It must have been a very exciting moment, getting your first car, driving around the city with your friends and relatives.But remember, there is also someone very special, very well known to you  who is as thrilled as you are. Want to figure out, who this entity could be ? It is your own, very friendly neighbourhood police department. Well they are certainly friendly because they are betting their lives, left and right to maintain crime free surroundings. But at the same time they are using the latest technological break through to reduce their stressful workload and one of such stress buster they use for rewarding traffic violators, is the Red Light Camera. Violaters are charged with at much as $361.00(plus a point) for crossing over a signal in Red. Though most of the time we just pay the fees  and attend classes, there are ways you can at least fight for it, especially if you have a genuine reason. If you win, you save the money  and point. If you loose, you would not be charged extra, just pay the fees which you would have paid anyway. Here in this article I have tried to compile a few tips on how to avoid getting a Red Light Ticket.

1. By law, Red signal means STOP. So if you see a Red signal come to a complete STOP. But there are little exceptions to this. In case you are taking a right turn, and you see a Circular Red Light, first STOP and then proceed with yeild. If you take a right turn on Red without stopping properly and got flashed then you are bound to get a ticket.

2. Try to memorize all intersections where there are Camera’s. When you approach these intersections come to the recomended speed and drive, even if there is a Green signal. If the signal turns to Yellow, follow this rule;

 a. If your speed is 40mph and you are behind 25-30 meters from the Crosswalk( a pair of white lines for Pedestrians). You can easily cross over the intersection. Why because at 40mph your vehicle would travle almost 18 meters in a second and after the Green turns Red, it should stay for at least 4 seconds. So you have room to cover 30 meters with in two seconds and rest two seconds to cross the intersection.
 
 b. The measure of 25-30 meters is almost equal to 4 cars length.Do a intelligent guess as if you are behind 4 cars length, then you can easily cover the distance.
 
 c. If you are more than this distance from the Crosswalk, apply break and stop slowly. Remember, try to reach the first line of the Crosswalk at a speed not more than 5-10 mph. Cameras are programmed to take photos with a higher speed only. But this does not mean that you can cross in low speed.

3. When you are behind a vehicle and nearing the intersection, try keeping at least two car lenth distance, so that when that vehicle crosses in Green and then the light turns Yellow, you too can cross
the intersection without any hesitation.

4. Try not to follow the vehicle blindly. If there is a lengthy gap in between you and the other vehicle, chances are there that you might get flashed.

What to do if you have already got a ticket.

There are a couple of very good sites, which provides good information about how to fight a ticket in case if you have already got one. They also respond to your mail in case if you would like to get any specific guidance. I liked both of them. The site “ticketassasin” might charge a very minimal fees, but they give step by step guidance on how to initiate and proceed with the trial. Just to let you know that you might not win over every ticket you get, but when the case is genuine and also on “right turns” there is a good chance that you will make it through or at least get a reduction in fines. But always remember to drive safely…

www.ticketassassin.com

www.highwayrobbery.net

If you are planning to take Traffic School, then I would suggest you take it online. Read the following article

How to Select A Good Online Traffic school. In that I have recommended the following school.

GoToTrafficSchool.com

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