 » Site Navigation | | | | » Recent Threads | | | |  |  |  | |  01-24-2006, 05:21 AM | #1 | | aka Stabby Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mead, CO Posts: 5,336 |  Glad I Don't Live In Arizona
just heard they installed photo radar (sensors embedded in the road). they expect to get 1000 tickets a day @ $157 each (vs the 10 a day they get with actual live cops). at least it's all about safety ... __________________ 1996 318ti, California package, 267k miles
current mods: bilstein sports, bavauto springs, e30 m3 LCABs, solid metal ball joints, bavauto RSMs w/reinforcements, e30 3.73 LSD & halfshafts, supersprint cat-back exhaust, turner rear sway bar reinforcements, IE poly subframe & RTABs + camber/toe kits, powdercoated e36 32x front calipers, sport mirrors, H&R 28mmF/19mmR sway bars, x-brace, auto solutions SSK w/poly bushing upgrade, BMW CD43 head unit, DICE HD Radio w/iPod integration and "stealth" HD antenna, staggered style 68s, orange electronic TPMS, leather arm rest, JT Designs metal undertray
acquired and awaiting install: heated seat kit, cali top switch relo, lumbar support kit, park distance control kit, heated washer nozzle kit, m-coupe rear subframe, trailing arms, differential, and halfshafts, m-coupe front/rear brakes with master cylinder, under hood light kit, mud flaps, rear sun blind, auto-dimming rear view mirror, tilt steering wheel retrofit, apexcone 5000K HIDs with 55W ballasts
2002 X5 4.4 Sport Package, 53.5k miles
Current Mods: e46 m3 steering wheel |  |  | | 01-24-2006, 05:24 AM | #2 | | Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 677 |
yeah I heard about that around here in Florida. If they catch you speeding, it snaps a picture of the plate and you get a ticket in the mail...how ****ty would that be.... __________________  my new world | | | | | 01-24-2006, 05:33 AM | #3 | | aka Stabby Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mead, CO Posts: 5,336 |
and considering many people probably drive the same road day after day ... how long does it take for that first ticket to show up? and then the next ... and the next ... __________________ 1996 318ti, California package, 267k miles
current mods: bilstein sports, bavauto springs, e30 m3 LCABs, solid metal ball joints, bavauto RSMs w/reinforcements, e30 3.73 LSD & halfshafts, supersprint cat-back exhaust, turner rear sway bar reinforcements, IE poly subframe & RTABs + camber/toe kits, powdercoated e36 32x front calipers, sport mirrors, H&R 28mmF/19mmR sway bars, x-brace, auto solutions SSK w/poly bushing upgrade, BMW CD43 head unit, DICE HD Radio w/iPod integration and "stealth" HD antenna, staggered style 68s, orange electronic TPMS, leather arm rest, JT Designs metal undertray
acquired and awaiting install: heated seat kit, cali top switch relo, lumbar support kit, park distance control kit, heated washer nozzle kit, m-coupe rear subframe, trailing arms, differential, and halfshafts, m-coupe front/rear brakes with master cylinder, under hood light kit, mud flaps, rear sun blind, auto-dimming rear view mirror, tilt steering wheel retrofit, apexcone 5000K HIDs with 55W ballasts
2002 X5 4.4 Sport Package, 53.5k miles
Current Mods: e46 m3 steering wheel | | | | | 01-24-2006, 05:37 AM | #4 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 9,356 |
There already have that in Washington, DC. __________________ ...steven
BMW CCA #146825
1996 BMW 328ti • 2003 MINI Cooper S • 2016 M235i
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| | | | | 01-26-2006, 03:02 AM | #5 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Fort Collins, CO Posts: 1,305 |
Quote: | Originally Posted by 1996 328ti There already have that in Washington, DC. | Yeah, I got one on MacArthur Blvd this summer, real ****ty, in a rush on the way to my stepdad's doctor office to get my bandages changed from my surgery. In other words, I for sure could have talked my way out of it with a cop, especially a DC cop who prolly wouldn't have pulled me over in the first place! I did see those plate covers that block it from certain angles and I think I might get one because these red light/speeding cameras got me all kinds of paranoid | | | | | 01-24-2006, 05:37 AM | #6 | | Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 677 |
well I heard you get a warning for mail tickets, and then you have to remail it stating you understand what your at fault for and that you recieved the warnings, after the warning is sent and delivered I think you have a few days until it automatically sends you a ticket. Its not like you keep getting tickets and then oh **** the first ticket comes followed by 40 others. I dunno the full details thats the info I got from my father who is a cop __________________ my new world | | | | | 01-24-2006, 05:55 AM | #7 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Tacompton, WA Posts: 309 |
