Chicago is unfair, the Chicago way

stop your whining! You turned right on red without stopping. That's not allowed anywhere, not just Chicago. Pay the ticket, and because of the ticket, you'll be more aware of turning right on reds! So the ticket served its purpose! For that education to you, they charge you $100.

It's more like Burger King,not Chicago. You got it your way, and it only cost you a hundred bucks to roll through the stop. You do know people die that way right? So Pay your Sister the money.
And since your unemployed, you should be taking the bus anyway then you don't have to worry about cameras, and if you feel you have to drive keep your eyes open for cameras we need all the eyes we can get..

Love your humor!

Catching the rolling right turn on red drivers maybe the only benefit of the red light cameras. The law say STOP and then proceed to turn right traffic permiting. I've seen way to many people just roll thru a right on red light in front of some poor unsuspecting driver who has a green light. I sometime wonder if these are the same drivers who don't understand the meaning of the YIELD sign. For pixelflight, pay your sister.

Unemployed riding the bus crack. Bite me.

Hey the riding the bus comment is a bit harsh.
True, rolling stops on a right turn are dangerous,
As well as running red lights.
We should all be safe and courteous drivers.
As well as to our fellow bloggers.

This was in the Chicago Tribune today!

Installing red-light cameras at busy intersections is a growth industry, but one northwest suburban community has pulled the plug on a highly profitable camera amid worries a premier shopping venue was getting a reputation as a ticket destination.

Located at Meacham and Woodfield Roads near Woodfield Mall, the camera raked in $1 million in fines for Schaumburg between November and January.

The tickets came in a flood, some 10,000 of them, almost all for drivers not stopping before turning right on red. At $100 a ticket, the village's coffers were overflowing.

But amid a flurry of complaints—some from scofflaws threatening never to shop again at the mall—the village recently decided to deactivate the camera, saying it wasn't improving safety that much anyway.

Flip

Yea, it's not my fault I was laid off. You have to be a real mean person to attack a person for that.

A work associate of mine got nailed by the Woodfield camera. He said that he was shown a video (maybe it was a series of photos) of his car, with him clearly visible driving, rolling through the red. He said there was no other traffic, he ALMOST stopped, blah, blah... He said he did learn his lesson and is now sure to always make a "full and complete stop" as the Illinois law states. I think it ended up costing him more than $100.

I'm not sure how or where he reviewed the evidence. I'll try to find out.

Pixelfight,
Don't take these comments too personally. It is my experience that those who represent themselves as sanctimonious are usually the worse offenders. They probably have worse driving records than you, and of course this will generate an avalanche of denials and other comments. You made a mistake; we all do. Thanks for the post and if you could submit the cooridinates for this camera it will help us all in the future.

We have some grouchy old farts in the crowd, it is best to ignore the negativity that they can project.

Miss POI

We are a big family and each family has an irritating Uncle or Aunt in the mix. You just have to charm the niceness out of them.

I love you all, even the cantankerous ones

Pixelfight - welcome to the site. Ignore the negative comments. There are some less mature posters here, but by and large most everyone here is very friendly and helpful.

Enjoy the site.

Your lucky you weren't in Los Angeles, it would have cost you over $400 for the same lesson...

caveat emptor

...With the people saying ignore the nasty comments.

Miss POI is right that some of the people can be grouchy here and not to take it personally.

Anyway, welcome to the forum. You'll find great files and (generally) helpful advice on this site.

And do report those red-light cameras, it might save someone else a $100 or more... Maybe yourself

Can't we all just get along.

they mean by "higher education"?

Yes, stopping on red before making a turn is the law and a good, safe idea.

However, working in downtown Chicago, I can say that this law must not apply to the goofy Taxi's here in the city, as you never see them stop before making a turn on red. And, I have almost been smacked a couple of times while crossing the street at a green light because of this. Heck, most of the time they don't even slow down to make the turn!

Good luck with your job search pixelfight.

Pixelfight,

Come to Arizona. No one stops for right on red even in the intersections marked NO TURN ON RED. They all look to see if they can beat the traffic in the curb lane and then slow down to about 15 miles per hour so oncoming traffic has to brake for them.

People here don't even stop when crossing sidewalks, exiting alleys or shopping centers.

Drivers also seem to enjoy riding in the far left lane and sightseeing at the same time. It is no longer fun to drive in Phoenix, one has to be paying attention all the time for red light runners and flukey drivers that think they are the only vehicle on the road. Oh, and don't bother using turn signals, you might burn out a bulb or run down your battery and other drivers might be distracted by the flashing lights they so rarely see.

Welcome to the forum and good luck in finding another job.

Just like a ticket issued by an unsympathetic cop, you still have the opportunity to go to court to tell a judge that you think turning right on a red without stopping is “a very minor mistake.”.

Why would I want to bite you? Chicago already did, you broke the law and they bit off 100 bucks worth,
unfortunately it's your sister they are biting not you.

Now you can take what I said as mean, however it's fact, if you had been riding the bus, you wouldn't be getting the rolling stop ticket. A bus costs $2.00, and probably no more than 3.00 and you can transfer all day on that one fare. A car has to be filled with Gas I would imagine $10.00 or more to fill, then there is always the chance your going to run across a camera and it going to get you and cost you money.

Now if thats attacking you for being unemployed well you need thicker skin to start with because thats not what I was doing, you came in this forum winning about the camera snapping your mug. and it costing you $100.00 bucks.

And since the Bus is cheaper than driving, it makes great since to use it and you yount get a red light ticket at the same time.

learn to spell, now I must ignore people with less intelligence.

