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I think the camera operated speed traps are the worst. They have them here in New Orleans and boy they are smart where they set them up. Here in Gretna LA they have a Ford Escape loaded with all the equipment. They parked it at the foot of an on ramp! You have to be accelerating to get up the ramp it's steep as the expressway (as they call it here) is elevated. The ramp is short (maybe 300ft and the elevation change is roughly 25ft) the speed on the frontage is 35mph the limit on the expressway and to safely enter without getting stuck in that lane that almost immediately turns into the offramp on the other side of the intersection below you really need to be doing atleast 50mph. In my Van I really have to kick it in the pants if I wait till the last minute to accelerate. Now my wife was driving our other car and got a ticket in that same spot for going 40 it was plain as day she was going to enter the expressway and I really thought it was a joke but when our day came to go in she put on her uniform and we went in to take care of the ticket she was driving and I am the legal owner of the car. Another interesting tid bit is in LA you do not get front license plates since our car is still registered in TX they were able to actually get a pic of the plate they had no pics of the rear of our vehicle so that means if I would not have had the front plate I wouldn't be going through this to start with made me a little irritated. Oh well we get there it's literally a one man show. We tell him we got this ticket he thumbs thru and pulls out his copy and tosses it in the trash. I am not joking. He says don't worry about it. Then tells my wife some lame old Navy joke which she has heard many times before we say thanks and were on our way. Maybe it was because my Wife is a senior officer maybe not I don't think they take all of them that seriously.

My advice to anyone who gets a red light ticket or camera ticket is to take your day in court. Most folks are reasonable. Just be civil and polite it goes a long way. Also be completely honest with yourself and others.