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Submission + - Recession proof -- red light ticket revenue (nbc-2.com)

NicknamesAreStupid writes: A Fort Meyers news station reports a nerdy husband getting his wife out of a red-light ticket by proving the light was set with too short of a yellow. Then he goes out and proves that nearly 90% of the lights are set an average of about 20% too short. Is this an local incident, or have local governments nationwide found a new revenue source? What puzzles me is how a single picture can tell if you ran a light. If you are in the intersection before the light turns red, you have not run it, even if it takes a little while to clear it (say to yield to an unexpected obstacle). Wouldn't you need two pictures — one just before the light went red showing you are NOT in the intersection, and another after the light went red showing you in the intersection?

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Is the planet warming? Yes. Are humans responsible? We don't know for sure (exluding typical scientific uncertainty). So what is wrong? Well, the RATE at which the planet is alarming. Is there only 150 years of data? No. Proxy data of tree-rings, ice cores, geologic samples provide a very robust dataset for comparison. It is good stuff, use it! So, I don't need to stop polluting yet? Well no one is telling you to stop (especially this administration), but do you honestly think polluting less is a bad thing?

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