Red light tickets!

[Alacran]

I need a shoulder to cry on. The city is now $300 richer and i still owe another $300. Three red light violations in over a year and tint ticket/parking violation.

the tint ticket is from 2008 and i am not sure i ever received an actual ticket for this.

There was red light violation that i was not sure i was in violation maybe i will investigate further. There is a right turn green arrow that comes on when the light is red. $100 for that one.

On a second red light violation i was clearly at fault, i have no idea what i was thinking. Still though its not like i gridlocked traffic or caused an accident, at least not $200 worth. I need to be more careful. The last red light violation is so old i cannot even view the video or photo.

So sad, this sucks so much for saving money this summer.

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[Eagle]

better luck next time?

 

[99PONTIACGP]

THATS why I just stop on yellow.

 

[tmbutitta]

thats shitty..

i found its cheaper to follow the laws tho. it only took 8 years and 10g in fines/costs to figure that one out

 

[Eagle]

is that all tad?

 

[tmbutitta]

cost me 10g.. my dad and insurance company a lot more

 

[Riski]

Who knows what I paid over the yrs

 

[10sec]

I usually follow the rules, probably about $300 worth of tickets over the years. These red light cameras on the other hand... Technically if you do nothing wrong they don't mean shit, so it's kinda like a catch 22. I just cringe coming to a stoplight and it turns yellow afraid the person behind me is going to welcome themselves into my back seat.

 

[tmbutitta]

I'd say the OP is getting off pretty easy if you only have to pay 600 in fines for 5 tickets during 2 years of trouble..

 

[TonzKnock-G]

I could have swore a camera got me on my way home from Bourbon St., but I have yet to recieve anything in the mail.

 

[10sec]

Takes about a week, I knew i got busted and the next Friday I had a bill in the mail Dammit.

 

[Alacran]

I could have swore a camera got me on my way home from Bourbon St., but I have yet to recieve anything in the mail.

check online they post up the footage there pretty quick.

I know its not a lot in general but for me its over the average. 07 and 09 was clean but looks like i have been slacking a lot.

I think most of the red light violations happened on runs where i was in hurry to get somewhere. Cost me more by rushing instead of the usual.

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

red light cameras are a trick bag,
you could be doing 45mph ( posted speed limit ) and get tagged....what are you supposed to do ? slam on the breaks and get rear ended because the person behind you wants to make the light and not get tagged ??

shit happens, pay it and move on i guess

 

[SaturdaysGS]

I could have swore a camera got me on my way home from Bourbon St., but I have yet to recieve anything in the mail.

Must have been on 99th and Halsted. If you look at the cross-walk sign on the SE corner it has a countdown that I use to determine when the light is going to turn yellow/red.

I flew up to a light with a redlight camera and I had to slam the breaks (no one behind me, I checked) to not get a ticket, the camera still flashed since it thought I was going thru since I was moving pretty good.

 

[Primalzer]

What website do you go to view them. I may have gotten one last friday but have yet to get anything.

 

[Alacran]

What website do you go to view them. I may have gotten one last friday but have yet to get anything.

i just went to the city website, in my case it cityofchicago.org IIRC.

 

[Primalzer]

oh ok, yeah i was out in Rolling Meadows so I'll probably just have to wait to see if one comes

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

is it that hard to stop for a red light or not to turn on red?

 

[Alacran]

i think i witnessed my first red light camera accident. Corner of Harlem and Addison. Two SUV collided as my light was going green (still red). The red light camera actually flashed taking an image of the wreck because the front SUV was pushed into the intersection.

It appeared as though the front SUV was not sure about going through on yellow and suddenly stopped and the second SUV did not anticipate the stop. Also, it was a low speed accident and no fenders or hoods were damaged.

That is my version of the wreck for all i know both drivers were chicks having a moment.

 

[radioguy6]

yeah these cameras increase chances for minor rear-end collisions. The FHWA did a study on it.

 

[skeezer]

3 second rule, plus one more second for every hazard!!!

 

[RICH17]

I just went thru the light on barrington and lake the other day in the snow late at night. I couldnt stop in time and if i did stop it wouldve been in the middle of the intersection so i kept going