LA's Arizona Boycott- absolutely disgusting

Lets see. Lets not allow LAPD helicopter pilots get training. But we need those fucking red light cameras. I live in Bizarro land.


http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lan...ona-boycott-over-illegal-immigration-law.html

 

All these years, I've been bitching about how the Interstate Commerce Clause has been used and abused by Congress to grab power. Now that it's being violated, suddenly it's irrelevant?

 

"We're going to boycott Arizona, but only the things we don't need."

Just another reason to hate LA.

 

yeah, and they make the intersections more dangerous too.

 

I must be missing something subtle here, but how are they making them more dangerous?

 

http://cbs2.com/goldstein/Red.Light.Cameras.2.1301941.html

 

Which you don't have to pay unless you are lawful served.

 

Its a situation where you change your behavior based on the presence of the light. Sometimes you want to accelrate more even in a green or stop even if its yellow. It puts pressure on the driver, which makes is less safe.

 

Agreed. I can't count the number of times I have been driving the freeway here in Arizona (where we have lots of traffic cams) and the guy in front of me and myself are traveling five over then he spots the speed camera and pops his breaks quickly, and I nearly slam in the back of him. BTW, you have to be traveling 11 mph or more over the speed limit in order to get a ticket.

 

I had heard that's just a rule of thumb that cops use.

And thank you Presidente for the explanation. It occurred to as I just started reading your post.

 

The freeway cameras (at least here in Phoenix) are set only to take your picture and license plate if you are going greater than 10 mph. I'm not sure as far as what rule of thumb the cops follow, but I always go 5 over the speed limit everywhere, and I have never received a ticket.

 

I wish they would add those "safety" cameras to the lights in Vegas. I would be REEE ITCH BEEE ITCH!

I love rear hits, they are some of the best jobs you can get..easy money.

LA is a fucking joke, they can shove their boycott up their hypocritical assholes. They are only using cameras until they can get GPS devices installed in your cars so they can nail everyone.

 

looks like they are overriding the "boycott" to get red light cameras. They forgot what it means, all the while they cancel HELICOPTER training for LAPD officers....LAPD uses helicopters a lot for car chases and other things.

Holy shit, the LA City Council is a bunch of backwards fucks. Villaraigosa and them are ruining LA beyond all comprehension, its completely fucked.

 

So here is what you so to avoid those tickets . . . register your vehicle in your significant other's name. When the ticket comes in the mail it will be to the registered owner of the vehicle. The registered owner of the vehicle goes to court and says (and shows) thats not me and ticket dismissed (if they didn't already dismiss it because the photo doesn't match RO's description).

Works in Oregon

 

Also, there have been studies showing that cities have been slowly shortening yellow lights over the last decade, which I think is pretty unsafe as well. If a yellow light doesn't even give you enough time to make it through the intersection when you're just entering and the light changes, how are you supposed to safely respond? Slam your breaks on? Speed up?

 

Along this thought process, does anyone else agree that yellow lights vary and should thus be a timer? They're already LEDs in most of them, so why not print a count down of 5 4 3 2 1 RED? Some however might be 3 2 1 or 7 6 5 .... you get the picture

 

Some kind of do. They have crossing signals now that have a countdown which coincides with the light. It's really nice. I see it at six seconds as I approach it and I know that I have time to make it though. I wish they did it everywhere.

 

Yeah, we're boycotting Arizona...but only selectively.....

http://www.scpr.org/blogs/hettie-ly...ty-council-panel-breaks-city-boycott-arizona/

 

What a joke the LA City council is.