The Sound Police Are Coming For Us ...Haha.

[Starship Enterprise]

You must have forgotten about all the speed cameras we had a few years back. And the ones that are making a return. There is no city that's above a good cash grab.

Some cities who installed red light cameras weren’t getting the revenue they had hoped for. Know what they did? They shortened the yellow light.

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[AZ_Ryan]

Some cities who installed red light cameras weren’t getting the revenue they had hoped for. Know what they did? They shortened the yellow light.

Oh it's all a scam. The city said it was all about safety, until they quit making money and removed them. Don't get me started.

 

[LouG]

Unreal. I guess companies like Escort, V1 and Uniden will have to update their detector databases with exhaust decibel locations to help us stay quiet when need be....

JBV1 app for V1 can easily have this. The latest addition is is ALPR location alerts.

 

[LouG]

I wouldn't object to a few restrictions on noise near me. If I can tell the number of cylinders of some of these fools cars and bikes from 2 kms away, it's too f'n loud.
Here's the stupid bit. We have decibal limits for vehicles. So what the boi racers do is put a stock exhaust on, get the noise limit tested and certified. Then, when they're stopped for excess noise, they produce the certificate and all's well. Even if the halfwit cops ears are still bleeding from the sound.
It would not have happened when we had real cops.

 

[roket]

Some cities who installed red light cameras weren’t getting the revenue they had hoped for. Know what they did? They shortened the yellow light.

shortening it too much may have actually cost taxpayer money. the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) 11th edition, published by the Federal Highway Administration, in section 4F.17 says on paragraph 13: "A yellow change interval should have a minimum duration of 3 seconds, and a maximum duration of 6 seconds.", and some traffic light controllers actually do not allow for yellow/amber intervals shorter than 3 seconds, so if they got greedy enough to shorten yellow/amber lights to fewer than 3 seconds, just know that there is a chance they spent money on the controller itself to scam their citizens.

so next time you get a ticket at a red light camera, go back and measure the yellow/amber phase length. then put all the required information into the "ITE Yellow Change Interval Formula", which is generally used as the standard for measuring how to time a yellow/amber light. if the actual time is too short compared to what the formula says, you have a chance at being able to get the ticket dismissed. saves you a fine, points on your license, and raised insurance premiums

Oh it's all a scam. The city said it was all about safety, until they quit making money and removed them. Don't get me started.

yeah, that whole SR-101 speed camera thing was so bad that it was actually made illegal to put speed cameras on highways, the Arizona State Legislature mentions in a document "Photo enforcement systems may not be used on a state highway to identify violators of traffic control or speed restrictions."

but hey, we have some nice, strict rules on photo enforcement. ARS 28-1204 basically says that, with the exception of mobile radar on roads with a speed limit less than 40mph, at least 2 signs warning of speed enforcement must be placed before the camera, with one sign at least 300 feet away from it, with a speed limit sign posted between the two notice signs. dedicated mobile photo enforcement must also have a clear notice of the fact it's a functioning photo enforcement vehicle on the back of it

 

[Bear376]

Another thing is the use of photopay toll collectors. I have no problems with toll roads, but woe is you if you pass through a state that does not offer compatibility with your pike pass. And now, they make it impossible for you to go through certain areas without paying. Oklahoma has been aggressively working towards joint compatibility but somehow the blue states are the big holdouts. I can go throughout Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, and Florida, but the east coast boys don’t want to be bothered.

 

[Alan Applegate]

I liken red-light cams, radar detectors, etc. a nuisance at best. But... If you pay attention to traffic signals, don't speed like an idiot, or run open exhaust, you needn't worry about any of them.

Albuquerque, seemingly is the capitol of traffic cams, replete with license plate readers. Statistics have proven the vast majority of drivers getting ticketed due to them, are multiple-repeat offenders! Some real scofflaws are using tape and/or tinted covers to avoid being ticketed. That is why obscuring plates triples the imposed fines. You may not like them and I feel they're an intrusion. However, license plate readers deter more than just traffic offenders, and have been used effectively in spotting violent crime offenders.

Take your pick!

 

[Zig]

Unreal. I guess companies like Escort, V1 and Uniden will have to update their detector databases with exhaust decibel locations to help us stay quiet when need be....

When i can hear an airliner fly overhead while standing on the ground the disturbing the peace justification for punishment goes out the window.

