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Common Citizen 
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Posted on: Oct. 04 2012,10:41 am |
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I recently received a ticket from Cedar Rapids finest. Apparently I was doing 67 in 55 on a 6 lane Interstate while traveling in the slow lane. Another car, also seen in the photo to my left, was passing me.
I can't really argue that it wasn't me nor am I arguing the fact that I wasn't speeding. Honestly, I have no recollection of that area or where the speed zones change in relation to where that photo was taken.
I feel that photo radars are a violation of my constitutional rights to due process and having the ability to cross examine my accuser.
Speeding laws were created to keep the public safe. This is why we give law enforcement the authority to stop violators at the time of the violation. We even take it a step further and give these officers discretion to either issue a citation or not. I would guess that the vast majority of us, after being pulled over by a leo, will then continue to our destination in a much safer manner.
Photo Radars are not capable of this. There is no human interaction at the time of the violation to remind us to be safe. I received notification of the ticket several weeks later. The ticket didn't remind me about public safety or that I should slow down to keep me safe. All the letter said was that I was caught speeding and that I needed to send them $85.
It is obvious that the sole purpose of photo radar is to bring in revenue. Am I the only one that feels this is harassment and has nothing to do with public safety at all? I think it is just another creative way that the government has found to get into the pockets of its citizens.
Now these agency's are taking it a step further by using drones.
When are we going to wake up?
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Pretzel Logic
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Posted on: Oct. 04 2012,11:03 am |
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Big Brother is Watching.
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The Man gave me the news
He said you must be jokin' son
Where did you get those shoes?
Wally & Don
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Rosalind_Swenson
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Posted on: Oct. 04 2012,11:25 am |
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I really wish the silent majority of the forum would start giving their opinions on things.
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Funkadelic Zombie Hunter
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Posted on: Oct. 04 2012,12:23 pm |
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Well...you asked and you shall receive
Traffic cameras are nothing more than a profitable cash cow for the city no police presence is required it doesn't take breaks it's on duty 24/7 no health benefits it just does it's job and fines people and who is going to dispute a picture of your car. I feel it is wrong to have cameras like this we should not become a police state like Europe but that is where we are heading.
Now for the slippery slope :
One could argue that look at the good the traffic camera does and we need cameras on the streets to reduce crime like criminal jaywalking, parking for more than 2 hours. Then the argument is made we need them in the houses so we can monitor people it's for their own good, we need to catch green energy violators, people eating pizza and drinking beer instead of the government approved salad bar and tofu, criminal smoking in a smoke free area the list goes on and on.
Posterity! You will never know, how much it cost the present generation, to preserve your freedom! I hope you make good use of it. If you do not, I shall repent in heaven, that I ever took half the pains to preserve it.
– John Adams, letter to Abigail Adams April 26, 1777
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Nancy Pelosi..."dissent the highest form of patriotism"
Obama LIED people DIED
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Liberal
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Posted on: Oct. 04 2012,12:33 pm |
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It's always bothered me that someone could use your car and get you a ticket.
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Self-Banished
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Posted on: Oct. 04 2012,1:08 pm |
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^ that's one of the reasons they used to shoot down traffic cams in MN.
Kinda concerns me that the things still stand there though not in use.
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Self-Banished
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Posted on: Oct. 04 2012,3:34 pm |
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^ the other car must have been on his left, you do know your right from your left,right?
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alcitizens
Albert Lea
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Posted on: Oct. 04 2012,3:53 pm |
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You should know that you can pass on your right when on a six lane highway..
People let you drive a big rig? 
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