{"id":15627,"date":"2016-07-01T01:34:27","date_gmt":"2016-07-01T01:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=15627"},"modified":"2016-07-01T12:21:54","modified_gmt":"2016-07-01T12:21:54","slug":"bully-for-red-light-cameras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=15627","title":{"rendered":"Bully for red-light cameras!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I am so busted!<\/p>\n

I got home from work this evening and found something on the dining room table I did not expect.<\/p>\n

It was a report of traffic violation that I\u00a0committed near downtown Amarillo.<\/p>\n

I drove through an intersection where the city had deployed a red-light camera.<\/p>\n

Snap!<\/em> I was caught.<\/p>\n

Hmmm.<\/p>\n

But here’s the thing. As of today, I have no memory of getting caught. I didn’t blaze through the intersection and see a flash go off behind me as I scooted on down the street.<\/p>\n

For that matter, I didn’t even see the “Photo Enforced” sign the city posts 300 feet before every intersection where the lights are set up.<\/p>\n

I won’t make an excuse. I have none. I got caught. I’ve written the check and I’ll pay the fine. I won’t contest it.<\/p>\n

What’s more, I continue to be a big\u00a0supporter of the devices. They serve to deter motorists who commit deliberate acts of red-light-running. I will continue to applaud the city — under the leadership of then-Mayor Debra McCartt — for enacting the ordinance that established the enforcement system and for resisting efforts to persuade City Hall to take\u00a0the\u00a0cameras\u00a0down.<\/p>\n

The closest thing I can find for an excuse, though, might be that the sign\u00a0posted prior to the intersection wasn’t visible enough<\/em> for me. Then again,\u00a0in all likelihood it is\u00a0my own damn\u00a0fault for not being alert enough to notice it.<\/p>\n

I’ll take full responsibility.<\/p>\n

Moreover, I know this as well. Now that I am fully aware of that particular camera has been set up, I’ll be extra careful when I travel through that intersection in the future.<\/p>\n

While I’m at it, I probably ought to acquaint myself with all the red-light-camera locations around the city.<\/p>\n

I also will be more alert and work harder to avoid running red lights.<\/p>\n\n

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I am so busted! I got home from work this evening and found something on the dining room table I did not expect. It was a report of traffic violation that I\u00a0committed near downtown Amarillo. I drove through an intersection where the city had deployed a red-light camera. Snap! I was caught. Hmmm. But here’s … Continue reading Bully for red-light cameras!<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[290,1299,3869],"class_list":["post-15627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","tag-amarillo-city-hall","tag-debra-mccartt","tag-red-light-cameras"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15627"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15634,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15627\/revisions\/15634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}