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Joshua
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1 edit | [ARIZONA] Red light & speed cameras
Do they always flash on the Mesa ones? I am most worried about these ones because the light turned yellow at an intersection, and I had two decisions
a. Slam on the brakes really hard to stop, and risk the guy behind me rear ending me.
b. Speed up before the yellow turns red.
I chose option B, but I am not sure if the yellow was shortened, and could have been red, etc. There was no flash, but there was a camera at this intersection. If there was no flash, that means the camera didn't activate right?
I really hope so, these red light cameras are theft especially because they shorten the yellow light! |
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Mesa, AZ | If you cross the line before the light turns red then it wont go off, but if you cross the line after it will get ya! |
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Joshua
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| said by Pontiac Freak  :If you cross the line before the light turns red then it wont go off, but if you cross the line after it will get ya! I see, but I was wondering about the flash, if they flash to let you know that you got caught, or do they just "silently take pics" when its daylight out?
Also, I had to speed up to make the yellow, so I was wondering, though I may not have gotten caught for red light running, the cameras double as speed cameras, and could have gotten me for speeding. That is why I wonder about the flash.
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| I think they have several generations of cameras in service. It is difficult to tell which one you have at that intersection unless you go and park and watch and see if it does strobe when somebody goes through.
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Joshua
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1 edit | It was on Southern and a light before Val Vista Dr. I was heading west.
You would think shortening yellow lights would be illegal and against the MUTCD |
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Jet
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They used to flash. But at the end of this summer they quietly changed the law so the flash was illegal, as it was a driver safety issue. They also increased the signage distance regulation to way beyond the previous 300 feet.
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| said by Jet :They used to flash. But at the end of this summer they quietly changed the law so the flash was illegal, as it was a driver safety issue. They also increased the signage distance regulation to way beyond the previous 300 feet. Jet Now that is definitely robbery.
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