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Mayor cancels red light camera program [political correctness kills]
Democrat & Chronicle [link only]
| December 1, 2016
| Meaghan M. McDermott
Posted on 12/05/2016 4:59:15 PM PST by grundle
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http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2016/12/01/city-end-red-light-program/94730002/
TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: transportation
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The insurance industry says red light cameras save a lot of lives, and they have the studies to prove it. However, Lovely Warren, the mayor of Rochester, New York, says that even though red light cameras save lives, she wants to get rid of them because they disproportionately affect the poor.
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posted on
12/05/2016 4:59:15 PM PST
by
grundle
To: grundle
Good, it’s just a money making racket.
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posted on
12/05/2016 5:00:24 PM PST
by
Husker24
To: grundle
I’m for any reason to get rid of red light cameras. These things are an abomination.
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posted on
12/05/2016 5:02:35 PM PST
by
Drew68
To: Husker24
"The insurance industry says red light cameras save a lot of lives"
Studies? Honest Studies?
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posted on
12/05/2016 5:02:59 PM PST
by
Paladin2
(No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
To: grundle
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posted on
12/05/2016 5:04:07 PM PST
by
Drago
To: grundle
Red light cameras are a traffic hazard.
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posted on
12/05/2016 5:04:50 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: grundle
Why are those cameras always going after the poor?
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posted on
12/05/2016 5:05:10 PM PST
by
aynrandfreak
(Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
To: grundle
In Philadelphia, they only put the red light cameras in the “Greater Northeast”, where they snag commuters and middle class.
To: grundle
A case of doing the right thing for shockingly stupid reasons.
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posted on
12/05/2016 5:07:13 PM PST
by
JamesP81
(The DNC poses a greater threat to my liberty than terrorists, China, and Russia. Combined.)
To: aynrandfreak
Poor people tend to have far less self control than other people, which is one of the reasons they are poor.
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posted on
12/05/2016 5:11:18 PM PST
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
To: grundle
They got rid of them in NC because the way the law is written the money from this transgression goes into the state education fund. The camera companies lost their 40% fee split and pulled out of the state.
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posted on
12/05/2016 5:15:08 PM PST
by
Rebelbase
(Gatlinburg wildfire: over 1000 homes and business damaged or destroyed.)
To: Husker24
Good, it’s just a money making racket.
Agreed!
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posted on
12/05/2016 5:18:23 PM PST
by
Pietro
To: grundle
Red light cameras are about the money, nothing more, ever.
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posted on
12/05/2016 5:37:14 PM PST
by
Navy Patriot
(America, a Rule of Mob nation)
To: aynrandfreak
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posted on
12/05/2016 5:43:52 PM PST
by
BwanaNdege
("The church ... is not the master or the servant of the state, but the conscience" - Luther)
To: grundle
Red light cameras catch those who zoom through a light just after it turns red. Its a good system that needs to be everywhere.
To: grundle
Lovely Warren is a "I Hate Whitey" supporter...and rivals Michelle.
Nothing lovely about her.
To: Uncle Sam 911
Except Rochester were shorting the change time on some lights and got caught.
To: grundle
To: grundle
If you’re employed by the city and a union member, you don’t have to pay the fine. See the article I just posted.
To: grundle
I hate these cameras with a passion. I have never gotten a ticket from one but there are several in my area:
- some people lock up the brakes 5 feet behind the line the instant the light turns yellow, add in accordion effect and it's a nightmare.
- at night when someone else runs it the flash blinds me for a solid second or two
- the fees are processed (for profit) by a private company that lobbies for more lights
- they add to the surveillance society
- they are un-American
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