Posted on 03/23/2009 10:42:29 PM PDT by george76
“Mississippi joins at least eight other states in banning the automated technology...”
Only 48 more to go...
We are stuck with it another year here in AZ after Janet the goober dike brought them in.
The Capitol City has cameras at eight intersections around the city and a three-year contract with the company that manufacturers them.
City officials have until Oct. 1 to take down the cameras.
Good. Politicians were exploiting the camera’s for revenue instead of safety. Some were being tweaked to ‘catch’ violaters all for more revenue. Deep six em all!
Good call!
Why don’t they retool the cameras to catch graffiti “artists” who deface private and public property? And leave regular citizens be!
If you don’t run red lights, you need not fear the cameras.
why are they a bad idea?
Because you can't face your accuser, they catch vehicles not drivers, they are used for revenue not safety, they don't work on illegal aliens who's plates are stolen, there is no chance for appeal, too easy to use for political intimidation and they don't support the doughnut industry!
It turns out that the photos/video was substandard and resulted in tickets being thrown out in court challenges. Much of it is a sham. I had a personal experience, having my car broadsided and totaled by a red-light runner at a busy intersection with a camera. I called the cops, they couldn't be bothered to come check on the accident. Only after I demanded they send someone because of possible injuries and the danger of spilled gasoline did they send someone. A bicycle cop. He wouldn't even write a ticket on the red-light runner, despite witnesses and the camera. I ended up getting a good lawyer and got a nice settlement from the culprit, all without any help from the cops.
Cameras are a bad idea in SF, as they are not utilized!
>> If you don’t run red lights, you need not fear the cameras.
It has nothing to do with fear. It’s about trust.
Red light and radar cameras are not about making roads safer. They are about increasing revenue for govt.
nanny state TN should follow suit
These cameras are causing rear end collisions. People stopping for yellow lights because they didn’t want to risk a ticket being rear ended by the guy behind them that expects to get through the intersection before the light changes.
Dear Chimes,
You are ignorant. Study the facts and get a life.
You know nothing and nothing is proudly worn on your chest.
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