Oh, I used to live in Surprise, AZ for three months. I loved it Vegasbound! That was my first experience with the speed cameras. I heard of them in Europe, since my family is from Germany, I have been abroad a few times. I know in Germany they had the red light camera back in the 1980's. Now the US finally got the redlight cameras. Oh well... hehe

If you can sponsor me for a job in Phoenix, I would be back in a heart beat. I love the desert!

Welcome to POI factory, sorry to hear you're without employment, hope the ticket was a learning experience, pay your sister, ignore the rude remarks, good luck in your job search.

I was lucky enough to live in Germany - Schwarzwald - for four years as a child when my father was in the Army. Such a beautiful country!

These damn red light and speed cameras are killing me in MD; primarily for 5-6 miles over the speed limit late at night when the roads are empty.

For BobDee my count is two punctuation errors and one typo... pixelfight failed to capitalize the first letter of the sentence & used a instead of an in OP (or should it be an a instead of an an) ... Our writing critique for the day..

OOOPs I just noticed two more errors for BobDee, your instead of you're & winning instead of whining ..

BobDee 5 errors, pixelfight 2 errors...

Now why don't we drop it? or knowing BobDee....

I just tell it like it is,like it or not.

have a goood weakend all... now lets all get back to the gps stuf allright!

Had to trow in my 2 sence!

xoxo

Flip

Yes, just ask my daughter! $100-- Cheap slap on the behind.

It's about accepting responsibility for your actions. Sometimes there are pleasant consequences and sometimes not so pleasant. In this case, it could have been much worse.

Not only does the "evil redlight camera" not care about your whining and excuses, neither does the rest of the legal system.

Suck it up and try to learn from your mistake.......and by that I DON'T mean just learn how not to get caught.

Isn't the whole purpose of red light camera files about how not to get caught?

Oh, believe me I am getting the license plate spray now. Whatever it's called. Photoblocker? The hell with these red light cameras.

I saw a test on myth busters and none of the products worked... So I would be careful and why not just stop? I have changed my driving habits and now I come to a complete stop... Particularly if it's at a red light camera intersection...

The POI Files help you get a gasp on your surroundings, the files give you warnings so when you see a "long Green or dirty green if you like" you will be prepared to stop.

These cameras are popping up in all kinds of situations now, speed, red light, right turn and even to see if you rolled past the stop here on red stripe. With more to come, they are cash cows for these cash strapped cities. And I don't Agree with them even a little bit, However they are there and until they are not, I have to drive with a awareness about me.

Camera's are fix mounted, A-frame mounted and van mounted the manufactures are even working on getting them smaller so they can hide them from view.

If you think you can break the law with these GPS files YOU WILL GET TICKETS, if you use them to make yourself aware of where there are, then take the proper actions to stay with in the law you will be fine.

http://mythbustersresults.com/episode73

That should serve you well in life.

Next subject.........

Being from the chitcago area myself..(Home of our community organizer 'n chief), I AVOID driving in the city(for many other reasons) and AVOID any burbs that have red light cams. I'll take my dollars elsewhere thank you.

One good thing happened...we whacked our gov.
This azzhat had plans on putting in 'green lanes'. And no..not 'new' lanes, but rather taking existing lanes and charging even MORE over and above the ridiculous costs to drive on em.
It made sense of course..for useful idiots anyway.
Just take existing backed up packed expressways, slap a 'green' label on them and watch the tax money roll in.

Pixelfight,

It probably won't be a huge surprise to you that hardly anyone takes anything happening in Illinois seriously.

I am a life-long Chicagoan, I know how things run. And believe me, "something for something" or "quid pro quo" ideas and ways of forming friendships is the way I grew up. However, I can sleep at night because I never put anyone out in the cold with my friendships.

But yes, Illinois and esp. Chicago is super corrupt. The "top" people abuse their powers, and take from the less "powerful" people at the "bottom". However I know one thing the simple, honest man in Chicago can sleep at night and not wonder the next day if he is being recorded.

because of what started this thread!
Hmmm, didn't he get recorded, by a enforcement camera?

Sleep Well Illinois and especially Chicago

Simple people find simple things funny BobDee. As in simpletons. People with low IQs are easily amused.

To Rockin Ricky Great Logo, it shows up well. Us Buckeyes need to stick together.

If they put speed cams on the tollways & expressways in IL they would be overloaded with tickets and wouldn't be able to proccess them all. I take I-88 every day. Posted Speed Limit is 55. Average traffic speed is 70. The left lane usually moves at 80 until you get closer to the city and then everything slows down. If we pass a cop running radar, everyone slows down to 65-70. I think 55 is too slow. But what's the point of posting a speed limit if they are not even going to get interested until you hit 20+ the limit?

Possibly you have not heard the term "funny" used as a synonym for ironic? That may have been a better word for BobDee to have used, seeing as you missed the meaning..

What is you're problem with BobDee? He is a long time member who has made many contributions to this site, and if opinionated, certainly not a simpleton, with more than likely, an above average I.Q. How can you make judgments after being a member less than a week. You seemed to have gotten on your soapbox after a comment about riding the bus, claiming that he was picking on you; and it was not BobDee who first claimed you were a whiner and I for one agreed with that post writer. As for riding the bus, for a retired or unemployed person, it is sage advise... There are no parking fees, it creates less air pollution, and it saves money.

I notice your first tirade at BobDee was eliminated as was my response, possibly these will be also.. Are you just intent on starting a verbal fight? (I see you used the word fight in your user name) If that is your intent, I'm sure BobDee will hold his own if not win... Although I too am making a judgment after seeing your ramblings in only one post.