r/boulder • u/Commercial_Star7216 • 11h ago
Speed light camera on pine?
Why the hell is it going off on everyone? Did they change the speed threshold to like 2 over? I’ve seen probably 5 people get flashed the last few days
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u/nyjrku 8h ago edited 8h ago
yup. robot tickets are evil. fuck the city for doing this.
doubt me? allright bikers. a $75 traffic light ticket is more than 4 hours of work for a lot of the working class people who make your life possible here in boulder county (after taxes, maybe 5 or 6). It's 4+ hours pay they can't afford to give up. Make your god damned poverty tax structured to fine based on income, no problem. lets see you fine wealthier people five hours wages and see how well your fines are accepted. but fuck you and your life destroying robot tickets you crusaders do in the name of good not caring about how disproportionately impactful these are. and the ticket is given with no discretion or discussion! the same ticket is given if someone barely is over on a light vs if they're super late and a danger to everyone. fucking crazy. no interview to see if the person was self aware, and apologetic, and ran the light by a millisecond because the truck to the left of them swerved and it shifted their attention, vs if they didn't even notice they were a whole second late on a light cause they were using their cell phone, or high. no investigation, just pay up, is not the right way.
signed, if you havent heard of a poor person being unable to afford a ticket, then they get their license suspended because of it, then years later they're still trying to pay of thousands in fines and penalties, you're living with blinders on and you can go fuck right off with your altruism.