 

[Zig]

Another thing is the use of photopay toll collectors. I have no problems with toll roads, but woe is you if you pass through a state that does not offer compatibility with your pike pass. And now, they make it impossible for you to go through certain areas without paying. Oklahoma has been aggressively working towards joint compatibility but somehow the blue states are the big holdouts. I can go throughout Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, and Florida, but the east coast boys don’t want to be bothered.

Tax payer road otherwise private property and they need permission to catch me. (Well that’s how i feel and even sometimes act so there’s that)

 

[Deleted member 62298]

Saw this on Kim Komando's site today. Thought it was interesting.

https://www.komando.com/news/security/the-sound-police-are-coming-for-ya/

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This type of bs was among the many reasons I fled the northeast for a truly American experience in the south.

 

[Starship Enterprise]

Oh it's all a scam. The city said it was all about safety, until they quit making money and removed them. Don't get me started.

It’s always about revenue. I remember reading where the cities don’t own these red light cameras, they lease them, and there's a quota on revenue they need to make each month.

 

[Abilor]

This type of bs was among the many reasons I fled the northeast for a truly American experience in the south.

So... yeah. Fireworks. I grew up in Buffalo, moved out to Capital District NY, but then lived for 8 years in Baton Rouge from 2008 - 2016. You're on to something - the sheer amount of personal freedom (and community) I experienced in Baton Rouge was off the charts. To wit, there's several nice men with tents on the edge of town who will sell you basically high-grade explosives lol. We used to drop $500 on several massive aeriel shell kits (Excalibur FTW) and cakes, and we'd just light them off in our yard in Livingston Parish, the Sportsman's Paradise.

Now that I'm back in NY, where I had to sell my Beretta .40 and can only light sparklers on Fourth of July, the Blue Dog in me starts barking, especially at the damn "school" cameras in Albany that are super aggressive next to a closed school where there are NO Students - just pure city cash grab and enforcement for its own sake, a classic case of failed criminal justice and policy making.

HOWEVER - the roads work here, the water is clean (mostly lol, looking at you, Hudson river), and the public schools aren't just Baby's First Cellblock, plus Ice Storms aren't as frequent or devastating as Hurricanes.

New Hampshire, eh? Is that the best of both worlds?

 

[Sinthor 5.56]

You must have forgotten about all the speed cameras we had a few years back. And the ones that are making a return. There is no city that's above a good cash grab.

Bingo! Sounds like we all just need to keep our attention on things and make sure our voices are heard if this crap seems like it may come to our areas!

 

[Deleted member 62298]

So... yeah. Fireworks. I grew up in Buffalo, moved out to Capital District NY, but then lived for 8 years in Baton Rouge from 2008 - 2016. You're on to something - the sheer amount of personal freedom (and community) I experienced in Baton Rouge was off the charts. To wit, there's several nice men with tents on the edge of town who will sell you basically high-grade explosives lol. We used to drop $500 on several massive aeriel shell kits (Excalibur FTW) and cakes, and we'd just light them off in our yard in Livingston Parish, the Sportsman's Paradise.

Now that I'm back in NY, where I had to sell my Beretta .40 and can only light sparklers on Fourth of July, the Blue Dog in me starts barking, especially at the damn "school" cameras in Albany that are super aggressive next to a closed school where there are NO Students - just pure city cash grab and enforcement for its own sake, a classic case of failed criminal justice and policy making.

HOWEVER - the roads work here, the water is clean (mostly lol, looking at you, Hudson river), and the public schools aren't just Baby's First Cellblock, plus Ice Storms aren't as frequent or devastating as Hurricanes.

New Hampshire, eh? Is that the best of both worlds?

 

[Deleted member 62298]

Great post bro. I miss the mountains. I miss the seasons. I miss the snow. I don’t miss the taxes, the lack of representation, the political bullshit. I used to build weapons systems up there. Their legislature was so active and unpredictable that any one of my creations, whether it were a rebuilt shotgun or an AR platform would become a felony within a week of its completion. I couldn’t have a sports car unless it had a 2” lift kit to compensate for the horrible road conditions. What a shit show bro. Second highest property taxes in the nation yet the roads were horrible. Second highest schools taxes yet the schools were shit. Second highest income taxes (6.2% for us) in the nation yet we had no representation. Fuck. That. Shit. That is NOT America.

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