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I have gotten two citations from red-light cameras. The first, I missed the yellow by .36 of a second. It is generally held that it takes 3/4 of a second for most humans to react to a visual cue.

The second, I started to turn right on to Mockingbird from Greenville. I pulled up, and then realized, no right on red and stopped. But, I guess I pulled past the thick white line.

From the evidence of the second incident, it is impossible to know if I indeed ran the intersection. The latter, no human officer would write a citation for such a close call.

These are of course not criminal citations, they won't issue a warrant. How do they collect on these if you refuse to pay?

Hey whatever happened to "Morning Coffee"?

The visual cue to be responded to is changing from green to yellow (i.e. 3-4 seconds ago), not from yellow to red.

Hopefully this judge will do the right thing and move to have these "tickets" dismissed

CP, you're probably also a left-lane loper.

CP, it's about whether or not you can make the stop safely, as it says in section 5-1 of the Texas Drivers Handbook:

STEADY YELLOW LIGHT

Caution—red light coming up! You must STOP before entering the nearest crosswalk at the intersection, if you can do so safely. If a stop cannot be made safely, you may proceed cautiously through the intersection before the light changes to red.

http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/ftp/forms/DLhandbook.pdf

I've gotten a ticket at Greenville and Mockinbird from one of these cameras and it was BS.

I was woken thursday by sheriffs deputies in my living room, taken to jail then released saturday morning for the offense of mechanical device. no one seems to know what this and my bond was listed as 0. you cant bond out if you owe nothing I am now told. while I ma have my picture taken by a red light camerra or perhaps when that coke machine took my money I was less than happy and politely touched it. what I really want to know is just what mechanical device I offended so that I can see that it never happens again.