> The plane is defined as the white stop lines painted on the
> road. If the
> lines do not exist, then the plane is defined as an imaginary
> set of lines
> that would be an extention of the lane markers running from
> the corner to
> corner around the intersection.
And one of the problems with red light cameras when they don't make the
money they hope for is to arbitrarily change what the camera determines to
be a violation. And in the case of Mesa, Arizona, you can still be nabbed
even if you're technically OK.
http://www.caranddriver.com/xp/Caranddriver/columns/2002/february/200202_col
umns_bedard.xml
This column also covers the fact that red-light running isn't even enough of
a problem to be tracked by NHTSA.
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