Speeding cameras, Texas will be testing Options

[Grelber]

First we had red light cameras. Now the Texas DOT is going to test speeding cameras. But, unlike some used in Great Britain, etc. that are just radar guns with cameras, these will take a pic of you at point A, then another picture at point B (usually 5 to 10 miles down the road). The computer will then calculate your average speed over that distance, and will send you a ticket if the average speed is more than 3 mph over the limit. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ar15.gif)

[byndbad914]

I sorta see both sides to the issue in this way - the cameras guarantee that everyone is driving a "safe" speed, so It would be good to have the cameras to keep the nut cases in check.

But the flip side to that is that I recently moved to CO from CA and lemme tell you, CO is a complete f'in JOKE when it comes to how they set up their speed limits. They make NO sense whatsoever, there is a single road here behind where I work that goes from 35mph thru town, to 45mph by some farm houses, then drops to 40mph, then goes to 35mph where there is NOTHING around, then back up to 45 thru some more residential area. All within 10 miles. Why the fuch is it 45 in one residential area, 35 in another, and then in the most open space with no cross traffic or houses, it is 35. If 45 is okay in a residential 3 miles away, why isn't it 55 in an open, safe area?? And of course everyone including me drives 50-55 thru there. I have seen two lane streets divided with an island set at 25mph, but then be 35mph just down the road with no divider, etc. Faster where less safe.

In SoCal, especially the newer developments in south OC there are roads that are 55mph and it's completely safe to do that. Out here they would make that road 30mph for Lord knows why, then when it narrowed down and went thru town it would suddenly be 35 or 40. You would have to experience this to really understand how f'd up they are here (IMG:style_emoticons/default/slap.gif)

So I speed like a mofo out here in some sections frankly, such as the section that is 35mph in the middle of nothing and the flow is rolling 50. On the flip side, in a residential area with a high speed zone where it is a tight street with houses I drive a little slower just to be safe with kids and all. I dunno, it is just weird out here how they set the limits. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smoke.gif)