Posted: 12/7/2009 7:46:45 AM EDT
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So, yesterday I was passing through Casa Grand on I10 Northbound. I was going 74 with the cruise control on, in a posted 75 zone, verified by GPS, and the camera flashed. No other traffic was around me.
Did they have the trigger speed set wrong or do they go off erroneously??? Will I get a bullshit ticket????? I hate those fucking things. 
Yes, I know about being served and the 120 day statute of limitations. I put my hat over my face for every camera I passed the rest of the day. |
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I have yet to get a ticket for the times I've been flashed. Every time I was driving at or close to the limit (within the +/-9mph)
Amazing what a microburst of light does to my day.
I guess it is just a law of averages before Uncle Arizona pickpockets me with these cameras... |
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It is my understanding that the camera systems (both fixed and stationary) do a self diagnostics every hour or so, and part of that is snapping a pic of a random vehicle.
A friend once got flashed by a mobile unit at 4AM on I-17, well within the tolerances allowed. No other vehicles in sight. He called DPS, and he was told of the self diagnostics process. I've been flashed at the speed limit near the top of the hour by a mobile unit, and did not get anything. Jay |
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It is my understanding that the camera systems (both fixed and stationary) do a self diagnostics every hour or so, and part of that is snapping a pic of a random vehicle. A friend once got flashed by a mobile unit at 4AM on I-17, well within the tolerances allowed. No other vehicles in sight. He called DPS, and he was told of the self diagnostics process. I've been flashed at the speed limit near the top of the hour by a mobile unit, and did not get anything. Jay Of course it was a diagnostic..... the camera's are infallible..... I know a guy who works for ATS.... the camera's screw up all the time.... and they film 24/7. They like to pass around the footage and see the stupid stuff people do. Richard |
| same thing happened to me on the 303...went south and passed the SUV as he was setting up, came back by north 10 minutes later and was slowing down for the redlight and looked at the GPS and showed 39 for the 50 mph speed limit...it flashed...I was pissed and was for the rest of the day....nothing ever showed up. |