Pic Posted December 8, 2011 Share #1 Posted December 8, 2011 A friend sent me this. Wonder how long it will be before it's south of the border. http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/calgary/Noise+Snare+ready+muffle+Calgary+bikers/5702613/story.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freebird Posted December 8, 2011 Share #2 Posted December 8, 2011 It sure wouldn't surprise me to see it showing up elsewhere. Can you imagine the local revenue that it would generate say at all the various bike weeks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickardracing Posted December 8, 2011 Share #3 Posted December 8, 2011 It won't work. Arizona employed cameras on the freeways for speeders and at lights. Last I heard there were too many problems. Anyone here from AZ care to comment? Are they still using them? Colorado uses cameras for the toll collection. I was out there with three other bikes in August, some got the toll in the mail, I still have'nt. If it does actually work, I would think your bike would have to be pretty loud to trigger it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freebird Posted December 8, 2011 Share #4 Posted December 8, 2011 Well, while it may not work 100%, it likely works to some extent. If they do it like the do the red light cameras in most places, they really won't care so much if it works 100% or not. Most of the red light cameras, at least the ones around here, are installed free of charge to the cities. If I remember correctly, it is an Australian company. They install the cameras free of charge and then the revenue from tickets is shared between the company and the city. So what it it is only 50% effective? The city is still making money with no or very little cost. Probably some administrative costs is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgn Posted December 8, 2011 Share #5 Posted December 8, 2011 http://www.redflex.com/html/usa/solutions Notice the paragraph above video - they pay for every thing .... for a fee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailor Posted December 8, 2011 Share #6 Posted December 8, 2011 Now if they would only use it on leaf blowers, lawn mowers, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilvrT Posted December 8, 2011 Share #7 Posted December 8, 2011 Now if they would only use it on leaf blowers, lawn mowers, etc. .... my wife's snoring .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twigg Posted December 8, 2011 Share #8 Posted December 8, 2011 Now if they would only use it on leaf blowers, lawn mowers, etc. Jetskis. The quickest way to ruin a beautiful lake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOO Posted December 8, 2011 Share #9 Posted December 8, 2011 Well, while it may not work 100%, it likely works to some extent. If they do it like the do the red light cameras in most places, they really won't care so much if it works 100% or not. Most of the red light cameras, at least the ones around here, are installed free of charge to the cities. If I remember correctly, it is an Australian company. They install the cameras free of charge and then the revenue from tickets is shared between the company and the city. So what it it is only 50% effective? The city is still making money with no or very little cost. Probably some administrative costs is all. Actually they cost the city/village money to have these cameras. From the outside it looks like a money maker for the Police but they make very little money if any here in Illinois. Maybe it's the way the law is here that causes it not to be a money maker. It's very labor intensive just to get the ticket sent out. Several of the cities are taking the cameras out. BOO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Slab_Ryder Posted December 8, 2011 Share #10 Posted December 8, 2011 Wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoomerCPO Posted December 8, 2011 Share #11 Posted December 8, 2011 Leave it to politician's to come up a new way to take money out of the publics pockets:shock3:....Grrrrrrrrr. Boomer....who sez any Country would be a lot better off if all lawyers and politicians were exported....to the moon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playboy Posted December 9, 2011 Share #12 Posted December 9, 2011 Marshall TX:mo money:. has the red light camera's with most of there traffic lights set very quick from yellow to red IMHO its a total scam. I had my picture taken and a month later I got a bill not a ticket with a picture of just my license plate no way to prove who was behind the wheel. Long story short I paid up 75 bucks cheap fine. You dont pay and your turned over to a collection agency no court date no warrants it just against your credit explains it all on the back of the bill. The fine is cheap enough folks cant really afford to fight it especially if your from out of town like me. Not sure what recourse you would have on the collection agency after they started harassing you for not paying. DON'T HAVE ANY PYGMIES TO SIC ON THEM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galapagos Posted December 9, 2011 Share #13 Posted December 9, 2011 The City of Ashtabula Ohio recently voted out the cameras. The cops can still use them but they must be manned by a police officer. LOL! We had both red light and speed cameras. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailor Posted December 9, 2011 Share #14 Posted December 9, 2011 Oh my Rick...gonna tell Nina on you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie Annie Posted December 10, 2011 Share #15 Posted December 10, 2011 Well, while it may not work 100%, it likely works to some extent. If they do it like the do the red light cameras in most places, they really won't care so much if it works 100% or not. Most of the red light cameras, at least the ones around here, are installed free of charge to the cities. If I remember correctly, it is an Australian company. They install the cameras free of charge and then the revenue from tickets is shared between the company and the city. So what it it is only 50% effective? The city is still making money with no or very little cost. Probably some administrative costs is all. Welcome to my world !! Speed camera's here are said to save lives, some may, but mostly it's revenue raising for the councils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike G in SC Posted December 10, 2011 Share #16 Posted December 10, 2011 I went to STAR Days in Wisconsin last July, on my RSV. A week later, I got a letter from the IL Toll Dept issuing me 3 tickets for my CAR skipping booths. Go Figure. Oh, forgot,,, my wife did drive across IL to meet me,,,, IN MY CAR! (IL toll booths use an I-Pass. If you don't know how that works, you will probably get several photo tickets passing through the state. Toll booths look like exits,,, NO HONEY, you don't pay at the end like you do in Indiana. The IL scam is old fashion,,,,simple deception. Ignorance of the law is 9/10's of their income. They let you "go to court" via snail-mail. Just send the money, you won't beat it.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailor Posted December 10, 2011 Share #17 Posted December 10, 2011 We had speed cameras here for many years then they got rid of them. They made no difference to the accident rate, just another way to generate revenue. We have government insurance here so on top of the ticket your insurance rate would go up. They are now talking about putting in intersection cameras. Having seen what goes on at intersections I agree with them entirely. They will save lives, especially bikers lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venturous Randy Posted December 10, 2011 Share #18 Posted December 10, 2011 Interesting how this stuff works. Our local speed camera is about five miles from Bristol Motor Speedway and twice a year, Bluff City, TN will issue about 500 tickets during those weeks. But, if you pay the ticket, they don't notify your insurance. For any type of mechanical device used to measure speed or noise, it must be discriminating enough to determine the actual offender. For noise, with two bikes running near each other, one quite and one loud, who gets the ticket? This is also why I have a radar detector on my bike. I have less bounce back from radar than a truck a distance behind me and I don't want his ticket if he is speeding and I am not. RandyA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtsquirt Posted December 14, 2011 Share #19 Posted December 14, 2011 Yeah this whole thing makes my blood boil, it is just another Tax. And yes I live in Calgary! Looks like my bike will only see the highway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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