i think it was in the Bavauto catalog i got they have these plates that you put over your lisence plate and then when stuff like that happens it will reflect off and be blurry ill check into and post what i find | | | | | 01-24-2006, 06:01 AM | #8 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Bend, OR Posts: 413 |
Juct take off your front plate and put on a euro..like me...cant do **** then...they have those here in CO for running lights, and they cant trak those | | | | | 01-24-2006, 11:05 PM | #9 | | aka Stabby Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mead, CO Posts: 5,336 |
Quote: | Originally Posted by snwbrdrbum10 Juct take off your front plate and put on a euro..like me...cant do **** then...they have those here in CO for running lights, and they cant trak those | i was going to pull my front plate off and put on the straight strip (no place for any kind of plate). have you run into any issues with cops in CO running w/o a front plate? __________________ 1996 318ti, California package, 267k miles
current mods: bilstein sports, bavauto springs, e30 m3 LCABs, solid metal ball joints, bavauto RSMs w/reinforcements, e30 3.73 LSD & halfshafts, supersprint cat-back exhaust, turner rear sway bar reinforcements, IE poly subframe & RTABs + camber/toe kits, powdercoated e36 32x front calipers, sport mirrors, H&R 28mmF/19mmR sway bars, x-brace, auto solutions SSK w/poly bushing upgrade, BMW CD43 head unit, DICE HD Radio w/iPod integration and "stealth" HD antenna, staggered style 68s, orange electronic TPMS, leather arm rest, JT Designs metal undertray
acquired and awaiting install: heated seat kit, cali top switch relo, lumbar support kit, park distance control kit, heated washer nozzle kit, m-coupe rear subframe, trailing arms, differential, and halfshafts, m-coupe front/rear brakes with master cylinder, under hood light kit, mud flaps, rear sun blind, auto-dimming rear view mirror, tilt steering wheel retrofit, apexcone 5000K HIDs with 55W ballasts
2002 X5 4.4 Sport Package, 53.5k miles
Current Mods: e46 m3 steering wheel | | | | | 01-24-2006, 11:00 PM | #10 | | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Boston MA Posts: 221 |
Quote: | Originally Posted by bmwracerchick I dunno the full details thats the info I got from my father who is a cop | Be careful guys. Someone said her father is a cop. Since we are all law abidding citizens, we obey traffic law at all times, don't we? __________________
1998 BMW 318ti M-Tech Sport Silver (Gone to member leeko617)
CURRENT: 2015 BMW X1, 2004 BMW 330ci Convertible, 1998 Porsche Boxster, 2001 BMW 525i Touring
GONE: 2000 Audi A4, 2002 VW Passat, 1985 VW Cabriolet | | | | | 01-24-2006, 11:07 PM | #11 | | aka Stabby Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mead, CO Posts: 5,336 |
Quote: | Originally Posted by michaelhofastcar Be careful guys. Someone said her father is a cop. Since we are all law abidding citizens, we obey traffic law at all times, don't we? | no ... it's called civil disobedience and we had to learn about it in school  i don't see speeding as a moral issue (reckless driving is potentially another story  ). __________________ 1996 318ti, California package, 267k miles
current mods: bilstein sports, bavauto springs, e30 m3 LCABs, solid metal ball joints, bavauto RSMs w/reinforcements, e30 3.73 LSD & halfshafts, supersprint cat-back exhaust, turner rear sway bar reinforcements, IE poly subframe & RTABs + camber/toe kits, powdercoated e36 32x front calipers, sport mirrors, H&R 28mmF/19mmR sway bars, x-brace, auto solutions SSK w/poly bushing upgrade, BMW CD43 head unit, DICE HD Radio w/iPod integration and "stealth" HD antenna, staggered style 68s, orange electronic TPMS, leather arm rest, JT Designs metal undertray
acquired and awaiting install: heated seat kit, cali top switch relo, lumbar support kit, park distance control kit, heated washer nozzle kit, m-coupe rear subframe, trailing arms, differential, and halfshafts, m-coupe front/rear brakes with master cylinder, under hood light kit, mud flaps, rear sun blind, auto-dimming rear view mirror, tilt steering wheel retrofit, apexcone 5000K HIDs with 55W ballasts
2002 X5 4.4 Sport Package, 53.5k miles
Current Mods: e46 m3 steering wheel | | | | | 01-24-2006, 11:12 PM | #12 | | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Boston MA Posts: 221 |
Quote: | Originally Posted by cali-ti no ... it's called civil disobedience and we had to learn about it in school i don't see speeding as a moral issue (reckless driving is potentially another story ). | Say going 120mph by a skillful driver (like most of us here) is speeding, but an inexperienced driver going that speed is reckless driving. Is that the definition? __________________
1998 BMW 318ti M-Tech Sport Silver (Gone to member leeko617)
CURRENT: 2015 BMW X1, 2004 BMW 330ci Convertible, 1998 Porsche Boxster, 2001 BMW 525i Touring
