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Is this the year California OKs speed cameras? (www.latimes.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by omenmis to c/citylife

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hoping this catches on, pretty please CA...

i like the fact that the money can only go into maintaining the speed cameras or into making the road safer. those are both things desperately needed, especially in LA.

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[–] Pseu 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Hmm. When my boyfriend drove under a toll camera in my car, I called to explain that I wasn't the one driving at the time. The lady on the line asked if the vehicle was stolen, when I said no, she said I had to pay the fine and if I didn't, I may not be able to register my vehicle. Naturally, I paid the fine.

We have some precedent with red light cameras and the like repeatedly being held up. Courts are equipped to handle bad actors and if that becomes an actual problem, they're not going to just shrug if someone has 25 speeding violations that they're not paying. I could see this working once or twice, but if you're driving past that camera every day, it'll be a good idea to start obeying the law sooner rather than later.

[–] dhork 3 points 1 year ago

A toll is a more legitimate thing to "bill" to a car, though. The car was present, after all, and someone ought to pay. Now that tollbooths are going away, it's logical to bill whoever the car is registered to. (And, if the toll is not paid, it's the car that is "punished" by being ineligible to be registered, not the driver through fines or points).

If your boyfriend was speeding, though, and caught on camera, but the court said you were speeding instead, would you have just taken the fine for that, knowing it would also affect your insurance? I doubt it.

You're correct that people can only "get away" with stunts like I mentioned a limited number of times, particularly if they go in front of the same judge multiple times. But it's also a fact that if law enforcement can't prove you were the one driving, theres only so much they can do.