
The detector's GPS compares your
automobile's bearings with an internal database of 6,000 red light and
speed camera locations in the U.S. and Canada.
The system's 1.6" color
OLED screen displays your current position on a digital street map,
alerts you to the presence of red light cameras with visual and audible
cues, and shows how far away you are from the red light camera.
The red
light camera database is updated monthly using information from
chambers of commerce and state contracts.
Simply connect the device to
a PC running Windows XP/Vista7 and download the latest red light camera
locations from the manufacturer's website.
Includes one year of free
updates; $19.95 annually thereafter.
The device mounts to a dashboard
and plugs into the DC outlet.
3-3/4"L x 2-1/2"W x 1-3/4"H.
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The question is what is the goal of the red light cameras. Are they installed to generate revenue or are they intended to get people to stop at red lights?
In the UK they have speed traps with cameras and they install signs warning you of their presence. The goal is to get drivers to slow down not necessarily generate income.
If you took people's driver's license away after two moving violations, i bet more people would play by the rules.
Posted by: Nick B | Oct 26, 2009 9:29:57 AM
@John: but that assumes that yellow lights are for rushing, rather than telling you not to enter the intersection because the light is about to change. While socially it's become the former, it is really supposed to be the latter.
Posted by: Andrew | Oct 26, 2009 8:50:08 AM
In Canada, they have a light that flashes yellow about 100 metres before a light that is red..a warning that there is a red light ahead! go figure!
Posted by: judith | Oct 25, 2009 8:01:15 AM
Actually, it might make some places safer. It can warn you that the yellow light at an upcoming intersection may be lots shorter than it should be.
There have been several cases proving that installers and/or cities have deliberately shortened the yellow-light times. Even knowingly flouting laws regulating the timing. Putting people in danger.
Posted by: John A | Oct 24, 2009 10:37:31 PM
Whistler? T'huh. Strictly amateurs. I'm working on a device that will warn of upcoming 4-way stops so you can speed up and blast right through them for the thrill of it. It's going to be called Rushin' Roulette®.
Posted by: Mike Harney | Oct 24, 2009 9:30:20 PM
How could this device possibly make driving safer?
Just the opposite, seems to me.
Totally concur!
Posted by: Joe Peach | Oct 24, 2009 7:06:14 PM
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