

| Subject: | Re: Photo ticket at stop lights |
| From: | Andrew Grebneff |
| Date: | Sat, 14 Dec 2002 13:38:07 +1300 |
>Well I just got my 1st ticket in the mail. Its been at least ten yrs since I >have had any violation. I just a little peeved at getting a ticket from a >computer at a stop light. I consider myself a decent and safe driver. >However due to some lights being shorter in others in metropolitan areas I >bet that I went through a yellow light and it flopped on me or the cops have >it set to generate revenue anyways. I just don't like the idea of not >getting cited immediately. This happened (according to the ticket) on >November 11th. Apparently clear covers don't do the job; they will blind a camera ONLY if they reflect the flash's light directly at the camera lens... and of course they cannot. Here in NZ you can get adhesive reflective numbers/letters to cover the nonreflective originals, and these DO work. Our plates are all black-on-white (excepting old pre80s plates), so this is simple compared to the multicolored North American plates. Here there's no way you'd get away with the "didn't receive it", even if it was true. But no camera will flash here unless you're on the intersection against a RED light. -- Andrew Grebneff 165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut
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