On Saturday, I made my weekly trek down the driveway to retrieve the mail from the mailbox of doom and hate. Not only is my mailbox evil and slant-y and HOA-mandated, it also contains bills. And the random myocardial traffic infarction. (i.e. I am a traffic light violator, which may be the cause of my future myocardial infarction.)
Besides the fact that I drive a car that an 80-year old grandmother would praise and keep forever garaged except for to drive to church on Sundays, herein lies the issue:
Do you see what happened there? Barring the fact that the police department totally Photoshopped the scene I clearly ran the traffic light, you should know the intersection is a total trap.
The street onto which I was turning is a residential street that many people (me) use as a shortcut to bypass the two-mile line of traffic that one must endure to stay straight on this main road. So, obviously in order to manage the flow of traffic onto the residential street, the traffic light is set to allow approximately 2.5 cars make a left turn. The car in the .5 position is the one that gets the violation when they are stuck in the intersection due to the back up of other cars that are already lined up on the residential street. And it doesn’t help that the entrance to a mega-gas station is also located on the residential street.
If the city would just take care of the traffic flow problems, then this might be a minor issue. Instead, they install cameras at these types of intersections because they must pay for their fancy-schmancy new Public Safety building and reap the benefits ($70 a pop) of people like me—the coerced traffic light violator. Hmph.
See what Bindi thinks about all of this:
Did anyone see a traffic ticket? I think the dog ate it…
So, now that I am an official violator of the law, I’m totally making this my new MO:
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I’ve heard of this happening but have never known anyone to be a victim. I’m sorry you were, truly uncalled for. That amazes me how good photoshop editors wreak havoc on the public at large. Have a great day!
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Evil Photoshop!
We have a light just like that around here…luckily there is no video surveillance (at least I hope not. Otherwise i’d be out $70 times a million)-
I think you should just tell them your dog ate it and refuse to pay. Also send them a vet bill for damages-
Ummm Lulu..you ran a red and got caught!
They just started popping up those photograph thingies by my house.. NO ACCIDENTS..they really work. My husband has now learned that yellow means “slow the hell down”..not “hit the gas”.
That picture could be of Jack on the couch going after my books. Saturday at soccer this man swore we had a Jack Russle. He really isn’t..his dad’s name is ChiChi Rodriquez..that is Mexican, not Irish/English!!
hey guess what in savannah i recieved 2 of those paid the first one then didnt pay the 2nd because guess what, they have nothing to do with the Police Department. A company not affiliated with the state puts the cameras up to “stop accidents”, or to make their wallet fatter. anyway nothing happens on your insurance or anything. check it out.
That is a bunch of crap… That sucks.
I wonder how many cops ‘run’ that light too…?
I supposed I should be shocked by that video, but I’m not. “Breaking the law”?! But, sadly, sometimes I sorta feel like that myself!