On Nov 4, 10:36*am, notbob wrote:
On 2011-11-04, Home Guy wrote:

Denver Collects Fines On Drivers Who Stop At Red Lights
because their tire goes over the white line that marks where the vehicle
should stop.

It's legally defined as having entered the intersection and is almost
universally illegal. *It's the same as stopping halfway through the
intersection, which no one would dare question as being a fineable
offense. *But, the line must be drawn somewhere and it IS, in plain
sight, with bright white or yellow paint. *If yer too stupid to stop
short of the line, then yer too stupid to be driving.

OTOH, that some alarmist jerk journalist decides to make an issue of
it only shows how far the news media will go to avoid having to report
real news content. *If you can't find --or are too spineless to
report-- any real news, create some bogus news. *I wish the newspaper
industry would hurry up and finally die off and let biased, lying,
agenda carrying, legal dept free, bloggers finally have free reign to
ferret out the dirty laundry. *Even if they may be too stupid to know
when to shut up (which is probably the most honest news). *

nb

I disagree. This is another case of big govt screwing the citizens.
Every prosecutor has discretion in determining charges to bring.
For the police to be ticketing drivers because their front wheel just
touches the white stop line is an abuse of power.

Also, I fail to see the slam against the media. It is a worthwhile
and
important story. Should not the people be aware of it, so that it
will
not happen to them? Isn't the purported claim of the police that this
is being done for safety? If that's true, then it's important to get
the
message out, is it not?

As to the safety issue, it's been shown in city after city that these
cameras have done nothing for safety. Many cities, like LA, are
taking them out. So, there the citizens got screwed twice. Once
by paying to put them in, then again by paying to take them out.
And then those unfortunate enough to get a ticket got screwed
a third time, because the cameras were ruled illegal and unenforceable
in court, though most who got the tickets paid them.