Ohio Traffic-Camera Law Takes Enforcement to Busy Freeways

[giant_mtb]

Was it a cash toll that you blew through without paying?

Yes.  I forget the circumstance, but I think I missed the pay lane and just said fuckit.  I'm not used to toll roads, so I was already like wtf is going on here...?

[dazzleman]

No front license plate: you're good to go.

[BimmerM3]

No front license plate: you're good to go.

Is IL not smart enough to take a picture of the rear plate?

CO doesn't have cash lanes - they just send a bill to the address your plate is registered to if you don't have the windshield thing (though there is a surcharge if you don't have the windshield thing).

[dazzleman]

Yes.  I forget the circumstance, but I think I missed the pay lane and just said fuckit.  I'm not used to toll roads, so I was already like wtf is going on here...?

So you used the E-Z pass lane without an E-Z pass I guess.  Makes sense.

If they haven't sent you anything by now, they probably won't.

A few years ago, I did an illegal u-turn in front of a toll booth (long story, but I had missed my exit and wanted an easy way to turn back) and got a camera ticket for that.  The ticket arrived within a couple of weeks.  It was only $50, which was in the vicinity of the fines I used to pay back in the 1980s for speeding.  Total fucking joke.

[Soup DeVille]

Is IL not smart enough to take a picture of the rear plate?

CO doesn't have cash lanes - they just send a bill to the address your plate is registered to if you don't have the windshield thing (though there is a surcharge if you don't have the windshield thing).

Something about Illinois law says they have to have a picture of the driver And the plate at the same time; without them, on out of state plates, they just don't bother usually.

[giant_mtb]

Something about Illinois law says they have to have a picture of the driver And the plate at the same time; without them, on out of state plates, they just don't bother usually.

Good to know.  I'mma blast through that shit every time I go down that way, then.  If they end up sending me a bill, so be it.

[Soup DeVille]

Good to know.  I'mma blast through that shit every time I go down that way, then.  If they end up sending me a bill, so be it.

If you show a pattern of abuse they might make an exception.

[dazzleman]

Good to know.  I'mma blast through that shit every time I go down that way, then.  If they end up sending me a bill, so be it.

The act of defiance in blasting a toll through without paying is fun.  It used to give me a big rush when I did it.  But with cameras, if you get a bill for $100 or so every time you blast through a $2 toll, that's not really worth it, unless you can tear up the bills without consequences.  When I used to do it, there were no cameras, so if there wasn't anybody there to nail you at the exact time you did it, you got away with it.  Cameras change the whole thing.  But with no front license plate, if you can blast through with impunity, have at it.  I would love to get the opportunity to do that. 

[GoCougs]

No front license plate: you're good to go.

In the Seattle area, the toll system is literally called, "Good To Go."

But the cameras snap pics both front and rear.

If you're caught overtly subverting the law - like a plate flipper - you'll get nailed with theft, fraud, etc., which can be a felony.

[giant_mtb]

If you show a pattern of abuse they might make an exception.

I could see that. 

[dazzleman]

In the Seattle area, the toll system is literally called, "Good To Go."

But the cameras snap pics both front and rear.

If you're caught overtly subverting the law - like a plate flipper - you'll get nailed with theft, fraud, etc., which can be a felony.

Do they use cameras ever to nail single person vehicles in the carpool lanes?

[GoCougs]

Do they use cameras ever to nail single person vehicles in the carpool lanes?

Yes, but it's actually a toll lane, not a carpool lane. If you're single, you get a nominal charge either in the mail or deducted from your account if you have the RFID pass on your windshield.

[Morris Minor]

Front license plates are an abomination. They ruin the look of the car, and the drag they cause is melting the polar ice caps.
Hug a tree and move to a state where no front plates are required

[giant_mtb]

Front license plates are an abomination. They ruin the look of the car, and the drag they cause is melting the polar ice caps.
Hug a tree and move to a state where no front plates are required

Michigan.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Michigan.

And South Cackalacky 

[CaminoRacer]

Front license plates are an abomination. They ruin the look of the car, and the drag they cause is melting the polar ice caps.
Hug a tree and move to a state where no front plates are required

My plates are still Kentucky because Utah requires front ones. Although they've proposed a change to the law to get rid of front plates. I emailed the legislature about it to voice support.

[BimmerM3]

They're just license plates.

I never got the big deal.

[Morris Minor]

Michigan.

"The Rugged Nineteen"

   
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• Arkansas
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• Florida
• Georgia
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• Kentucky
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• Michigan
• Mississippi
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• South Carolina
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• West Virginia

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

Front license plates are an abomination. They ruin the look of the car, and the drag they cause is melting the polar ice caps.
Hug a tree and move to a state where no front plates are required

LOL! Didn't bother to mount one to the front of my C6. Luckily I've never been stopped for it.

[Laconian]

Never put one on the front my Miata. I haven't been pulled over for it. The cops have probably grown numb to it thanks to the number of people that have moved in from out of state.

[dazzleman]

Never put one on the front my Miata. I haven't been pulled over for it. The cops have probably grown numb to it thanks to the number of people that have moved in from out of state.

breaking the law...breaking the law...breaking the law....defiant rebel badass...

[JWC]

I'm sure I'm on California's Ten Most Wanted; I left the state with over a half-dozen $2.00 parking tickets not paid. There might have been a $10.00 ticket from Santa Cruz.

[dazzleman]

I'm sure I'm on California's Ten Most Wanted; I left the state with over a half-dozen $2.00 parking tickets not paid. There might have been a $10.00 ticket from Santa Cruz.

BADASS!!!!! 

Ir you're going to screw over a state, the best one is California.  Or maybe New York.  They deserve it the most.