Bob Hope - "You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake." On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Charles Jones < charles.jones@ciscolearning.org> wrote: > Just a note to my fellow phoenix drivers. Yesterday it was announced > that the federal government has allocated $275 million in stimulus money > for the purchase of 350 speed cameras to be put up in the Phoenix area. > We all know about the speed cams on the 51 and such, but these are being > put on the surface streets! They even have already planned where they > will go: http://media.bonnint.net/az/15/1516/151641.jpg > > I also heard on the radio this morning that they are lowering the 11mph > overspeed grace limit down to 5mph, which means if you go 5 mph over, > you will get auto-ticketed by a speed cam, and more likely to be pulled > over by police using radar. > > P.S. Apparently due to current "flaws" in litigation, you do not have > to pay a speedcam ticket as the law says you must be served in person > (How are they to know that you received the mail with the ticket, so > they can't put a warrant out for your arrest for not paying it). > > This has been a public service announcement :-) > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > Yes that is true. They'll try at least twice for 120 days and if they do manage to serve you then you'll pay a little more. If you're hard to nail down at your residence it's a gamble you might take. Also If you respond at all you've been served. -- JD Austin Twin Geckos Technology Services LLC jd@twingeckos.com 480.288.8195x201 http://www.twingeckos.com