GONE: 2000 Audi A4, 2002 VW Passat, 1985 VW Cabriolet | | | | | 01-24-2006, 11:23 PM | #13 | | aka Stabby Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mead, CO Posts: 5,336 |
Quote: | Originally Posted by michaelhofastcar Say going 120mph by a skillful driver (like most of us here) is speeding, but an inexperienced driver going that speed is reckless driving. Is that the definition? | certainly part of it. also the conditions around you (heavy traffic, speed differential with those around you, etc). i'm guessing some of those things are in the "official" definition cops use for reckless driving as well, but they don't care about the abilities of the driver or the car. driving as fast as one possibly can in a poorly maintained crap box vs the same speed in a well-maintained car designed for autobahn speeds is not the same. eg: driving my car at 80 mph on the interstate with no one else around or close to me vs driving the same car/speed on a back road that barely has room for two cars on blind corners. my point is (hopefully this doesn't start a big war, lol), speeding by itself is not a moral issue in my mind. what does this mean? in a situation where no one can be injured or killed by your speeding (an arbitrary limit that is changed with various laws at different times), i don't see it as a moral issue to break it. laws by themselves do not make some moral or immoral. say spitting on the sidewalk. go do that in singapore is it immoral? not in my eyes. that's my only point let the flames begin! __________________ 1996 318ti, California package, 267k miles
current mods: bilstein sports, bavauto springs, e30 m3 LCABs, solid metal ball joints, bavauto RSMs w/reinforcements, e30 3.73 LSD & halfshafts, supersprint cat-back exhaust, turner rear sway bar reinforcements, IE poly subframe & RTABs + camber/toe kits, powdercoated e36 32x front calipers, sport mirrors, H&R 28mmF/19mmR sway bars, x-brace, auto solutions SSK w/poly bushing upgrade, BMW CD43 head unit, DICE HD Radio w/iPod integration and "stealth" HD antenna, staggered style 68s, orange electronic TPMS, leather arm rest, JT Designs metal undertray
acquired and awaiting install: heated seat kit, cali top switch relo, lumbar support kit, park distance control kit, heated washer nozzle kit, m-coupe rear subframe, trailing arms, differential, and halfshafts, m-coupe front/rear brakes with master cylinder, under hood light kit, mud flaps, rear sun blind, auto-dimming rear view mirror, tilt steering wheel retrofit, apexcone 5000K HIDs with 55W ballasts
2002 X5 4.4 Sport Package, 53.5k miles
Current Mods: e46 m3 steering wheel | | | | | 01-24-2006, 05:53 AM | #14 | | Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hot Springs, AR Posts: 27 |
They sell a paint that goes on clear...looks clear but does not show your tags if a photo is taken. We have them here at red lights. I got some of it and it really works. I took some pictures of my Jeep with it on the tag, and you can not read it. Looks like a bright flash hit it or something. | | | | | 01-24-2006, 06:00 AM | #15 | | aka Stabby Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mead, CO Posts: 5,336 |
Quote: | Originally Posted by IBGPN They sell a paint that goes on clear...looks clear but does not show your tags if a photo is taken. We have them here at red lights. I got some of it and it really works. I took some pictures of my Jeep with it on the tag, and you can not read it. Looks like a bright flash hit it or something. | gotta love the entrepreneurial american spirit EDIT: the covers are likely to be noticed by a cop (i've seen them before, my ex-gf's parents, who lived in AR, had them on their cars) ... i didn't know they made a paint, that's more stealth __________________ 1996 318ti, California package, 267k miles
current mods: bilstein sports, bavauto springs, e30 m3 LCABs, solid metal ball joints, bavauto RSMs w/reinforcements, e30 3.73 LSD & halfshafts, supersprint cat-back exhaust, turner rear sway bar reinforcements, IE poly subframe & RTABs + camber/toe kits, powdercoated e36 32x front calipers, sport mirrors, H&R 28mmF/19mmR sway bars, x-brace, auto solutions SSK w/poly bushing upgrade, BMW CD43 head unit, DICE HD Radio w/iPod integration and "stealth" HD antenna, staggered style 68s, orange electronic TPMS, leather arm rest, JT Designs metal undertray
acquired and awaiting install: heated seat kit, cali top switch relo, lumbar support kit, park distance control kit, heated washer nozzle kit, m-coupe rear subframe, trailing arms, differential, and halfshafts, m-coupe front/rear brakes with master cylinder, under hood light kit, mud flaps, rear sun blind, auto-dimming rear view mirror, tilt steering wheel retrofit, apexcone 5000K HIDs with 55W ballasts
2002 X5 4.4 Sport Package, 53.5k miles
Current Mods: e46 m3 steering wheel | | | | | |
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