The city of New York "Pinched me"

So you ran a red and they sent you a ticket in the mail? How does that work? Do points go on the license? To my knowledge that would not be allowed since technically they do not know who is driving. Where did this happen?

 

Not new....there is a list online somewhere of where all the cams are for the five boroughs. I used to work for the company that installed these things years ago.

 

u seriously dont know??? man u need to get out often.
if a car gets caught running a red, the owner gets a tix in mail, no point, cuz they do not know who is driving, but since its your car, you are liable for the fine.
they just want the $$$.

 

hey man u pay to play. cant blame the city on that.

 

I just do not run red lights.

No offense FastAOne.

 

**** the city, how does paying $50 make anything any safer. its like seat blet tickets this is why we need the stealth plate covers.

 

if i run a light, and get the photo taken, and have to pay the fine, next time i am at the same light, i will not run it. i guess in city's view dats safer, which i dont disagree.

 

In theory this kind of enforcement seems just fine and might add a little to safety of the streets.

In practice, I don't know how the cameras work here, but several years back when they were being installed at key spots in Washington, DC (where my brother lived), it seems they would almost always take a picture of you sitting in the intersection waiting for oncoming traffic to clear before making a left turn, which could leave you in the intersection past the light turning red. Sure you could fight them then, but that puts all the time and hassle of fighting on you even when you did nothing except make a safe turn rather than cut in front of traffic while still on a green...

That aspect wasn't too popular, and hopefully they've fixed it somehow.

 

Peter, That stinks! I think I just missed that one. If you look in the picture on the left I think you can see my car had just gone through the intersection in the right lane.

 

running a red light only means one thing, you didn't drive fast enough through the yellow

sucks...but $50 for a ticket in NYC almost sounds cheap.

 

it's supposed to be a $90+ fine if u run a red and a cop pulls u over. Just think of it as u got a $40+ discount on a NYC traffic ticket

 

Just run it faster then the camera can catch next time. If you think this is a good idea, then you think that if EZPass catches you getting from one toll to the next too soon they can mail you a speeding ticket. Or the traffic camera's that see you make a lane change without your blinker or speeding can mail you tickets for that too. Its BS

 

By the way whats the ticket for doing a donut on camera in the intersection?

 

those stealth nyc traffic cameras are mounted on traffic light poles ONLY in major intersections, as of now.

 

i got a ticket on 42nd st 3rd ave and one at 34th street 6th avenue.

 

The mail takes a day or so longer to get out to Manorville. They are sending you one for drag racing. Congratulations.

 

get a list of the cameras and run some target practice on them

 

You're not kidding about that. I think they only deliver first class mail 2 days a week. My mailbox is across the road from my house too and no, I don't live on a one way street. I think that's because the old mailvan can only make right hand turns.

 

Don't complain too much guys. In England, they put speed cameras up on the highways and byways. So you're bopping along a nice country road minding your own business, no one else around, going a bit over the speed limit -- camera snaps your picture with your speed superimposed. Fines over there are big, and you rack up points on their system quickly.

Let's pray that it stays at "red light cameras" only, and that the morality police don't decide to fully automate speeding tickets on the highways. Yeah, it sucks, but it could be a lot worse.

 

There was a little thing called the Revolutionary War that we can thank for this difference in cultures.

 

This is the most up-to-date listing I could compose from several sources:

MANHATTAN
1 st Ave. (N/B) @ E. 125th Street
2 nd Avenue s/b @ E 42 nd Street
3 rd Avenue n/b @ E 42 nd Street
3 rd Avenue n/b @ E 72 nd Street
3 rd Avenue n/b @ E 86 th Street
10 th Avenue n/b @ W 39 th Street
Amsterdam Avenue n/b @ W 72 nd Street
Amsterdam Ave. (N/B) @ 96th Street
Broadway s/b @ W 60 th Street
Broadway (S/B) @ Sherman Ave.
East Houston Street w/b @ 1 st Avenue
Herald Square
Hamilton Avenue n/b @ Clinton Street
Houston @ 1stAve
Houston Street s/b @ West Street
Madison Avenue E 96 th Street
West End Avenue w/b @ W 66 th Street
York Ave. (N/B) @ E. 79th Street


BRONX
135 th Street w/b @ Alexander Ave
149 th Street s/b @ 3 rd Avenue
161 st Street e/b @ Anderson Avenue
Cross Bronx Expwy w/b @ Randall Avenue
Cross Bronx Expwy w/b @ Rosedale Avenue
Fordham Road Sedgwick Avenue
Grand Concourse n/b @ E 167 th Street
Najor Deegan Service Rd n/b @ Yankee Sdatium
Pelham Parkway w/b @ Stillwell Avenue
Webster Avenue Gunhill Road


BROOKLYN
4 th Avenue s/b @ 41 Street
86 th Street 7 th Avenue
Atlantic Avenue e&w/b Bedford Avenue
Atlantic Avenue e&w/b Pennsylvania Avenue
Bay Parkway n/b @ 65 Street
Boreum Place s/b @ Atlantic Avenue
Bushwick Avenue Flushing Avenue
Coney Island Avenue n/b @ Avenue J
Eastern Parkway e/b @ Utica Avenue
Flatbush Avenue s/b @ IFO Toys-r-us
Fort Hamilton Parkway w/b @ 60 Street
Hamilton Avenue n/b @ Clinton Street
Linden Boulevard s/b @ Pennsylvania Avenue
Ocean Parkway n/b @ Church Avenue


QUEENS
Beach Channel Drive s/b @ Hassock Street
Metropolitan Avenue w/b @ Fresh Pond Road
Metropolitan Avenue Humboldt Street
Northern Boulevard w/b @ Douglaston Parkway
Queens Boulevard e/b @ 158 th Street
Queens Boulevard e/b @ 59 th Street

Astoria, Astoria Blvd. eastbound at 108th St.
Astoria, Astoria Blvd. eastbound at Steinway St.
Astoria, 21st St. northbound at Hoyt Ave.
Astoria, 20th Ave. westbound at Steinway St.
Douglaston, Northern Blvd. westbound at Douglaston Pkwy.
East Elmhurst, Cross Bay Blvd at 165th Ave.
Elmhurst, Queens Blvd. westbound at Broadway
Flushing, L.I.E. Service Road (Horace Harding Expwy.)
Forest Hills, Queens Blvd. eastbound at Ascan Ave.
Forest Hills, Queens Blvd., westbound at Continental Ave.
Fresh Meadows, westbound at College Pt. Blvd.
Glendale, Metropolitan Ave., westbound at Cooper Ave.
Kew Gardens, Queens Blvd. eastbound at 82nd Ave.
Kew Gardens Hills, Main St., southbound at Gravett Rd.
Long Island City, Queens Blvd. westbound at Van Dam St.
Middle Village, Northern Blvd. eastbound at 114th St.
Rockaway, Francis Lewis Blvd. southbound at Union Tpke.
Rockaway, Rockaway Blvd. westbound at Brookville Rd.
South Jamaica, So. Conduit Ave. eastbound at 89th St.
Woodhaven, Woodhaven Blvd. southbound at 62nd Rd.
Woodhaven, Woodhaven Boulevard at 82 nd Road
Woodside, Queens Blvd., westbound at Roosevelt Ave.
Woodside, Queens Blvd. eastbound at 58th St.


STATEN ISLAND
Hylan Boulevard n/b @ Burbank Avenue
Richmond Avenue n&s/b Draper Place
Richmond Ave. (N/B) @ Travis Ave.
Richmond Avenue s/b @ West Caswell Avenue
Victory Boulevard e/b @ Morani Street

 

they have one in herald square too.