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By corfan01 - 05/10/2009 11:11 - United States

Today, I got a red light camera ticket for $100 in the mail. After checking the date and time, I realized it was from when I was rear ended into the intersection while STOPPED at a red light. FML
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null_fml 11

Hah, ouch. Good luck getting out of that one. If there was police involvement when you got rear-ended it shouldn't be hard.

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iamelrebel 0

you shouldn't have to pay then.

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im_a_dinosaur 0

ahahha oh shittt tht suckss lolll. you wouldnt have to pay thn would you..?

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verw3948 0

I've gotten one of these too. If you read the fine-print at the bottom, it says that the camera is infallible, and unless you reported your car stolen, the registered owner of the car is responsible for the ticket. The only other way to get out of it is if you have already recieved a citation from an actual police officer for running the red light. I've had police officers admit that the right-light cameras are not about public safety, but are simply a cash-cow, designed to generate huge amounts of revenue. If they were about public safety, they should add points to your liscence, but they can't prove who was driving most of the time, so even if you let someone borrow your car and they run a red light, it's your car, and that makes you responsible.

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fretforyerlatte 0

there was a guy around here who kept getting caught on camera running red lights wearing various animal masks. he'd yet to be charged because they couldn't technically prove it was him. but then he slipped up and some other camera caught him putting on his mask, so he got busted.

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Brooklynxman 0

It doesn't matter what the fine print says, the judge has the final say, and no judge in their right mind would hold you accountable, IF you can prove you were rear-ended at that light at that time. Otherwise, they are forced to assume you did it. Especially since in your story, you didnt even really run the red light, just sorta ended up in the middle of it

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StirFryBeans 0

Yeah I agree that you shouldn't have to pay for something like this. It just feels like the cops found some loophole they used to still charge you with the ticket.

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TheJawsman 18

Unfortunetely you still have to go to court...make sure you bring the police report to the court date. Wouldn't hurt to find out what district the officer who wrote the report works from and go pay a visit to ask him/her about the situation, though. The sad thing I heard about some of these red light cameras is that due to the cost of purchase and maintenance from a third party, a majority of revenues don't even go to the cities that have this crap. Have fun contesting the ticket though:)

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mplsmech 0

This would be dismissed so fast in court it's not even funny.

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YoungTechnique 0

That sucks, dude. Take this to court, it should have the accident scene on tape if a camera caught it.

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sumdoode123 0

on the ticket it should say your speed, and if it does and you were rear ended then it would be about 2mph. or something really slow. so you should be able to fight it.

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shouldrah 0

Theres no way that will hold up in court. they cant prove that the owner of the car was driving, and the pictures arent that good (sorry national treasure 2...)

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