Redflex flexes its camera muscle

Redflex Traffic Systems presented its plans and technology for red light traffic enforcement to Farragut Board of Mayor and Aldermen at its meeting July 10.

[Norman]

Citizens of Farragut, you had better hope that you don't get these cameras. They don't improve safety and they are nothing but trouble for everyone.

[Earl Keese]

tens of thousand of vehicular law breakers have been busted by these cameras in this area.

so far only 4 mistakes have been made.

these things are great !!!!
not only do they nail idiot drivers, they bring up some hilarious whining on-line.

[NightSerf]

I liked the article for mentioning the Red Light Hold option, which I hadn't heard of. I enjoyed reading up on it. On the face of it, it sounds like a great safety feature, but if it is activated by events that don't produce tickets when reviewed often enough to affect the flow of traffic, I think it may point out that the Redflex equipment is not quite ready for prime-time.

Don't get me wrong--I don't think that automated enforcement is inherently bad, just that the technology behind it should meet standards that the RLH problem with Redflex calls into question.

[Congkiller]

NightSerf wrote:

I liked the article for mentioning the Red Light Hold option, which I hadn't heard of. I enjoyed reading up on it. On the face of it, it sounds like a great safety feature, but if it is activated by events that don't produce tickets when reviewed often enough to affect the flow of traffic, I think it may point out that the Redflex equipment is not quite ready for prime-time.
Don't get me wrong--I don't think that automated enforcement is inherently bad, just that the technology behind it should meet standards that the RLH problem with Redflex calls into question.

Off topic, but want to know if you ever went to Roger's Place and what did you think?

[Earl Keese]

you're correct.
nothing is perfect right out of the box.
but it's a start.

i also like the idea of the cameras in school zones.
that's being an issue with the ones being pondered in oak ridge.

[NightSerf]

Congkiller wrote:

<quoted text>Off topic, but want to know if you ever went to Roger's Place and what did you think?

I haven't been there yet--one of the ways I manage on my tight budget is to spend almost no money going out. But now that you've put it back in mind, I'll give it a try during a more prosperous month.

[Rev Stream]

I still don't like them

[Vince]

Earl Keese wrote:

tens of thousand of vehicular law breakers have been busted by these cameras in this area.
so far only 4 mistakes have been made.
these things are great !!!!
not only do they nail idiot drivers, they bring up some hilarious whining on-line.

I was one of those idiot drivers lmao...got one last year. It was 3AM and no traffic..the light turned yellow and I thought I could make it ....well obviously I was wrong. They even send ya a link to where you can watch yourself going right through it. Not gonna whine about it I was wrong and I paid my fine. First ticket in over 20 yrs.

[Shut up and Pay the Fine]

It NEVER ceases to amaze me that the people who seem to whine most about these cameras are the ones who keep getting caught - repeatedly.

I guess they think they don't have to obey the law or be accountable for when they break it.

Maybe if these idiots tried setting their alarm clock 10 minutes earlier, took their lunch to work instead of going out and then racing back, and planned where they were going they could avoid running red lights and save gas and money too.

OOPS, just applied logic and common sense, something these people don't like.

I think cameras school zones and high traffic areas is just plain smart.

[Shut up and Pay the Fine]

Norman wrote:

Citizens of Farragut, you had better hope that you don't get these cameras. They don't improve safety and they are nothing but trouble for everyone.

So how many tickets have you received?

[Big Ed]

Shut up and Pay the Fine wrote:

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So how many tickets have you received?

One so far.$50.00 was enough to train me to completely stop before turning right on red.