Your US congressman, not your State Congressman, in case it wasn’t clear

>But someone could've had a dash cam and turned me in. This was just last night

It's more likely they would have posted the dashcam video on r/IdiotsInCars than giving it to the police. Be more careful, but don't sweat this one too much.

Reach out to your congressperson

proximity to providence is a pretty good thing, especially if you’re an arts/music person or foodie. I actually like going into PVD more than downtown Boston these days. No one can afford to go out anymore + Our venues suck. Even allston is a ghost town a lot of the times. I definitely get why people are moving out in droves especially if they were just here for school.

Muwahahaha! Now we can use the money to invest in ADA compliant walkways and paths! MUWAHAHAHAH! /s

[deleted]

Probably. They feel awful high when you look at the roads or infrastructure outside of Boston, though.

I don’t have a problem with this. Charge out of state residents their share of what it costs to maintain the parks. Subsidize that rate (with tax revenue) for Mass residents (who pay state tax). Though I feel like if you work in Mass and pay taxes here, you should get the in state rate.

I can't imagine someone having such a shitty life that they'd prioritize turning someone in for a red light. I mean it's not like it was a hit and run or drunk driving or something. I see way worse on a daily basis.

Of course it was someone from western RI who complained. “I’m nevah evah comin back to the cape neithah!” I can just picture the 1990 bangs haircut bobbing up and down as she complains about everything that’s outside of her shitty town.

That’s the thing, I want to live a lot.

I will say that a few weeks ago my wife got a warning in the mail from the BPD saying she turned left at a place where it is supposedly forbidden. She wasn't pulled over and neither of us see any places at the location where it says no left turn, but there isn't anything to fight because it was just a warning. Our theory was that the cop happened to be there and took her info down. It was certainly a strange thing, and the idea of a cop being too lazy to get out of his car and instead passively send in the mail is bothersome.

Where are you from?

[deleted]

May be worth contacting the Rian Center to see if they have any ideas - https://www.riancenter.org/ I think the bulk of their work is around immigrants who are already here, but they might be able to refer you somewhere if they can't help you.

What specifically am I generalizing about? I'm saying it's kind of a bummer for MA to charge more to out of staters while people from MA enjoy the relatively low prices in the states that surround MA.

Really? They're not allowed to use dashcams for red light runners from other citizens?

You'll be fine.

Police in MA do not write tickets based on dashcams unless its citing for an accident. They'd never waste their time chasing a redlight runner where no accidents occurred

Extremely doubtful. First off, doubtful that anyone would care enough to bother to do that. And second, that the police would even accept it or give enough of a shit about it to send a ticket even if they did.

I'm not 100% but it might not even be legal for them to do so.

> That experience should now motivate you to invest in a dash camera.

I'll add that OP should get one for the front and back, as should everyone, in my opinion.

Not to long ago I was on my way to work in the pre-dawn hours, I was taking a left onto an access road to the highway and saw a pedestrian in my headlights dressed in black just stepping out of a blind-spot. He jumped out of the way and took off but I had to pull over and wait for my heart rate to return to normal. Lesson learned, Check, check, and double check. Honk all you want.

Natural now with some silver starting and I think I’m gonna just let it happen.

I hope you kept your natural color. The few times I have seen such hair, it's a beautiful sight

When I was a kid, my hair was so black it shined (shone?) blue in the sun. I’m half Irish and very pale with freckles. I used to dye my hair light brown to take the edge off the black bc I used to get teased so much for it. So many Elvira jokes.