I live in L.A., and let me tell you, riding the bus is beginning to feel like a subversive act of defiance. Which makes it far more palatable.
The red light cameras are a major scandal in a lot of jurisdictions. One survey in New Jersey found that most of the red light camera tickets weren't people simply blowing through red lights, but rather, turning on red where they were permitted to do so, but the issue was that they did not stop for a certain number of seconds before they made the turn. Its a complete scam and does little to actually improve safety. Its all about, as this article says, generating money for cash-hungry municipalities that can't or don't want to control their spending.
yep just got my first ticket in 28 years. ran a yellow mothers day.
158.00 ticket. did this sunday. ticket in mailbox today. how is that possible. 1 day. happened sun. delivered monday?
I guess that I'll have to start using a plate cover that has the Chief of Police's wife's plate info.
When the public allowed scumbag insurance men in legislatures around the nation to tie speeding & other auto tickets to fines that stayed on you insurance bills for up to 5 years I knew my fellow citizens just did not care much about freedom any longer.
welcome to the type of extortion practices we truckers have been putting up with forever but more so for the past 20 years
And why is the revenue ‘desperately needed?’ To pay the salaries, especially juicy overtime, the benefits, and the gold plated pensions of police and firemen who retire at age 50 on full salary or near to it!
You are trying together from A to B but your benevolent government thinks you are just an ATM.
Revenue is also needed because gas taxes are used as a slush fund by states to pay for everything other than roads and bridges, including green energy boondoggles and choo choo trains.
Despite the mountains of evidence such as this article, we still have far too many hand-wringers, including many FReepers alas, who still believe that speed limits, anti-texting laws, seatbelt laws, DUI checkpoints etc. are about SAAAAFETY.
The Governor’s Highway Safety Program? Governor is a state office but the money is coming straight from DC. And of course there are strings attached. All funding for police overtime is earmarked only for DUI enforcement. Drugs, murder, rape, burglary? You’ll get a nice shrug of the shoulders when the police arrive hours later.
Sure would be nice if conservatives would STOP BITCHING about having the gas tax keep up with inflation...