I dislike the cameras, in part because if *I* run a red, there's a reason for it, but I won't remember that reason a month later when I get the ticket in the mail. Getting pulled over by a cop will not only allow me to plead my case on the spot and maybe get only a warning, but I'll remember it if I have to.
I did have one go off on me but I had a guy right on my tail and it was wet, so safer to continue through the intersection rather than try to stop. That *would* have been an accident. I saw the flash and was waiting to see if they'd ticket me. They didn't, for which I am pleased.
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Why cycling? Anything [sport] that had to do with a ball, I wasn't very good at.
-Lance Armstrong
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