Hey guys today on Belvidere I was driving along and as I was almost at the intersection the light turned yellow and there was no way i could have stopped in time and when half to three quarters of my car was passed the solid white line the light turned red. On the way back home I saw cameras on top of the traffic light. Now the lights at this intersection was recently changed 2 days ago to new ones with a camera pointing in each direction but is it still possible that i could get a ticket for running the light? The only reason I am asking is because I think I heard something a month back about a bill that wanted to bring back the cameras on the traffic light but it didnt pass so i wanted to see if this was true or not

Thanks

 

red light cameras not legal here yet.... YET...

 

No, tickets arent allowed to be written for running red lights. The court system decided it wasnt important enough to enforce. Keep on keepin on.

 

oh ok I was worrying for nothing then. I just thought I would ask since I saw the cameras up there

Thanks

 

awesome, this means i no longer have to stop at those blasted things.

 

are there many places around richmond with cameras? this is the first one i have seen in the area

 

the red light cams are on the median with a flash box not mounted on the light, those are traffic cams

 

Those "cameras" are actually sensors for emergency vehicles, no?

 

that could be also

 

Yes and no. Actually those "cameras" are the replacements for the metal strips in the road to sense when traffic is waiting for a light to change. When you see a cylinder on the side the size of a 20oz bottle with two tubes sticking out, those are for emergency vehicles.

But yea..fuck red lights. I never stop for those things, takes too long.