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Red light camera at Florida hospital ticketing those seeking emergency help
2014 Mar 13, 4:11am 1,079 views 5 comments
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Ceffer
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2014 Mar 13, 4:22am
If he had Obamacare, fearless leader would have felt his plight and turned all traffic lights in his direction green.
justme
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2014 Mar 13, 4:32am
It seems to me that the problem is not so much the existence of the camera, but rather that the traffic light is not properly programmed (given the location next to an emergency room), and/or has faulty vehicle sensors.
Automan Empire
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2014 Mar 13, 4:54am
the traffic light is not properly programmed and/or has faulty vehicle sensors.
I see this quite a bit, lights not responding to pavement sensors or with ridiculous time settings obviously set by someone who never has to drive through the intersection themselves. 90 second green arrow to a chained-off parking lot of a vacant Sams club every day during your morning commute, anyone?
Microprocessors are as cheap as sand; there's no excuse for this. Heart attack or not, I've been known to run a slow responding red arrow when conditions permitted.
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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/03/13/red-light-camera-at-florida-hospital-ticketing-those-seeking-emergency-help/
Pay two tickets and call me in the morning.
Authorities installed red-light cameras near the emergency room entrance at University Hospital in Tamarac to nail traffic violators, but those rushing to the facility for medical attention are getting ensnared.
When Jacob Alcahe began to sweat and feel chest pains this past October, he thought he might be having a heart attack.
“That day I felt very bad,” Alcahe said. “I couldn't breathe and I was sweating and my chest hurt,” he told Florida Watchdog.
So Alcahe decided to drive himself to the Tamarac hospital. With the emergency room in sight, he stopped at the traffic light at the intersection of University Drive and 72th Street and waited anxiously for the light to turn green. After several minutes, he decided he'd waited long enough.
“I was desperate to get to the hospital because I felt very nervous,” Alcahe said.
Fortunately for him, the episode wasn't life threatening. Alcahe was prescribed some medicine and was told to go home and rest.
The real heart stopper came a few days later when he received a fine of $158 for running the light.