Paraphrased from the article:
“It’s for the money.”
“No, it’s for the CHILLLLLLL-DRRRRREEEEEENNNNNNNNN!”
God help us all when they start installing the jaywalking cams.
Just demand to confront your accuser. A camera cannot be cross examined and therefore all evidence from the camera should be thrown out of court.
If these devices are in a somewhat remote or lightly populated area, I can’t imagine that they would last very long.
Certain “environmental factors” would come into play. (Nudge, nudge, wink, wink)
Abuse of power under color of authority has always been a problem. No power is more easily abused than a bureaucrat's power to collect money.
The good news is that it's easy to identify whom to fire in this case. Regardless of who came up with the idea (who should also be fired) the buck has to stop somewhere.
People who blow stop signs are one of my pet peeves. Can’t tell you how many times I’ve nearly been rear-ended by some idiot was PO’d that I actually stopped for one. That said, this stuff makes my Sicilian blood boil.
The citizens need to make it very unprofitable for them to maintain these cameras. In a society that valued its freedom, those cameras wouldn’t stay functional for long.
If people running that stop sign are a serious problem, then at random times station a cop there and nail them. The fines should cover the cost of the cop and once word gets around the problem will go away.
The vehicle code allows camera enforcement at rail crossings and intersections with automated traffic signals. It requires “a clear photograph of a vehicle’s license plate and the driver of the vehicle.”
***Good to know. Also,
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His radar gun showed that cars on Temescal Canyon Road outside the parking lot traveled an average of only 14 mph, Allen said. “Ironically, I observed five park ranger vehicles use the exit and none of them came to a complete stop,” he said.
“Some lawyer is going to file a class action on behalf of all people cited and the [park agency] will have to refund everyone’s $100,” Allen predicted. “They won’t have the $20 they paid Redflex, and I’m afraid they’ll have to sell off some of their valuable park property to handle the judgment.”
Here’s a great way to beat those cameras.
STOP AT THE STOP SIGN.
Do not roll it.
Do not slow down to five MPH and assume that qualifies.
Stop.
Boy, that was difficult to come up with.
Then have a park ranger sit along the road and ticket people who are speeding or rolling through stop signs.
If necessary, add some speed bumps to slow people down. Put the stop signs right at the front end of the speed bump.
The big brother approach is unnecessary and intrusive.