Why are people so tolerant of red light cameras yet so revolted by speeding cameras?
We have red light cameras here in Albuquerque and people are not very tolerant of them at all. It has been an issue raised repeatedly by voters when the recent mayoral election was held. The new mayor has a commission or something that is studying the situation and they’ll give him their recommendations soon.
The thing I hate about the AZ speed cameras is that oftentimes they’re placed right after the speed limit is reduced. I think that’s unfair.
That's easy, because we are willing to stop at red lights but not willing to crawl along at the speed limit, not to put too fine a point on it.
Red light cameras actually stop accidents, by punishing actual conflicts between vehicles, speeding cameras simply document something that is likely to mean little or nothing in any real safety terms.
I'm tolerant of neither one and do not travel into areas to spend money where such are located. A few of the Big Brother Is Always Right Gestapo's have installed them in a few Tennessee towns. If I absolutely must go by a speed camera say in a 25 MPH Zone I drop down to about 5 MPH. I've noticed others doing likewise. Mostly I just go another route. Now the Gestapo's are starting to cry because revenue is falling. Oh Boo Hoo whats and authoritarian money grabbing government to do?
Some of us target them as well....