>>”We actually had almost 22 percent fewer fatality collisions in Metro Phoenix,” said DPS Lt. Steve Harrison in October 2009. “That equates to 12 actual fatal collisions that didn’t happen, which statistically equates to about 13 lives that were saved.” <<
Two phrases that this person does not understand:
1. The ends do not always justify the means.
2. Give me liberty, or give me death.
Also, 12 is a pretty low number and is more anecdotal than empirical. It would be interesting to learn the cause of all the accidents on this stretch.
Every time I go through an area that warns of cameras I drop my speed to well below the limit and often wonder if I may be getting a ticket in the mail for the time before I dropped speed. IOW, I wait a couple of weeks for another shoe to drop. I can only assume most people have the same reaction. The “big brother fear” is simply not worth the results.
Of course the price of fuel had nothing to do with it.
That jumped out at me as well. How do they know these cameras were responsible for the decrease in fatalities?
I believe this is unconstitutional and violates due process.
Of course, of that 90 million they hoped to reap, they would have got that from law-abiding citizens like me.
I really, really resent it when law-abiding means “patsy”.
Grrrr.
Yes, any number of things could have caused this fluctuation.