[Healeys] Crazy crazy California - S. Carolina DMVs

[Michael Oritt]

Jack--

Even assuming she was traveling at 10 mph (15 feet per second) the math just
doesn't work out.  My non-Illinois legal opinion is to pay the ticket.

Best--Michael

On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 5:30 PM, Jack Feldman <qualitas.jack at gmail.com>wrote:

> *Sorry... I don't have much sympathy for the "victims" in this thread.
> You
> receive a ticket; pay it or go to court and get it reversed.
>
> *The ticket is not always justified. In the Chicago area the village of
> Bellwood has a red light camera scam, and I'm not sure what to do about it.
>
> One day the mail contained a red light violation from Bellwood for my wife.
> It was a pay up with* no court date* for protest. She didn't know how it
> happened since she is one of those gray haired old ladies that are so
> cautions they drive other drivers to distraction. We paid.
>
> Recently, on the same corner, I found out how they did it. I arrived at the
> intersection with a green light showing. The light was green when the front
> bumper of the car entered the intersection. When the hood (it is a Chevy),
> was 2/3rds into the intersection the light turned yellow. Before the entire
> hood was in the intersection the light turned red. The yellow was on for
> about 2 seconds. I am awaiting the ticket and will probably have to go to
> the court house to see if I can get a date to protest. These tickets used
> add a penalty if you protested them, but that was stopped.
>
> Anyone have any suggestions on how to stop these folks? Any Chicago based
> lawyers on the list?
>
> Jack
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