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November 30, 2012 at 6:01 am #775732
singularnameParticipantThis forum is so quadpolar sometimes, in 3 Dimensions even! If ya like the law (e.g., leash laws), hell hath no fury. If ya don’t like the law (e.g., speed limit), the world’s so unfair … and wrong … and evil.
Anyhoo … I got a speeding ticket last April. Deserved it, owned it, paid it, 2 calendar days after I got it. The cop even encouraged me to appeal it–weird. So I went to renew my driver’s license a few weeks ago, and there was a $75 reissue fee because they supposedly didn’t receive it in time. I needed my DL pretty quick, and I certainly wasn’t going to take on “Gloria” about it. Part of me wants to go rummage around for the date I got the ticket and when the check was cashed, but the time that would take is worth more than the extra fine. Life sucks, and dim sum!
December 11, 2012 at 7:05 pm #775733
dirtyard98106MemberTo throw my hat into the ring, the thing that’s a little irritating about the school zone speed cameras is that there’s very little ADVANCE warning that a) there is a school zone AHEAD with b) a speed camera AHEAD. It seems like its’ usually the case that the sign is ON the school zone post, and the camera’s actally mounted Before the signs, so if you’re not going 20 Mph AT the sign, you’re ticketed. Travelling in other countries that use huge amounts of speed cameras, I’ve noticed that there’s usually warning of the speed camera zones ahead at least 1/4 – 1/2 mile in advance. Just seems like the method being used here’s a bit sneaky. Feedback?
December 12, 2012 at 2:38 am #775734
CaitParticipantHas anyone noticed that the trees are blocking the sign on Fauntleroy by Gatewood again? Or am I just being picky…
January 23, 2013 at 1:24 am #775735
nerolabsMemberI took a video of EXACTLY how hard it is to slow down on the southern route through the Gatewood Elementary School speed zone:
I got my $189 ticket today, and have to say I’m pretty pissed. If you can’t slow down from 30 to 20 in around 2-3 seconds after seeing the flashing light (I got my ticket at 8:06 am) you are going to get a $189 “parking ticket”.
January 23, 2013 at 7:25 pm #775736
wsn00bParticipantI drive by OLG, northbound, around 845/9AM most days. Never seen a kid around while the lights are flashing.
Questions:
– What time do OLG classes start?
– Do kids actually walk alone to elementary schools? Or is it mostly buses and parents dropping them off? (Clearly, I am not a parent :) )
– Does the camera take a pic your front license plate or both?
January 25, 2013 at 1:40 am #775737
velo_nutParticipantJust got the ticket in the mail… 4mph over the limit almost at the southbound end sign.
So you crest the hill where you are giving it a certain amount of gas then the car automatically speeds up from said pressure on the pedal due to the incline. Sheesh. I hate being a law breaker.
January 25, 2013 at 1:17 pm #775738
HPDoxieMemberSo, everyone is ok with breaking the law as long as their kid isn’t hit by a car, correct? Reading this waste of time just reminded how much I don’t miss the whiny in WS. Just go the speed limit, use your brakes, pay attention. Does anyone have personal responsibility anymore? Blame the city, blame the signs, blame the cars, blame the trees, etc, etc. $189 sucks but, how can you complain if you were going over the speed limit? I hope none of you speeders ever have to deal with your child getting murdered by a speeder in a school zone. Something tells me you perspective might change.
February 2, 2013 at 2:38 am #775739
phoenixParticipantIs the warning light on the school zone speed limit sign on 35th Ave. SW & Myrtle (the stretch of road in front of OLG) always flashing?
February 10, 2013 at 7:34 am #775740
gregsalmonParticipantObey the speed limit. How much time do you really save by driving 10 over?
February 11, 2013 at 6:01 pm #775741
melissaParticipantFor those of you who are going a few miles over, sorry. I don’t think you should get a huge ticket. HOWEVER, this morning, as I was driving along 35th, the light at Thistle turned red. Solid, not yellow-about-to-be-red, and a big brown SUV (didn’t get the kind or plates, I’m sorry to say) blew through that light, heading north, at about 45 mph. Gunned it, it appeared to me.
Kids walk through there to go to Denny, Sealth, Westside, and probably some other school I’ve forgotten. Oh, and grown up people walk to work and bus stops there, as well. Appallingly selfish behavior. And scary.
Does anyone know if that camera at 35th and Thistle is still on?
February 12, 2013 at 5:47 pm #775742
kgdlgParticipantWhen I originally posted, I admit, I was just pissed about the OLG camera/ticket situation.
However, since then I have learned so much about this new method of policing in Seattle – and the gobs of revenue the CIty is making on it.
I still think it is curious that people are outraged by drones and surveillance cameras but NOT by a type of surveliance that has such a crazy monetary incentive behind it. I remain kind of dissapointed by West Seattle’s simplistic “did the crime, do the time” attitude about these cameras. I think it is such a more disturbing and complicated issue than this.
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