cookie-lady's Blog

They're popping up everywhere!  One by one, the busiest intersections and even some stretches of the interstate are being outfitted with cameras that catch drivers at their best...or should that be, their worst.

I will be the first to admit it...I speed when the roads are empty, usually late at night when I am driving home from work.  It's not something I would do if I didn't think it was safe and I don't do it because I am just in a big hurry to get home.  I do it because I can!  My car is safe and it likes to go fast.  The expressways are set up for higher speeds than 55 mph and it is a shame to see all that open highway being wasted anything under 70 mph.

This behavior has come at a price, though, yes, I got a ticket for going 68 mph on the BeeLine one January morning a few years back.  It was 4am!  I was on my way to work, not another car on the road, save one miserable Orange County cop with a mad-on for the department for putting him on the night shift.  So, he took it out on me.

I didn't fight the ticket....I had earned it!  And earned it many a Saturday at 4am on that road.

Now, cameras are going up all over the place tracking all sorts of driver misbehavior.  You won't even know you've been caught until that lovely letter with a photo of you and your car shows up in the mailbox.

There's so little we can get away with anymore, and I don't suggest driving unsafely, but once in a while, you just have to exceed the posted speed limit or push the traffic light to orange teetering on red. 

If I were a cop, I would be a little worried that these cameras could be taking away jobs.  I am surprised their unions are not in an uproar over this.

Is it just me or are these traffic traps just wrong?  Is it an invasion or is it doing what's best for the community?