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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live near the Fessenden Street stop sign camera and enjoy sitting on my porch and guessing which cars will be getting tickets. The double flash tells me if I was right. People always complain about how many tickets these cameras issue, but I would say half the people who fail to make a proper stop aren't ticketed because they're going slow enough it doesn't trigger the camera.

Most people who DO make a complete stop and still get a ticket are the ones who come to a complete stop over the white stop line (most well into the pedestrian walkway). While that's plenty of room for a passing car to make it through the intersection safely, that's not enough for the pedestrian you didn't notice.

[b]My advice if you don't want a ticket—approach stop signs slowly, make a complete stop before the "stop line", or avoid Fessenden.[/b] If this camera makes you do any or all over those, it's doing its job![/quote]

This is true.  The camera works and I support it.  It only triggers when someone is going 11 miles over the speed limit, which you shouldn't be doing anyways on a residential street.  And I would bet that at least half of the drivers just took the illegal left hand turn onto Fessenden too.[/quote]

I think you're confusing speed cameras with stop sign cameras.[/quote]

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